Assessing And Addressing Literacy Needs

Author : Barbara Combs
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483342139

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Assessing and Addressing Literacy Needs by Barbara Combs Pdf

Designed to help preservice and inservice teachers use assessments to identify problems and employ appropriate strategies to help their students become better readers, this text includes 12 case studies that detail children's literacy struggles. The cases are embedded within a framework of research-based instructional interventions related to best practices in literacy instruction. The core chapters of the book are organized around six essential elements in learning to read—emergent literacy, word identification, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and engagement—and include a review of the literature, assessment strategies, instructional interventions, a section on Intervening With Technology, and two detailed case reports.

Author : Mary T. Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Workplace literacy
ISBN : OSU:32435061797460

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Addressing Literacy Needs at Work by Mary T. Moore Pdf

Author : Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl,Kevin Flanigan,Michael C. McKenna
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781462541591

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Assessment for Reading Instruction by Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl,Kevin Flanigan,Michael C. McKenna Pdf

Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this accessible text has given over 100,000 preservice and inservice teachers vital tools for systematic reading assessment in grades K–8. The book explains how to use both formal and informal assessments to evaluate students' strengths and needs in all components of reading. Effective, engaging methods for targeted instruction in each area are outlined. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes 30 reproducible tools, plus an additional multipage assessment in an online-only appendix. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible materials. New to This Edition *Expanded coverage of the middle grades (4–8), including a new chapter and case study, and explicit attention to this grade range throughout; new coauthor Kevin Flanigan adds expertise in this area. *New and expanded topics: computer-based testing methods, assessing academic language, and how to use reading inventories more accurately. *Additional reproducible tools: informal reading inventory summary form, comprehension retelling forms for narrative and informational text, computer-based comprehension test comparison worksheet, revised Informal Decoding Inventory, and more.

Author : Nonie K. Lesaux,Sky H. Marietta
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781462502486

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Making Assessment Matter by Nonie K. Lesaux,Sky H. Marietta Pdf

" All too often, literacy assessments are given only for accountability purposes and fail to be seen as valuable resources for planning and differentiating instruction. This clear, concise book shows K-5 educators how to implement a comprehensive, balanced assessment battery that integrates accountability concerns with data-driven instruction. Teachers learn to use different types of test scores to understand and address students' specific learning needs. The book features an in-depth case example of a diverse elementary school that serves many struggling readers and English language learners. Reproducible planning and progress-monitoring forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. "--Provided by publisher.

Author : Beverly DeVries
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351614092

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Literacy Assessment and Intervention for Classroom Teachers by Beverly DeVries Pdf

The fourth edition of this comprehensive resource helps future and practicing teachers recognize and assess literacy problems, while providing practical, effective intervention strategies to help every student succeed. The author thoroughly explores the major components of literacy, providing an overview of pertinent research, suggested methods and tools for diagnosis and assessment, intervention strategies and activities, and technology applications to increase students' skills. Discussions throughout focus on the needs of English learners, offering appropriate instructional strategies and tailored teaching ideas to help both teachers and their students. Several valuable appendices include assessment tools, instructions and visuals for creating and implementing the book's more than 150 instructional strategies and activities, and other resources.

Author : Lori Anne McElroy,British Columbia. Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour,Canada. National Literacy Secretariat,Centre for Curriculum and Professional Development
Publisher : The Ministry
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 0771893957

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Conducting Needs Assessment for Adult Literacy Programming by Lori Anne McElroy,British Columbia. Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour,Canada. National Literacy Secretariat,Centre for Curriculum and Professional Development Pdf

This report describes a support project for literacy needs assessments which were components of a number of adult literacy projects carried out in British Columbia during 1992/93. It also reviews the methodologies used by the participating projects in carrying out the literacy needs assessments, and is intended as a resource for those conducting literacy needs assessments in the future. The report summarizes the literacy needs assessment component of seven projects and provides three questionnaires used in literacy surveys directed to households, business and industry, and service providers.

Author : Joan P. Gipe
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Reading
ISBN : 0132080893

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Multiple Paths to Literacy by Joan P. Gipe Pdf

Founded on the premise that education, especially literacy, should be accessible to all students in a democratic society; the seventh edition of "Multiple Paths to Literacy" is written to help teachers address the literacy needs of the diverse learners that populate today's K-12 classrooms. To meet every student's literacy needs, teachers must learn to differentiate classroom instruction. According to Joan Gipe, differentiating instruction requires knowing where students are in their literacy development and using multiple forms of literacy to meet those needs - including text-based materials, technology, visual literacy, and the performing arts. "Multiple Paths to Literacy "provides teachers with an analytical approach and practical strategies to "recognize learners ' literacy strengths and needs," "identify any students with special needs," and "plan and differentiate instruction that takes into account each student's talents and multiple intelligences "to tailor that instruction. See what's new to this edition: New chapter (7) on early literacy. Explicit connections between literacy instruction and the democratic values of teaching demonstrate how to value the uniqueness of students to meet their individual literacy needs. Updated coverage of reading comprehension--the heart of reading--in each of the five chapters that address comprehension. Clarification of analytic teaching versus differentiating instruction. MyEducationLab for Reading Assessment & Diagnosis brings your students the power of classroom practice. To get access with this book, use the ISBN 0136100813 To order this book WITH MyEducationLab, use either ISBN: ISBN-13: 9780136100812ISBN-10: 0136100813To order this book WITHOUT MyEducationLab use either ISBN: ISBN-13: 9780132080897ISBN-10: 0132080893

Author : Jeanne Shay Schumm
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781593852900

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Reading Assessment and Instruction for All Learners by Jeanne Shay Schumm Pdf

