Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing
Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing

Author: IRA/NCTE Joint Task Force on Assessment

Publisher: International Reading Assoc.

Published: 2009-12-03

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 0872077764

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With this updated document, IRA and NCTE reaffirm their position that the primary purpose of assessment must be to improve teaching and learning for all students. Eleven core standards are presented and explained, and a helpful glossary makes this document suitable not only for educators but for parents, policymakers, school board members, and other stakeholders. Case studies of large-scale national tests and smaller scale classroom assessments (particularly in the context of RTI, or Response to Intervention) are used to highlight how assessments in use today do or do not meet the standards.

Stardards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017
Stardards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 9780872073791

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"(Standards 2017) sets forth the criteria for developing and evaluating preperation programs for literacy professionals. Developed by literacy experts across the United States, the standards focus on the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for effective educational practice in a specific role and highlight contemporary research and evidence-based practices in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and leadership." -- Back cover.

Reading, Writing, and Rigor
Reading, Writing, and Rigor

Author: Nancy Boyles

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2018-04-12

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1416623434

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What does rigor, a word that frequently pops up in conversations about education, really mean? More specifically, what does it mean for literacy instruction, and how does it relate to challenging standards-based assessments? In this informative and practical guide, literacy expert Nancy Boyles uses the framework from Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) to answer these questions, offering experience-based advice along with specific examples of K–8 assessment items. Boyles defines rigor and shows how it relates to literacy at each DOK level and explains the kind of thinking students will be expected to demonstrate. She then tackles the essence of what teachers need to know about how DOK and its associated rigors are measured on standards-based assessments. Specifically, readers learn how each DOK rigor aligns with standards, text complexity, close reading, student interaction, the reading-writing connection, and formative assessment. Teachers, coaches, and administrators will find clear guidance, easy-to-implement strategies, dozens of useful teaching tools and resources, and encouragement to help students achieve and demonstrate true rigor in reading and writing.

Literacies
Literacies

Author: Mary Kalantzis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-08-11

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 1316791068

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With the rise of new technologies and media, the way we communicate is rapidly changing. Literacies provides a comprehensive introduction to literacy pedagogy within today's new media environment. It focuses not only on reading and writing, but also on other modes of communication, including oral, visual, audio, gestural and spatial. This focus is designed to supplement, not replace, the enduringly important role of alphabetical literacy. Using real-world examples and illustrations, Literacies features the experiences of both teachers and students. It maps a range of methods that teachers can use to help their students develop their capacities to read, write and communicate. It also explores the wide range of literacies and the diversity of socio-cultural settings in today's workplace, public and community settings. With an emphasis on the 'how-to' practicalities of designing literacy learning experiences and assessing learner outcomes, this book is a contemporary and in-depth resource for literacy students.

Handbook of Reading Research
Handbook of Reading Research

Author: P. David Pearson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 1108

ISBN-13: 9780805824162

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"The Handbook of Reading Research is the research handbook for the field. Each volume has come to define the field for the period of time it covers ... When taken as a set, the four volumes provide a definitive history of reading research"--Back of cover, volume 4.

Assessment of Reading and Writing Difficulties
Assessment of Reading and Writing Difficulties

Author: Marjorie Y. Lipson

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780132685788

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An interactive perspective on reading and writing ability/disability with an emphasis on understanding and addressing learners' difficulties in relation to the instructional context. While retaining the focus of the previous edition on careful and extensive discussion of language acquisition, vocabulary development, and early literacy; greater attention to English language learners; attention to adolescent literacy; and information about the RTI process, this new edition includes some dramatic changes, most notably it is abbreviated to focus on multiple types and levels of assessment within a reoriented assessment-instruction process, which includes screening, differentiation and intervention in the classroom, and progress monitoring.

Assessment Literacy
Assessment Literacy

Author: Thomas DeVere Wolsey

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1462542085

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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.

Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K-6
Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K-6

Author: Martha Clare Hougen

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9781681253756

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"This core text introduces pre-service teachers to the essential components of literacy and describes how to effectively deliver explicit, evidence-based instruction on each component"--

35 Rubrics and Checklists to Assess Reading and Writing
35 Rubrics and Checklists to Assess Reading and Writing

Author: Adele Fiderer

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780590131025

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Drawing on her extensive experience as a teacher, the author shares quick, clear, and easy rubrics for accessing students' work. These ideas will help students learn the qualities of a good performance and give parents a detailed picture of their children's progress.