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Understanding by Design Exchange
With this interactive tool, teachers can receive feedback on curriculum and assessment design, take short tutorials, and design units that make students' understanding much more likely. Sign up or renew online.
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Check out ASCD's searchable archive of electronic books and nearly 1,000 articles from ASCD publications.
Search the archive or view the summaries of articles and books available for free or for a small fee.
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What Works in Schools Online Survey
Why do your students perform the way they do? Take the survey that applies 35 years of research in helping you determine what works—and what needs work—in your school.
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Healthy Schools Report Card and Website |
Now with an online report card for easy data collection and measurement. How well does your school support the health and well-being of students and staff members? Explore the answer with this ASCD Action Tool and Web site. Use the Scoring Tools in the binder to assess your school's current health programming and create an evidence-based environment that supports learning and teaching. The Organizing Tools aid you in developing a school-level process for working with your community, while the Reporting Tools help you use the Healthy School Report Card to meet required guidelines, and identify and prioritize improvements. The data collected through the Healthy School Report Card can assist you in an ongoing effort to address the needs of policymakers, family members, and the community. Go beyond legal requirements with this Action Tool and assess your school's support of students' emotional and physical health, motivation, staff wellness, civic engagement, and preparation for work and economic self-sufficiency. To purchase, please click here. Also available in a version specifically designed for Canadian schools and educators! For more details on the Canadian Edition of the Healthy School Report Card, please click here. (ASCD Action Tool, 2005) Three-ring binder, 150 pages. PRICE: $89 (ASCD Members) $109 (Nonmembers) |
Our children deserve an education that emphasizes academic rigor as well as the essential 21st-century skills of critical thinking and creativity. To promote the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged, ASCD calls on parents, educators, policymakers, and communities to join forces to ensure our children become productive, engaged citizens.