SS+Program+Assessment

The committee determined that it will assess the Harcourt Social Studies Program based on the following six areas.


 * Assessment:**
 * **What type of assessment does the program provide?**
 * Option 1-Unit Tests
 * Unit Pretest
 * Unit Review and Test Prep
 * Unit Test
 * Option 2-Writing
 * Show What You Know, Unit Writing Activity/Writing Rubric
 * Lesson Review Writing Activities (at ends of lessons)
 * Option 3-Unit Project
 * Show What You Know Unit Project/Performance Assessment
 * Lesson Review, Performance Activities (at ends of lessons)
 * Informal Assessment
 * Lesson Reviews (at ends of lessons)
 * Skills: Practice and Apply
 * Reading Social Studies: Apply Reading Skill
 * Literature Response Corner
 * Student Self-Evaluation


 * **What formats are available?**
 * Matching, Multiple Choice and Short Answer
 * Blackline Master, Assessment CD or Online Assessment available at [|www.harcourtschool.com/ss1] (first grade)


 * **How easy is it to use the Assessment CD?**


 * Supplemental Materials:**


 * Homework and Practice Book
 * Social Studies Music Collection CD
 * Multimedia Biographies CD
 * One-Stop Planner for Teacher CD-ROMS
 * Geo-Skills CD-ROMS
 * Picture Vocabulary Cards
 * Focus Skills Transparencies
 * Primary Atlas
 * TimeLinks: Interactive Time Line
 * Audiotext CD
 * Reading Support and Intervention
 * Phonemic Awareness
 * Phonics
 * Vocabulary
 * Build Fluency
 * Text Comprehension-Before Reading, During Reading and After Reading
 * Graphic Organizer
 * Procedure Cards
 * Word Cards
 * Leveled Readers
 * 3 Levels: Below-Level, On-Level and Above-Level
 * 1 Title for each unit
 * 6 copies of each title
 * Success for English Learners
 * Social Studies Skills Transparencies
 * Vocabulary Transparencies
 * Social Studies in Action Resources for the Classroom
 * Bag Ladies Activity
 * Drama Activity
 * Simulations and Games
 * Long-Term projects
 * Short-Term Projects
 * Writing Projects
 * Daily Geography
 * Why Character Counts
 * Economic Literacy
 * Citizenship


 * Integration:**


 * Technology:**


 * Format/Presentation:**


 * Rigor/Higher Level Thinking:**