This is the second edition of a highly successful book, previously titled Better Instruction Through Assessment: What Your Students Are Trying to Tell You. The revision was undertaken to respond to the No Child Left Behind legislation, which has changed the way we must look at students’ achievement data. This book shows you how to get the most out of your state’s high stakes standardized tests, use test results to make the right decisions about how to teach the students in your class, avoi...

Each of the chapters in this unique book wa written expressly for each major stakeholder group in your school, tailored to their varied needs and experiences. Each chapter contains a set of inter-related practical activities so that each group focuses on the same goals and supports the others. No other book on school improvement includes a chapter written exclusively for elementary students, printed in large type, illustrated with cartoons, and accompanied by step-by-step advice for educat...

On his way home for the holidays, Kevin meets a brave runaway with a terrifying secret…Kevin hasn't seen his father since magic changed him in the deepest way. His dad blames magic for shattering their lives, so Kevin worries the reunion might be dicey at best. But when a kid with uncontrollable, mysterious power asks him for help, Kevin throws caution to the wind.No one should have to sleep outside, and no one should be alone for the holidays.Rally...

Beth embraces her new, immortal life and forever job as apprentice to Malek, the serpent from the Garden of Eden cursed into human form. Neither immortality nor her magical gig changes her essential curious, risk-taking nature. In fact, the power Malek passes to her opens the door to greater risk—and more disastrous consequences.When she takes a short cut with her new magic, she finds herself in Hell—or a hell, anyway. She comes under the watchful gaze of a new enemy—a power of Bib...

Love is brave.In the shadows of the Bayou City, the unusual and bizarre snare the unwary. Enter the secret Faery underground.* * *Sassy trouble-magnet Beth can’t get used to her new life, where the serpent from the Garden of Eden is her boss and where someone as smart as she is doesn’t know it all. When a bold magical experiment goes wrong, she’s trapped in a hell created by the disquieting and nasty Horsewoman of the Apocalypse, Famine. What if the...

Silver had it all—eternal life, long-term memory, and a real sweet princess gig as the heir to the Faery King’s throne. But then the Faery realm caught a terrible disease, and she tried to save her people by taking the sickness into herself. She ended up banished with a price on her head and only days to live. The cure cost her memory and left her in hiding, a stranger to herself.When her one friend in all the worlds disappears while trying to help her find a way home, Silver must ...

The third book in a complete dark urban fantasy series with angels, assassins, and found family.What happens when the Order operative who trained Night tracks her down—not to kill her, but to make her an offer she can’t refuse?When the stakes involve her daughter’s life, Night will do anything—risk everything. The Order fears the sleeping god inside her daughter Faith. If Night prevents the god from waking, will she save Faith or doom her?The Order’...

Malek—the serpent from the Garden of Eden—counts himself among the local gods. The last time he rode with the others under the moonlight, his one and only apprentice died a terrible death. So when the invitation for the next midnight ride arrives on his doorstep, he refuses.Until a human girl he cares about becomes the gods’ target.He may be her only chance to survive, but his help comes at a steep price.

A human boy changed forever by magic. An enchanted girl sworn to protect her people. To save Faery, they must defeat an ancient power.When evil corrupts Faery, Kevin vows to fight. With the help of his fae love, his magic might be strong enough to save the realm. But he fears the battle could destroy his humanity, cutting him off from the only life he knows…Assassins emerge from the shadows and friends become enemies. When a primal force older than time str...

The fourth book in a complete dark urban fantasy series with angels, assassins, and found family.Can Night defeat an archangel to save an innocent woman?Magic unites Night and the Angel of Death. The gears turn for the coming apocalypse. Night sees no way out for herself, but she’ll fight to the end to save others from the same fate, even if that means taking on Heaven.Archangel Gabriel seeks warriors for the coming cosmic battle, and has set his si...

Death. Resurrection. Hope.Beth died at seventeen, helping to save the world. Her boss, Malek—the serpent from the Garden of Eden in human form—brought her back.She hasn’t been the same since. She can’t recall the details of her death. The missing memory haunts her.When the supernatural creature who killed her hunts her down once again, Beth must face the mystery of her death head-on. If she can’t solve the puzzle of her hidden memory, she may lose something infinite...

A war song. An enemy. Only one way out.A haunting magical melody draws Queen Simone out of the Faery Realm and into the human world. The song triggers violence in the streets, endangering innocents—including humans she loves. All signs point to a fae source.Can Simone find the source of the music? Can she stop it before it kills?A standalone story in the Faery Chronicles series, Street Song explores the depths of rage—and the mysteries of the heart.