Burlington Public Library

"In many public schools, students are spending up to 28 percent of instructional time on testing and test prep. Starting this year, the introduction of the Common Core State Standards Initiative in 45 states will bring an unprecedented level of new, more difficult, and longer mandatory tests to nearly every classroom in the nation up to five times a year--forcing our national testing obsession to a crisis point. Taxpayers are spending extravagant...

This book offers far more than an introduction to the principles of assessment of student learning outcomes in the context of program review. Within a clearly structured framework, it systematically shares the good practices of some forty institutions recognized by independent scholars for their improvements in teaching/learning, research, and service, to offer examples and ideas for others to learn from and adapt. While the book focuses on assessment...

Use the Power Check energy meter with any standard 120-volt appliance or electronic device to measure voltage, electricity costs and electric consumption to determine the operating costs of various appliances, such as refigerators, room air conditioners, computers and lamps, identify your home's high-energy use appliances, predict your savings in reducing appliance use, calculate the cost savings for replacing older appliances with energy-effecient...

Brazilian American twin siblings, Lia and Luís, are always competing, even when it comes to their favorite Brazilian snacks from their family's store; they want to know which of them has more, and they use various mathematical techniques to pick a winner--and then share the delicious results.

"Kids will size up the world in a whole new way as they learn how to measure and assess different objects. - Explore different forms of measurement - Learn about area and perimeter - Recognize geometric shapes in different objects - Practice measuring" - Publisher description.