This book discusses how to find facts in a jumble of information and how to choose facts that are relevant to a research topic and present those facts in a way that's fair to the source and helpful to the people who will someday use the research.

This text provides a guide to responsive and responsible planning and assessment--. Provided by publisher.

To find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical, and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. Long-Term Care helps you and your family understand the range of available choices. Even more important, it guides you toward the best care you can afford.

Hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug's guide to understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it's one of the best loved and most recommended books on the subject. It's a core foundational book that every Web designer must internalize to make their designs truly effective. In this substantially revised edition, Steve...

"This book will argue for a shift toward seeing youth services as a continuum, not a series of distinct stages. When the latter viewpoint is followed, young patrons often lack support and are thrust from one phase to the next without sufficient guidance. This book will help librarians identify areas in which the services they offer are not doing enough to support advancing readers and program attendees. It will include transitional programming designed...

Would-be supervillain Doctor X-Ray swoops into the mall, threatening destruction, only to be confronted by a little girl asking why to his every declaration, until finally he is forced to reveal, and understand, the root of his anger--and so departs in peace.

This book is meant to help anyone who may need to make decisions about long-term care, either for themselves or for someone else. It discusses how to choose options for home care, assisted living, and nursing homes; how to get the most out of Medicaid, Medicare, and veterans' programs; how to evaluate whether long-term care insurance is worth the significant expense; consideration of the special needs of loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer's; and...

In this timely and thoughtful call to action, author and educator Starr Sackstein examines the critical intersection between assessment and social and emotional learning (SEL), particularly as it affects students of color and other marginalized groups. The book addresses the five SEL competencies identified by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)-self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills,...

Formative assessment is one of the best ways to increase student learning and enhance teacher quality. But effective formative assessment is not part of most classrooms, largely because teachers misunderstand what it is and don't have the necessary skills to implement it. In the updated 2nd edition of this practical guide for school leaders, authors Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart define formative assessment as an active, continual process in...