The E-hints are categorized by the following topics:

• Assessment
• Curriculum
• Governance/Leadership
• Grading
• Instruction

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ASSESSMENT

1. Advanced Planning Results in Better Assessments
2. Aligning
3. Aligning Assessments for More Than One Purpose
4. A Checklist for Implementing Common Assessments
5. Are Those Final Exams Necessary?
6. The Confusion Surrounding "Formative Assessment"
7. Formatting Considerations for Written Assessments
8. Creating Rubrics
9. Motivating Students for High-Stakes Testing
10. Teaching to the Test
11. Validating Curriculum

CURRICULUM

1. A Rigorous Curriculum
2. A Rigorous Curriculum:  Effective Written and Oral Communication
3. Adding Technology to Bloom
4. Are High Schools Really Preparing Students for College? 
   PART I
5. Are High Schools Really Preparing Students for College? PART II
6. Bigger Is Not Always Better
7. Build a House: An Education Analogy
8. Chairing the Subject Area Committee
9. Curricular Architecture that Embodies Both 21st Century Skills and Technology Literacy
10. Curricular Architecture that Embodies Both 21st Century Skills and Technology Literacy - Part Two
11. Checklist for Principals — Implementation
12. Common Core Standards for Mathematics:  Step-by-Step Transitioning
13. Decision Making — When you have Separate Grade-level Standards
14. Does Your Local Curriculum Pass the "Local" Test?
15. Fidelity to the New Curriculum
16. How Important Are Words Anyhow?
17. The Importance of Teacher Input and Validation in Curriculum Development
18. More About Curriculum Integration
19. A New Look at Verification of Alignment with Standards
20. Priorities when Implementing a New Curriculum
21. The Responsibility of High School Teachers On a Subject Area Committee
22. The Role of the School Counselor in the Curriculum Process
23. Transition to the Common Core Curriculum in Mathematics
24. Scope and Sequence in an Era of State and National Standards
25. Second Cycle Curriculum Writing
26. Subject Integration Starts with Coherently Written Intentions, Not Just "Merged Activities"
27. Teacher Professionalism Requires Intellectual Engagement

GOVERNANCE/LEADERSHIP

1. 21st Century Learning Skills Partnership
2. Agenda Format for a Curriculum Coordinating Council
3. Beginning a new school year - CCC
4. The Case for Academic Leadership
5. Change
6. Compliance and School Leadership
7. The Curriculum Coordinating Council's Responsibility to Scientifically-Based Research
8. Educational Accountability Revisited
9. Following the Trends: A Job for your Curriculum Coordinating Council
10. How Can a School Produce and Manage All That Data?
11. How Do New Teachers Learn About the District's Processes for Managing Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment?
12. Is Deming Still Relevant in Today's Educational Environment?
13. The Importance of Teacher Leaders in a District
14. Leadership Tips from Douglas Reeves
15. More About Successful Schools
16. More On The Deming Management Method
17. Now is the Time to Keep Our Eyes on the Educational Gold Standard
18. One State's Approach to NCLB Alternatives
19. Principles for Effective Professional Development
20. Professional Learning Communities and CLI
21. Professional Scholarship Revisited
22. Promoting Collaborative Efforts
23. Reaching Quality Consensus
24. Schools that Break the Mold
25. The School District's Decision-Making and Action-Taking Culture
26. The Secondary Education Culture
27. Steering High Schools in a New Direction
28. Steering the NCLB Titanic in a New Direction
29. True Academic Leadership
30. The Underlying Causes of Low-Performing Schools
31. Use your Long Range Plan!
32. Utilize Your Existing Resources for Cost-Effective Staff Development
33. What is Collaboration, Anyway?
34. Why Don't We See Improvement?

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GRADING

1. Determining a Single Grade from Multiple and Varied Scoring Tools
2. Grade Reporting in Primary Grades
3. Grading issues... The Use of Zero
4. Grading Principles
5. It is Possible to use Rubric Scores to Calculate Grades
6. No Such Thing as "Extra Credit"
7. Turning a Rubric into a Grade

INSTRUCTION

1. A Reflection on Reflective Learning
2. Finding Time for Elementary Science and Social Studies
3. Free Online Assistance for Instruction and Practice
4. Getting Students Involved in Their Learning
5. Hints for New Teachers
6. How to Survive Budget Cuts without Sacrificing Student Learning
7. Keep the Big Picture in Focus
8. More on Selecting Resources
9. Questions About the Instructional Planning Resource
10. The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
11. Selecting Resources
12. A System for Critiquing the Lesson Plan Resource
13. Teaching for Reflective Learning
14. When Students Are Not Learning
15. Whose Students Are These?

 

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