@article{ref1,
title="Promoting health literacy through the health education assessment project",
journal="Journal of school health",
year="2007",
author="Middleton, Kathleen and Pateman, Beth and Deal, Tami B. and Hudson, Nancy W. and Marx, Eva",
volume="77",
number="4",
pages="157-163",
abstract="Background: The Council of Chief State School Officers’ State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards Health Education Assessment Project (SCASS-HEAP) allows states to pool financial and human resources to develop effective ready-to-use health education assessment resources through a collaborative process. The purpose of this article is to describe the extensive ongoing development of the SCASS-HEAP and its benefits for important stakeholders in health and education.  Methods: A review of the products from the first decade of the SCASS-HEAP was undertaken.  Results: The SCASS-HEAP supports a comprehensive systems approach to helping educators focus effectively on the most important skills and issues in child and adolescent health and gives health education a place at the school reform table, providing visibility and credibility and promoting the essential links between health and learning.  Conclusion: State education agencies and school districts can use SCASS-HEAP materials for assessment and, perhaps more importantly, to help teachers modify and improve instruction at the classroom level for increased student learning. <p />",
language="en",
issn="0022-4391",
doi="10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00186.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00186.x"
}