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Deciding What to Teach and Test: Developing, Aligning, and Auditing the Curriculum

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Excellent text. A straight forward reference and a must for anyone who is planning to go into curriculum. With so much emphasis on standardized tests, it would be beneficial for any educator to read Dr. English's book.

I have only received the download sample for my PC Kindle and decided to purchase it. This is a definite read for educators at all levels. I too wish that I had read this as required reading in my Master's Program. English gets right to the point with the nuts and bolts of what we do and should be doing as educators.

This is a very good book for administrators but more useful to the classroom teacher. It was required reading for one of my administration classes. However, I think this book should have been required during my methods courses. It speaks of aligning curriculum and classroom instruction. The debate is whether to frontload
(develop the curriculum and then choose the standardized test) or backload (develop the curriculum after choosing the test). The author talked about the tests measuring the children's life experiences and not totally testing subject mattter, which is why some standardized tests are bias. The role of the administrator in testing, as an instructional leader and not just a manager of people, was also discussed. This book is a must have for anyone who administers any type of test to other people.