A groundbreaking integrated approach to reading assessment that addresses each child's unique Learning Profile
Fifteen to twenty percent of our nation's children have reading difficulties. Educational evalua-tors must be able to use progress monitoring and diagnostic tools effectively to identify students who may be at risk, evaluate the effectiveness of school-wide reading programs, and suggest interventions that will improve reading skills. Written from a strengths-based perspective, Reading Assessment: Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition is the first book of its kind to present a research-based, integrated review of reading, cognition, and oral language testing and assessment.
The New Teacher's Complete Sourcebook: Middle School
Super practical! From what to do during the first 5 minutes of school to the best teaching ideas for middle schoolers, this book has the answers. The author trains new teachers, so she knows the questions and concerns that keep them up at night. Includes advice from many teachers, curriculum planning guides, assessment strategies, and hundreds more tips and ideas. For use with Grades 5 & Up.
If you are interested in how to effectively evaluate or assess English language learning, this collection of papers – the proceedings from the British Council East Asia Regional Symposium on Assessment and Evaluation – is essential reading.
These Proceedings capture the insights from contributors with a wide range of backgrounds and experience. The papers describe different contexts and tackle the issues from a variety of perspectives and as a result provide an immensely important contribution to discussions surrounding assessment and evaluation.
Master the basics of English grammar with this carefully designed CD-ROM. The program contains everything you'll need to know: the definition of grammar, parts of speech, common nouns and pronouns, verb tenses, conjugations, compound sentences, and more. It includes live-action video, sophisticated animation and computer graphics, quizzes with robust assessment, and an interactive trivia game. Cowritten by Chris Thaiss, Ph.D., of George Mason University and Charles Fisher, M.A., of the Madeira School.
Classroom Assessment in Action Classroom Assessment in Action clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then provide clear and ordered discussions of how assessment and instruction is integrated into a functional process to enhance student learning.
