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The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic features:

*A collection of Poe's most popular short stories

*More than 700 vocabulary words frequently tested on the SAT highlighted throughout the text

*Definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page

*A word-pronunciation guide

*An index for easy reference.
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Frankenstein: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic features:

*The complete tale of the classic novel, Frankenstein

*More than 600 vocabulary words frequently tested on the SAT highlighted throughout the text

*Definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page

*A word-pronunciation guide

*An index for easy reference.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic features:

*The complete tale of the classic novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

*More than 200 vocabulary words frequently tested on the SAT highlighted throughout the text

*Definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page

*A word-pronunciation guide

*An index for easy reference.
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The Scarlet Letter: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic features:

*The complete tale of the classic novel, The Scarlet Letter

*More than 800 vocabulary words frequently tested on the SAT highlighted throughout the text

*Definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page

*A pronunciation guide

*An index for easy reference.
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The more we learn about standardized testing.the more likely we are to be appalled And the more appalled we are, the more inclined we will be to do what is necessary to protect our children.
- Alfie Kohn

Our students are tested to an extent that is unprecedented in American history and unparalleled anywhere in the world. Politicians and businesspeople, determined to get tough with students and teachers, have increased the pressure to raise standardized test scores. Unfortunately, the effort to do so typically comes at the expense of more meaningful forms of learning.

That disturbing conclusion emerges from Alfie Kohn's devastating new indictment of standardized testing. Drawing from the latest research, he concisely explains just how little test results really tell us and just how harmful a test-driven curriculum can be. Written in a highly readable question-and-answer format, The Case Against Standardized Testing will help readers respond to common questions and challenges - showing, for example, that:

• high scores often signify relatively superficial thinking
• many of the leading tests were never intended to measure teaching or learning
• a school that improves its test results may well have lowered its standards to do so
• far from helping to "close the gap," the use of standardized testing is most damaging for low-income and minority students
• as much as 90 percent of the variations in test scores among schools or states have nothing to do with the quality of instruction
• far more meaningful measures of student learning - or school quality - are available.

Kohn's central message is that standardized tests are "not like the weather, something to which we must resign ourselves. . . . They are not a force of nature but a force of politics - and political decisions can be questioned, challenged, and ultimately reversed." The final section demonstrates how teachers, parents, and students can turn their frustration into action and successfully turn back the testing juggernaut in order to create classrooms that focus on learning.

Also available on Audiotape: The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools, read by Alfie Kohn.

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The Ring of McAllister features:

* Over 1,000 frequently seen SAT words in an engaging novel format

* Each word defined at the bottom of each page

* Glossary of SAT words at the back

* Sample exercises to show students how vocabulary is tested on the SAT.
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Wuthering Heights: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic features:

*The complete tale of the classic novel, Wuthering Heights

*More than 700 vocabulary words frequently tested on the SAT highlighted throughout the text

*Definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page

*A pronunciation guide

*An index for easy reference.
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"Does a good job of addressing the issues and challenges I have experienced during my career as teacher, staff developer, and administrator The authors seek to inform and establish understanding."
-Susan N. Imamura, Retired Principal
Hawaii State Department of Education

"Shores and Chester offer clear instructions and sage advice that will fast-forward the widespread adoption of RTI, ultimately providing ALL children with better chances for academic success."
-Jim Grant, Educational Consultant, Author
Staff Development for Educators

A step-by-step approach for implementing RTI to improve schoolwide achievement!

Principals and administrators have only scratched the surface of how Response to Intervention (RTI) can maximize school performance and student achievement. This book gives school and district leaders a comprehensive vision and framework for implementing RTI schoolwide and includes interventions and assessments for teachers.

Cara Shores and Kim Chester help educators identify students at risk, pinpoint highly effective strategies that address students' individual needs, and use assessment to monitor progress and adjust instruction. The book offers an overview of RTI and takes readers through each level of a three-tiered RTI pyramid geared to provide effective teaching practices for all learners and develop interventions for at-risk and nonresponding students. The book presents:

• Charts, figures, and diagrams to illustrate points throughout each chapter
• Guidelines for developing action plans at the school or district level
• Practical suggestions for partnering with parents
• Reflective questions to help readers apply the information to their schools

Combining a "big picture" approach with research-based strategies, Using RTI for School Improvement illustrates how RTI can transform schools into highly effective, motivating learning environments.

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