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Meier, Deborah; Knoester, Matthew – Teachers College Press, 2017
The authors of the book argue that a fundamentally complex problem--how to assess the knowledge of a child--cannot be reduced to a simple test score. "Beyond Testing" describes seven forms of assessment that are more effective than standardized test results: (1) student self-assessments, (2) direct teacher observations of students and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Testing Problems, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Observation
Kinloch, Valerie – Teachers College Press, 2012
In her new book, Valerie Kinloch, award-winning author of "Harlem on Our Minds", sheds light on the ways urban youth engage in "meaning-making" experiences as a way to assert critical, creative, and highly sophisticated perspectives on teaching, learning, and survival. Kinloch rejects deficit models that have traditionally…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Current Events, Student Attitudes, Urban Youth
Collins, Christina – Teachers College Press, 2011
Why did the New York City school district once have the lowest ratio of minority teachers to minority students of any large urban school system in the country? Using an array of historical sources, this provocative book explores the barriers that African American and Latino candidates faced in attempting to become public school teachers in New…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Race, Public Schools
Kinloch, Valerie – Teachers College Press, 2009
In her new book, Valerie Kinloch investigates how the lives and literacies of youth in New York City's historic Harlem are affected by public attempts to gentrify the community. Kinloch draws connections between race, place, and students' literate identity through collaborative interviews between youth, teachers, longtime black residents, and…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, African Americans, Literacy, Neighborhoods