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EJ519744 EA531727

Title: Student-Led Conferences at the Middle Level: Promoting Student Responsibility.
Author(s): Hackmann, Donald G.
Source: NASSP Bulletin, v80 n578 p31-36 Mar 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0192-6365
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1996

Since students possess intimate knowledge about their academic progress, they should be invited to participate in, or even lead, parent-teacher conferences. Interested middle schools should consider piloting their models, focus on the conference model process, have students identify personal goals, clearly define participants' roles, and evaluate models' effectiveness. (MLH)

Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; *Accountability; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; *Parent Teacher Conferences; Program Descriptions; *Self Evaluation (Individuals); *Student Leadership; *Student Responsibility
Identifiers: Authentic Assessment; *Student Led Activities