Classroom Literacy Assessment: Making Sense of what Students Know and DoJeanne R. Paratore, Rachel L. McCormack Showcasing assessment practices that can help teachers plan effective instruction, this book addresses the real-world complexities of teaching literacy in grades K-8. Leading contributors present trustworthy approaches that examine learning processes as well as learning products, that yield information on how the learning environment can be improved, and that are conducted in the context of authentic reading and writing activities. The volume provides workable, nuts-and-bolts ideas for incorporating assessment into instruction in all major literacy domains and with diverse learners, including students in high-poverty schools and those with special learning needs. It is illustrated throughout with helpful concrete examples. |
Contents
Promoting and Assessing Effective Literacy Learning | 33 |
Assessing Childrens Motivation for Reading and Writing | 50 |
Language and Literacy Assessment in Preschool | 65 |
Assessing Word Recognition | 85 |
Effective Oral Reading Assessment | 101 |
Relationships | 113 |
Examining Knowledge about Words | 135 |
Assessing Literary Understandings through Book Talk | 154 |
Assessing Strategic Reading | 177 |
Assessing Students Understanding of Informational Text | 195 |
Assessing Student Writing | 210 |
Cases from the Primary Grades | 246 |
Authentic Assessment of Authentic Student Work in Urban Classrooms | 262 |
Linking Curriculum Instruction | 280 |
Classroom Assessment and StandardsBased Change | 306 |
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