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  • Ending the Cycle of Crisis and Complacency in U.S. Global Health Security

    A Report of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security

    Series series CSIS Reports
    When health crises strike—measles, MERS, Zika, dengue, Ebola, pandemic flu—and the American people grow alarmed, the U.S. government springs into action. But all too often, when the crisis fades and fear subsides, urgency morphs into complacency. Investments dry up, attention shifts, and a false sense of security takes hold. The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security urges the ... Read more

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  • Global Health Programs and Partnerships

    Evidence of Mutual Benefit and Equity

    Series series CSIS Reports
    Academic global health programs are proliferating, and global health partnerships between North American academic institutions and institutions in low- and middle-income countries are steadily increasing. This study employs surveys and key informant interviews to examine global health partnerships, and it presents a framework for success to guide the development of sustainable global health ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Global Health Policy in the Second Obama Term

    Series series CSIS Reports
    U.S. leadership in global health advances core U.S. interests. It fulfills shared humanitarian values by saving and enhancing lives. It strengthens health security against common and emerging threats. And it promotes stability and prosperity in far-flung communities in the developing world who strive for better health and better lives for their families. For all these reasons, supporting global ... Read more

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  • No. 1: A Reading Guide

    It's no secret that my first fiction book, No. 1, is a bit of an enigma. Anyone who sets out to read it may be perplexed or perhaps even annoyed. It's an odd book, but something I couldn't help myself to write. I loved writing it. And I still think it's a great book, something I find myself re-visiting regularly to enjoy. But here I wanted to put together a reading guide for the perplexed, not to ... Read more

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  • The Formative Assessment Action Plan

    Practical Steps to More Successful Teaching and Learning

    Join Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher as they outline a clear-cut, realistic, and rewarding approach to formative assessment. They explain how four discrete steps work in tandem to create a seamless, comprehensive formative assessment system—one that has no beginning and no end. This ongoing approach enhances an active give-and-take relationship between teachers and students to promote learning.Where ... Read more

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  • How to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Your Classroom

    Educators know it's important to get students to engage in "higher-order thinking." But what does higher-order thinking actually look like? And how can K-12 classroom teachers assess it across the disciplines? Author, consultant, and former classroom teacher Susan M. Brookhart answers these questions and more in this straightforward, practical guide to assessment that can help teachers determine ... Read more

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  • A Complete Guide to Rubrics

    Assessment Made Easy for Teachers, K-College

    This book takes a developmental perspective at the use of scoring rubrics to assess student work. Citing developmental characteristics of each age, the author presents examples and adaptations of assessment rubrics on a variety of subjects for teachers from kindergarten through adult/college. After a presentation of foundation information on rubrics, separate chapters are devoted to each grade ... Read more

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  • Measuring Impact

    Models for Evaluation in the Australian Arts and Culture Landscape

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
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    The Dynamics of Culture, Identity and Organisational Change

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • Common Formative Assessment

    A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work

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