| Description |
44 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"IRA Stock Number: 674"--T.p. verso. |
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"NCTE Stock Number: 02131"--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Nature of assessment -- Nature of language -- Learning of language -- Assessment of language -- Language of assessment -- Standards: Goals: Interests of the student are paramount in assessment -- Primary purpose of assessment is to improve teaching and learning -- Assessment must reflect and allow for critical inquiry into curriculum and instruction -- Case study: Instruction informs assessment -- Assessments must recognize and reflect the intellectually and socially complex nature of reading and writing and the important roles of school, home, and society in literacy development: Case study: Assessment must be contextualized -- Assessment must be fair and equitable -- Consequences of an assessment procedure are the first, and most important, consideration in establishing the validity of the assessment -- Implementation: Teacher is the most important agent of assessment -- Assessment process should involve multiple perspectives and sources of data: Case study: Special education, people instead of tests, and John -- Assessment must be based in the school community: Case study: All stakeholders must participate in assessment -- All members of the educational community- students, parents, teachers, administrators, policy makers, and the public-must have a voice in the development, interpretation, and reporting of assessment -- Parents must be involved as active, essential participants in the assessment process. |
| Subject |
Language arts -- Ability testing -- United States.
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Reading -- Ability testing -- United States.
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Ability testing -- United States.
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| Indexed Term |
Reading Assessment |
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Writing Assessment |
| Added Author |
International Reading Association.
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National Council of Teachers of English.
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| ISBN |
0872076741 IRA |
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0814102131 NCTE |
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