Full Description
This clear, no-nonsense book guides current and future teachers through the concepts, tools, methods, and goals of classroom literacy assessment. The expert authors examine the roles of formative, summative, and benchmark assessments; demystify state and national tests and standards; and show how assessment can seamlessly inform instruction. Strategies for evaluating, choosing, and interpreting assessments are discussed, as are ways to communicate data to parents and administrators. User-friendly resources include boxed vignettes from teachers and researchers, practical assessment tips (and traps to avoid), and 12 reproducible planning forms and handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
Contents
1. Assessment Tells a Story
2. How Do I Know What to Assess?
3. Day-by-Day Teaching with Assessment
4. The Bond between Instruction and Assessment: The DNA of the Classroom
5. Artifacts and Tools for Assessment
6. How Do I Improve My Use of Assessment Strategies?
7. What Does This Assessment Information Mean to Me?
8. How Do I Communicate with Others about Assessment Information?
9. The Assessment Story: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future
Appendix A. Assessing the Assessments: Gathering Information and Evidence
Appendix B. Assessing the Assessments: Interpreting and Analyzing Assessment Data
Appendix C. Assessing the Assessments: Quality
Appendix D. Assessing the Assessments: Documenting and Record Keeping
Appendix E. Cumulative Feedback Table
