This Professional Learning Module provides guidelines for implementing the Shell Center’s Formative Assessment Lesson, Rational and Irrational Numbers 1. Educators can use this information to better understand how to apply the lesson, which is compatible with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), to their own instruction.
The Common Assignment Study (CAS) was designed to help teachers in participating districts and states align around the new college- and career-ready standards. This brief discusses the ways in which CAS unit and elements may be well-suited to contribute to teacher effectiveness determinations.
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Teachers Know Best
The connection between teachers and students is at the heart of learning. Our work focuses on ensuring that all teachers have the goals, skills and tools to form and strengthen that powerful bond with their students. The first step in doing that is asking teachers what works and what they need to strengthen the teacher-student bond—and then trusting and listening to what they tell us.
Aug 09, 2017