Publisher's Synopsis
This revised edition of the author′s award-winning book about curriculum, content standards, teaching, and testing keeps a solid focus on today′s critical issues of accountability and best classroom practices for teaching and learning. Topics covered include written curriculum and hidden curriculum; juggling stakeholder needs; educational planning and public policy; the impact of new technologies; what we now know about how learning takes place; classroom discourse and management; traditional, alternative, and high-stakes assessments; and how best to plan and implement professional development and action research to ensure that today′s reflective teachers succeed in meeting students′ educational needs.
