The Practical Guide to Classroom Literacy Assessment
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Description
"The authors have taken a complex topic and presented it in a very readable, accessible manner. An ideal candidate for school-based professional development organized on the study group model."
—Joan Irwin, Education Consultant
Former Director of Publications, IRA
Use assessment to meet the strengths and needs of students and enhance learning!
Whether it is standardized test data, student journals, or informal classroom question and answer, assessments provide invaluable, ongoing diagnostic information for making key instructional decisions. In this engaging and comprehensive resource, Diane Barone and Joan Taylor demonstrate practical ways for embedding test preparation into teaching by integrating assessments and instruction to boost learning.
The authors provide testing content and procedures developed for inservice and preservice teachers, administrators, and coaches to help all students, including those who have previously failed. With rich classroom examples, dialogues, scenarios, checklists, and student work samples, this book illustrates multiple assessment formats with expert how-to and when-to guidelines for literacy, writing, listening, and speaking.
In language that speaks straight to educators, this handy, indispensable guide discusses:
- Real cases and conversations that demonstrate actual assessment strategies in classrooms
- Specific applications for math and science literacy
- Preparation and grading for high-stakes testing
- Practical help for portfolios
- Rubric construction tips
- The importance of oral and written literacy
Using The Practical Guide to Classroom Literacy Assessment, educators can measure students' abilities to navigate content and apply what they learn, and effectively support their academic success on standardized and formative assessments.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction
- 1. Assessments With a Focus on Learning: Purposes and Promises
- The Historical Root of the Matter
- Which Literacies?
- Audiences and Types of Assessments
- Timing of Tests
- Reasons for Assessments
- Final Thoughts
- 2. Writing Assessments
- Brief Historical Overview of Writing Assessments
- Writing Assessments Today
- Types of Writing Assessments
- Writing Tasks
- Evaluation Tools
- Writing Assessment Formats
- Assessing Processes
- Assessing Products
- Organizing and Administering Your Own Scoring Session
- Final Thoughts
- 3. Reading Asessment
- Teacher-Created Assessments
- Commercial Assessments
- Ongoing Assessments Used to Monitor Progress
- End-of-Year Assessment
- Final Thoughts
- 4. Oral and Visual Assessments
- Speaking
- Listening
- Viewing and Experiencing
- Audience and Purpose
- Importance of a Variety of Assessment
- Forms and Products
- Final Thoughts
- 5. Assessment Portfolios
- What Is an Assessment Portfolio?
- What Are the Issues Surrounding Portfolios?
- Final Thoughts
- 6. Putting Assessment in Perspective
- Overview of Assessment Data
- Uses of Assessment
- A Few Final Assessment Caveats
- Additional Resources for Assessment
- Final Thoughts
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"The authors have taken a complex topic and presented it in a very readable, accessible manner. An ideal candidate for school-based professional development organized on the study group model."
—Joan Irwin, Education Consultant
Former Director of Publications, IRA
Use assessment to meet the strengths and needs of students and enhance learning!
Whether it is standardized test data, student journals, or informal classroom question and answer, assessments provide invaluable, ongoing diagnostic information for making key instructional decisions. In this engaging and comprehensive resource, Diane Barone and Joan Taylor demonstrate practical ways for embedding test preparation into teaching by integrating assessments and instruction to boost learning.
The authors provide testing content and procedures developed for inservice and preservice teachers, administrators, and coaches to help all students, including those who have previously failed. With rich classroom examples, dialogues, scenarios, checklists, and student work samples, this book illustrates multiple assessment formats with expert how-to and when-to guidelines for literacy, writing, listening, and speaking.
In language that speaks straight to educators, this handy, indispensable guide discusses:
- Real cases and conversations that demonstrate actual assessment strategies in classrooms
- Specific applications for math and science literacy
- Preparation and grading for high-stakes testing
- Practical help for portfolios
- Rubric construction tips
- The importance of oral and written literacy
Using The Practical Guide to Classroom Literacy Assessment, educators can measure students' abilities to navigate content and apply what they learn, and effectively support their academic success on standardized and formative assessments.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction
- 1. Assessments With a Focus on Learning: Purposes and Promises
- The Historical Root of the Matter
- Which Literacies?
