Promoting oral and written language development The Practical Guide to Better English helps you teach the basics of vocabulary and grammar, usage, and mechanics skills, and helps your students develop competence in standard modes of oral and written language. Each of the four levels offers 98 lessons, and instruction is developmental with spiral learning in and across all four levels. Complements your literature program The Practical Guide to Better English lessons teach skills students need to succeed in writing papers about literature. It also requires less class time than handbook programs-100 lesson pages vs. 500 lesson pages-leaving you more time for literature study and composition. Plus, Word Whiz and other puzzler activities help build reading vocabulary. Easy to assess progress The Practical Guide to Better English is efficient and manageable. All students' work except longer writing assignments stays inside their book. A comprehensive review follows each unit, and a final unit review in each level covers the entire year. Diagnostic and achievement tests allow you to measure progress on the skills learned. Reading Level: 4-7 Interest Level: 9-12

Offers a practical guide for improving schools dramatically that will enable all students from all backgrounds to achieve at high levels. Includes assessment forms, an index, and a DVD.

Make formative assessment work for you—and your math students! Finally, formative assessment that adds up! Bringing Math Students Into the Formative Assessment Equation is the ultimate resource for helping teachers implement formative assessment in the middle school mathematics classroom. And it’s much more than that. With this research-based, teacher-tested guide, you won’t just learn effective teaching strategies—you’ll turn your students into self-regulated learners. They’ll monitor and assess their own progress—and communicate to you about it! Features include: A clear and manageable six-aspect instructional model Detailed strategies for helping students own their successes Real-life examples from middle school mathematics teachers Useful resources and a companion website to help you implement formative assessment in your classroom Formative assessment isn’t just for teachers anymore. With the help of this essential resource, you’ll work together with your students toward a common goal of math success. "This book is outstanding. I would recommend it to any math educator. The depth of research integrated into practice is extensive and, as a result, it is the most practical book I have come across related to formative assessment and mathematics The self-regulation aspects, as well as the ownership and involvement emphasized in the book, went beyond the traditional cognitive strategies endorsed in most books." Marc Simmons, Principal Ilwaco Middle School, Ocean Beach School District, Long Beach, WA "The ideas in this book are brought to life with examples of teachers and students in the classroom. The teacher voices, comments, and quotes lend credibility and are a big component of the book’s strengths as well as the visuals and graphics." Rita Tellez, Math Coordinator Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, TX

Chemistry--looking at what matter is made of and how it behaves, down to the subatomic level--comes alive with this new text. With enticing, full-color graphics and page layouts that draw students in, Chemistry provides a clear, sound basis of scientific knowledge. Besides presenting chemistry fundamentals, the text offers bonus features that dispel common myths and provide examples of connections between chemistry and the environment, technology, and consumer choices.

Beast Academy Guide 2A and its companion Practice 2A (sold separately) are the first part in the planned four-part series for 2nd grade mathematics. Book 2A includes chapters on place value, comparing, and addition.

With the Finish Line for ELLs 2.0 workbook, English language learners can improve their performance across the language domains and become familiar with item types on state ELP assessments

Beast Academy Practice 3A is aligned to the 2010 Common Core State Standards for 3rd grade mathematics. The book provides over 300 problems ranging from introductory level exercises to very challenging puzzles and word problems on shape classification, skip-counting, and perimeter and area.

American English File Second Edition retains the popular methodology developed by world-renowned authors Christina Latham-Koenig and Clive Oxenden: language + motivation = opportunity. With grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation practice in every lesson, students are equipped with a solid foundation for successful speaking. Plus - an array of digital resources provides even more choice and flexibility. Students can learn in the classroom or on the move with Online Practice. language assessment. The first goal is to explore the difference between fairness and justice in language assessment. The authors distinguish internal and external dimensions of the equitable and just treatment of individuals taking language tests which are used as gatekeeping devices to determine access to education and employment, immigrant status, citizenship, and other rights. The second goal is to show how the extent of test fairness can be demonstrated and improved using the tools of psychometrics, in particular the models collectively known as Rasch measurement. “This book will have an enormous impact on the field of language assessment. Using Rasch analysis models to explore and identify sources of unfairness, the authors make a compelling case for fairness in the design and implementation of language assessment instruments and for justice in the interpretation and use of test results. A real strength of the book is that it guides readers through analytical techniques in an accessible way.” Dan Douglas, Professor Emeritus, Applied Linguistics Program, Iowa State University.

American English in Mind is an integrated, four-skills course for beginner to advanced teenage learners of American English. The American English in Mind Level 3 Teacher's Edition provides an overview of course pedagogy, teaching tips from Mario Rinvolucri, interleaved step-by-step lesson plans, audio scripts, Workbook answer keys, supplementary grammar practice exercises, communication activities, entry tests, and other useful resources.