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Informal Assessment Strategies
Asking Questions, Observing Students, and Planning Lessons That Promote Successful Interaction with Text
Informal Assessment Strategies explores the power of informed assessment practices on teachers, on instruction, and, most of all, on the literacy success of students. Beth Charlton shows teachers how to use the results of assessment and how to find time to assess in an increasingly crowded school day. She challenges teachers to reflect on their own practice, encourages them to explore the why, what, and how of assessment, and presents techniques to help busy teachers listen, question, and observe students, and focus on student strengths and abilities.
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Informal Assessment Strategies explores the power of informed assessment practices on teachers, on instruction, and, most of all, on the literacy success of students. Beth Charlton shows teachers how to use the results of assessment and how to find time to assess in an increasingly crowded school day. She challenges teachers to reflect on their own practice, encourages them to explore the why, what, and how of assessment, and presents techniques to help busy teachers listen, question...read more
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Getting to Successful Lessons
2. Approaching Informal Assessment
3. Formative Reading Assessment
4. Observing and Recording How the Student Processes Text
5. Assessing Comprehension
6. Daily Opportunities for Classroom Assessment
7. Independent Reading as Time for Assessment
8. Using Assessment Results to Make Instructional Choices
9. Next-Steps Lessons
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index