Description |
vi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
8. Looking at Their Own Words: Students' Assessment of Their Own Writing / Susan Benedict -- Discussion: Making Assessment a Process / Nina Tepper and Rocio Costa -- Pt. IV. Reader Response Perspectives on Assessing Children's Language and Literacy. 9. Children's Response to Literature: Isn't It About Time We Said Good-Bye to Book Reports and Literal Oral Book Discussions? / Kathleen Holland and Susan Lehr. 10. Assessing Literary Understanding Through Oral Language / Joanne M. Golden. 11. Children's Group Discussions of Literature: Fertile Ground for Informal Oral Language Assessment / Lenore Carlisle -- Discussion: Unleashing the Potential of Children's Responses to Literature / Leslie Shaw, Deborah G. Jacque and Cheryl L. Taylor |
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Introduction: What is an Alternative? -- Pt. I. The Need for Alternative Perspectives. 1. Language, Culture and the Implications of Assessment / Karla Holloway. 2. Towards an Alternative View of Writing Assessment / Loren S. Barritt -- Pt. II. Anthropological Perspectives on Assessing Children's Language and Literacy. 3. The Language of Testing: An Ethnographic-Sociolinguistic Perspective on Standardized Tests / Catherine Emihovich. 4. You Can't Get There From Here / David Bloome. 5. Assessing Students as Members of a Literate Community / Beth Gildin Watrous and Jerri Willett -- Discussion: Assessment in My World / Maryann Jennings -- Pt. III. Socio-Psycholinguistic Perspectives on Assessing Children's Language and Literacy / Judith W. Solsken. 6. Alternative Language Assessment: Communicating Naturally with Students in Assessment Contexts / Helen B. Slaughter. 7. Assessing the Written Language Abilities of Beginning Writers / Jo-Anne R. Wilson Keenan |
Analysis |
Language arts -- Ability testing |
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Literacy -- Evaluation |
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Reading -- Ability testing |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
In English |
Subject |
Language arts -- Ability testing.
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Language arts -- Testing.
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Literacy -- Evaluation.
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Reading -- Ability testing.
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Reading -- Testing.
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Author |
Bloome, David.
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Holland, Kathleen E.
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Solsken, Judith W.
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LC no. |
93040230 |
ISBN |
0893918644 |
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0893919144 (paperback) |
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