- Audiences and Types of Assessments
- Timing of Tests
- Reasons for Assessments
- Final Thoughts
- 2. Writing Assessments
- Brief Historical Overview of Writing Assessments
- Writing Assessments Today
- Types of Writing Assessments
- Writing Tasks
- Evaluation Tools
- Writing Assessment Formats
- Assessing Processes
- Assessing Products
- Organizing and Administering Your Own Scoring Session
- Final Thoughts
- 3. Reading Asessment
- Teacher-Created Assessments
- Commercial Assessments
- Ongoing Assessments Used to Monitor Progress
- End-of-Year Assessment
- Final Thoughts
- 4. Oral and Visual Assessments
- Speaking
- Listening
- Viewing and Experiencing
- Audience and Purpose
- Importance of a Variety of Assessment
- Forms and Products
- Final Thoughts
- 5. Assessment Portfolios
- What Is an Assessment Portfolio?
- What Are the Issues Surrounding Portfolios?
- Final Thoughts
- 6. Putting Assessment in Perspective
- Overview of Assessment Data
- Uses of Assessment
- A Few Final Assessment Caveats
- Additional Resources for Assessment
- Final Thoughts
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
December 2006 | 192 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412939140 | $40.95 |
"The authors have taken a complex topic and presented it in a very readable, accessible manner. An ideal candidate for school-based professional development organized on the study group model."
—Joan Irwin, Education Consultant
Former Director of Publications, IRA
Use assessment to meet the strengths and needs of students and enhance learning!
Whether it is standardized test data, student journals, or informal classroom question and answer, assessments provide invaluable, ongoing diagnostic information for making key instructional decisions. In this engaging and comprehensive resource, Diane Barone and Joan Taylor demonstrate practical ways for embedding test preparation into teaching by integrating assessments and instruction to boost learning.
The authors provide testing content and procedures developed for inservice and preservice teachers, administrators, and coaches to help all students, including those who have previously failed. With rich classroom examples, dialogues, scenarios, checklists, and student work samples, this book illustrates multiple assessment formats with expert how-to and when-to guidelines for literacy, writing, listening, and speaking.
In language that speaks straight to educators, this handy, indispensable guide discusses:
- Real cases and conversations that demonstrate actual assessment strategies in classrooms
- Specific applications for math and science literacy
- Preparation and grading for high-stakes testing
- Practical help for portfolios
- Rubric construction tips
- The importance of oral and written literacy
Using The Practical Guide to Classroom Literacy Assessment, educators can measure students' abilities to navigate content and apply what they learn, and effectively support their academic success on standardized and formative assessments.
Table Of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- 1. Assessments With a Focus on Learning: Purposes and Promises
- The Historical Root of the Matter
- Which Literacies?
- Audiences and Types of Assessments
- Timing of Tests
- Reasons for Assessments
- Final Thoughts
- 2. Writing Assessments
- Brief Historical Overview of Writing Assessments
- Writing Assessments Today
- Types of Writing Assessments
- Writing Tasks
- Evaluation Tools
- Writing Assessment Formats
- Assessing Processes
- Assessing Products
- Organizing and Administering Your Own Scoring Session
- Final Thoughts
- 3. Reading Asessment
- Teacher-Created Assessments
- Commercial Assessments
- Ongoing Assessments Used to Monitor Progress
- End-of-Year Assessment
- Final Thoughts
- 4. Oral and Visual Assessments
- Speaking
- Listening
- Viewing and Experiencing
- Audience and Purpose
- Importance of a Variety of Assessment
- Forms and Products
- Final Thoughts
- 5. Assessment Portfolios
- What Is an Assessment Portfolio?
- What Are the Issues Surrounding Portfolios?
- Final Thoughts
- 6. Putting Assessment in Perspective
- Overview of Assessment Data
- Uses of Assessment
- A Few Final Assessment Caveats
- Additional Resources for Assessment
- Final Thoughts
- Index