Böcker av Nancy W. Sindelar

Influencing Hemingway documents the places, people, and activities that influenced and intrigued Ernest Hemingway. Arranged chronologically and punctuated with photographs, the book traces Hemingway's encounters and reflects upon how they impacted one another and influenced his decisions, actions, and philosophy of life--and of course, his novels, short stories, and nonfiction works.

This practical guide will provide educators with a step-by-step process for gathering and using local test data to increase student achievement before students are required to take high stakes national and state assessments.

Using Test Data for Student Achievement shows educators, step by step, how to use test data to facilitate student learning. The book combines research, technology and Sindelar's experience as a teacher and administrator to provide practical and efficient ways to use test data to increase learning, close achievement gaps and even raise test scores.

This text allows readers to become power teachers by using tests effectively to define learning targets, build standards-based assessments, and develop data-driven teaching strategies for enhanced student achievement.