Reading Assessment: A Primer For Teachers In The Common Core Era

This trusted practitioner guide and course text helps K-8 teachers utilize assessment as an integral component of classroom instruction. It guides teachers step by step to recognize good reader behaviors, assess students' strengths and weaknesses, and make evidence-based instructional decisions. Formal and informal measures are discussed for evaluating specific components of literacy, with a focus on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Every chapter features activities for developing understanding; in-depth practice exercises are provided in several appendices. Helpful reproducible tools can be photocopied from the book or downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition *Chapter on major current initiatives: the CCSS and response to intervention. *Extensive CCSS content woven throughout the book. *Expanded coverage of vocabulary assessment, now in its own chapter. *Checklists to guide the selection of high-quality published instruments. 9781462514175 1462514170 305 Language Arts & Disciplines NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=m9gfAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: JoAnne Schudt Caldwell
• • Publisher: The Guilford Press
• • Publication Date: Mar 24, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 288 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1462514170
• • ISBN-13: 9781462514175