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Christenson, Sandra L., Ed.; Reschly, Amy L., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
Family-school partnerships are increasingly touted as a means of improving both student and school improvement. This recognition has led to an increase in policies and initiatives that offer the following benefits: improved communication between parents and educators; home and school goals that are mutually supportive and shared; better…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Research
Griffin, Patrick; And Others – 1995
Designed to help teachers who want to implement an approach to assessment and reporting that supports the wholeness of the teaching/learning/assessment enterprise, this book describes students' accumulation of literacy-related behaviors and attributes and allows for the idiosyncracies of individual learning patterns. The scales presented in the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Approach
Miller, Wilma H. – 1995
Delineated in easy-to-follow nontechnical language, this book provides a multitude of tested informal assessment strategies and devices, such as "kid watching," retellings, journals, informal reading inventories, writing surveys, portfolios, and think alouds. The book presents more than 200 reproducible assessment devices. The book helps…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Holistic Approach
Ritchey, Joyce A.; Starke, Diane J. – 1989
In 1988, a study was conducted to determine whether a holistic or an isolated skills approach is more effective in improving the reading abilities and attitudes toward reading of predominantly Hispanic community college students. The study sample consisted of two groups of developmental reading students. The majority of students in both groups…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Hispanic Americans, Holistic Approach