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
Summary
This 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
