Understanding and using reading assessment, K-12.9780872075856 Understanding and using reading assessment, K-12. Afflerbach, Peter. International Reading Assn. 2007 206 pages $28.95 Paperback LB1050 Afflerbach (curriculum and instruction, U. of Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). , College Park) details reading assessment materials and procedures, using the CURRV framework to organize organize /or·ga·nize/ (or´gan-iz) 1. to provide with an organic structure. 2. to form into organs. or·gan·ize v. 1. the book, examining it in relation to current understanding of the reading process, students' development, and the culture of schooling. Chapters cover different types of assessment, including reading inventories, teacher questioning, portfolios, performance assessments, diagnostic reading assessments, and high- stakes tests. Using the CURRV model, the consequences, usefulness, roles and responsibilities, reliability, and validity of each type are considered. Concluding chapters address how outcomes other than cognitive skill cognitive skill Psychology Any of a number of acquired skills that reflect an individual's ability to think; CSs include verbal and spatial abilities, and have a significant hereditary component and strategy growth may be assessed and the accommodation accommodation n. 1) a favor done without compensation (pay or consideration), such as a signature guaranteeing payment of a debt, sometimes called an accommodation indorsement. of learners in assessment. The book is meant for use in undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation courses and by K-12 teachers. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , OR) |
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