Montessori Assessment Playbook

by NCMPS

Overview

Can we measure what we treasure? Can we build and sustain truly excellent schools focused on the ambitious goal of human flourishing? And can we hold ourselves accountable to the children and families we serve in ways that harness data to advance that goal? The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector says "yes"! The Montessori Assessment Playbook shows us how to do it.

Organized around 33 discrete tools, the Playbook provides a clear and actionable scaffold for building an assessment protocol that captures compelling student outcomes, such as perseverance, compassion, and creativity, and that links those outcomes to the investments we make to classrooms and schools. Emphasizing both coherence and precision, the Montessori Assessment Playbook shows us how to develop and implement a comprehensive assessment framework focused on human flourishing and, just as important, describes why such a framework is urgently needed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781733869119
Publisher:	NCMPS Press
Publication date:	04/19/2019
Series:	National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector Playbooks , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	154
Sales rank:	620,596
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (NCMPS) is an independent non-profit organization based in Washington D. C. founded in 2012 to support the growth of public Montessori in the United States. NCMPS develops and disseminates research-based solutions to pressing problems of practice, supports leaders in delivering effective Montessori programming, and cultivates a robust network of practitioners, parents, and policymakers who share a commitment to child-centered developmental education—and the life-changing transformations that result.

Editorial Reviews

This is a clear, useful, and thoughtfully developed collection of tools, which should help organize and enhance the practice of Montessorians in public and private programs across levels.

email - Elise Hunke-Stone

With these tools, the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector has shifted the conversation from a narrow focus on Math and Language, typical of standardized testing, to what it summarizes under the term human flourishing. The tools recognize what is most important not only for Montessori public schools, but for all Montessori schools and even the world beyond Montessori.

email - Michael Duffy

Like so many Montessori Schools, we were spending precious time developing systems to support our practice. The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector tools and systems allow schools to collect relevant data about their programs so that we can focus on continuous improvement and sharing our positive outcomes with our constituents, whether that is families, authorizers, funders, or policy makers. This book is an important resource for measuring what matters.

email - Katie Torres