Classroom Literacy Assessment: Making Sense of What Students Know and Do

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593854382
• ISBN13: 9781593854386
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Useful and comprehensive

Most of the articles are well-structured. The autghor or authors define and discuss the literacy concept (e.g. word recogniotion)with a historical perspective. Then they proceed to review research literature about the concept. The articles explore both effective assessment techniques as well as strategies. Most of the articles also provide vivid descriptions on how the assessment technique was used in the classroom. I'm quite impressed because the reader gets the information needed to understand the issues that have to do with literacy. Everything discussed and suggested is research supported.