Alternative Assessment Techniques for Reading & Writing

This practical resource helps elementary classroom, remedialreading, and LD teachers make the best possible informal assessmentof a child's specific reading, writing, and spelling strengths andweaknesses and attitudes toward reading.

Written in easy-to-follow nontechnical language, it provides amultitude of tested informal assessment strategies and devices,such as "kid watching," retellings, journals, IRIs, writingsurveys, portfolios, think alouds and more-- including more than200 reproducible assessment devices ready for immediate use!

You'll find a detailed description of each informal assessmenttechniques along with step-by-step procedures for its use and,wherever possible, one or more reproducible sample devices.Complete answer keys for each device are included with thedirections.

Among the unique topics covered are the innovative IndividualReading Inventory, San Diego Quick Assessment List, El Paso PhonicsSurvey, QAD Chart, Holistic scoring of writing and Reproducibledevices for portfolio assessment.

In short, Alternative Assessment Techniques for Reading andWriting offers a wealth of tested, ready-to-use informal assessmentinformation and devices that should save the teacher a great dealof time and energy in making a useful assessment of any student'sliteracy ability!

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