Changing practice in classrooms : international perspectives on reading assessment / edited by Colin Harrison and Terry Salinger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Colin, 1945-

Salinger, Terry S.

Series:

Assessing reading ; 2.

Assessing reading ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading--Ability testing.

Reading.

Educational tests and measurements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

This second book focuses directly on the classroom, on the challenges individual teachers face in classroom-based assessment, and how these challenges have been and are being met in a range of international contexts.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Introduction; Assessing reading: changing practice; Developing an early literacy portfolio for district-wide use; Taking a closer look at reading: a Scottish perspective; Teachers changing the system: alternative assessment of first-graders' literacy; Literacy assessment as part of new standards; Responsive assessment of reading: seeking evidence on reading attainment from students; The literacy profile of Maxwell Pogonowski

Assessing older students' response to fiction: classroom-based activity to support system-wide assessmentReading while writing: an approach to the assessment of reading through discussions of the drafting process; Assessing literacy and special needs in secondary schools: a case for new paradigms; Index

Notes:

V. 2 edited by Martin Coles and Rhonda Jenkins.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-75120-6

1-280-33179-8

0-203-02427-3

1-134-75121-4

9780203024270

OCLC:

807998330