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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783733403321

Titolo

Assessing reading : international perspectives on reading assessment / / edited by Colin Harrison and Terry Salinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-75120-6

1-280-33179-8

0-203-02427-3

1-134-75121-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Assessing reading ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

HarrisonColin <1945->

SalingerTerry S

Disciplina

428.4/076

Soggetti

Reading - Ability testing

Educational tests and measurements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

V. 2 edited by Martin Coles and Rhonda Jenkins.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.