Weaving together the latest knowledge and best practices for teaching children to read, this indispensable text and professional resource provides a complete guide to differentiated instruction for diverse learners. Uniquely integrative, the book places the needs of English language learners and students with disabilities front and center instead of treating them as special topics. Accessible chapters on each of the core components of literacy clearly demonstrate how to link formal and informal assessment to evidence-based instruction. Special features include Research Briefs, Tech Tips, Internet Resources, Reflection and Action Questions, and dozens of reproducible student activities and assessment tools.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309681353

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Developing Health Literacy Skills in Children and Youth by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy Pdf

Young people develop health literacy skills in a variety of environments, facing critical thinking challenges about their health from school, home and family life, peers and social life, and online. To explore the development of health literacy skills in youth, the Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a workshop on November 19, 2019, in Washington, DC. Presenters at the workshop discussed factors relating to health literacy skills and ways to further develop those skills among youth from early childhood to young adulthood. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

Author : Rona Flippo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136311758

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Assessing Readers by Rona Flippo Pdf

A Co-publication of Routledge and the International Reading Association This new edition of Assessing Readers continues to bridge the gap between authentic, informal, and formative assessments, and more traditional quantitative, and summative assessment approaches. At the heart of the book is respect and confidence in the capabilities of knowledgeable teachers to make the correct literacy decisions for the students they teach based on appropriate assessments. Inclusive and practical, it supports individual classroom teachers' knowledge, beliefs, decisions, and roles and offers specific assessment, instruction, and organizational ideas and strategies, while incorporating a range of perspectives that inform the field of reading and literacy education, covering the most important ideas and information found in more traditional reading diagnosis books. Changes in the Second Edition Addresses the Common Core State Standards Includes Response to Intervention (RTI) Discusses family literacy in language-diverse homes and the needs of ELL students Covers formative assessment Offers ideas and guidelines for ELL assessment Looks at issues of accountability and teaching to prescribed state tests and objectives versus accommodating to them – the pitfalls and problems and how to cope Provides new practical examples, including new rubrics, more teacher-developed cognitive assessments, a new case study, and new teacher-developed strategy lessons

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309139809

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Measures of Health Literacy by Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy Pdf

Health literacy-the ability for individuals to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services to facilitate appropriate health decisions-is increasingly recognized as an important facet of health care and health outcomes. Although research on health literacy has grown tremendously in the past decade, there is no widely agreed-upon framework for health literacy as a determinant of health outcomes. Most instruments focus on assessing an individual's health literacy, yet the scope of health literacy reaches far beyond an individual's skills and abilities. Health literacy occurs in the context of the health care system, and therefore measures of health literacy must also assess the demands and complexities of the health care systems with which patients interact. For example, measures are needed to determine how well the system has been organized so that it can be navigated by individuals with different levels of health literacy and how well health organizations are doing at making health information understandable and actionable. To examine what is known about measures of health literacy, the Institute of Medicine convened a workshop. The workshop, summarized in this volume, reviews the current status of measures of health literacy, including those used in the health care setting; discusses possible surrogate measures that might be used to assess health literacy; and explores ways in which health literacy measures can be used to assess patient-centered approaches to care.

Author : Martha Clare Hougen,Susan M. Smartt
Publisher : Paul H Brookes Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Language arts (Early childhood)
ISBN : 1681253763

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Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K-6 by Martha Clare Hougen,Susan M. Smartt Pdf

"This core text introduces pre-service teachers to the essential components of literacy and describes how to effectively deliver explicit, evidence-based instruction on each component"--

Author : Cathy Nutbrown
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446265499

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Recognising Early Literacy Development by Cathy Nutbrown Pdf

`This book examines the literacy development and assessment of children before the age of five years. It is highly relevant to all those professionally involved in assessment. Cathy Nutbrown explores the need for appropriate assessment practice to support teachers and illustrates the mismatch between the way teachers and researchers assess literacy. The book is worth buying for the final chapter alone, which provides an analysis of the newly developed Sheffield Early Literacy Development Profile. The actual tasks are included in the appendices. Thus, Cathy Nutbrown does not leave us frustrated. We are able to consider an ongoing assessment which is in tune with the best practice in teaching. This is a research text which balances theory with practical realism. It is particularly relevant today with the introduction of Baseline Assessment. Teachers and researchers will find much that they can relate to and learn from. It is clearly written and deserves to be widely read. However, it may make for uncomfortable reading as Cathy Nutbrown challenges all concerned with the assessment of early literacy development to reflect on exactly what they are doing and why′ - British Educational Research Recognising Early Literacy Development presents a new view of the many purposes of assessment in early literacy development. Issues in early literacy assessment, current assessment material, the purposes of literacy assessment, government policy, practice in schools, baseline assessment of literacy, the need for new research measures of early literacy, are all recurrent themes of the book. The author reviews and discusses three decades of policy and practice in assessing literacy development in the years 3 to 5 - from recognising in the late 1960s that literacy in these years exists, to proposals in 1997 for official assessment of literacy at 5 years.

Author : IRA/NCTE Joint Task Force on Assessment,International Reading Association,National Council of Teachers of English
Publisher : International Reading Assoc.
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-03
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780872077768

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Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing by IRA/NCTE Joint Task Force on Assessment,International Reading Association,National Council of Teachers of English Pdf

With this updated document, IRA and NCTE reaffirm their position that the primary purpose of assessment must be to improve teaching and learning for all students. Eleven core standards are presented and explained, and a helpful glossary makes this document suitable not only for educators but for parents, policymakers, school board members, and other stakeholders. Case studies of large-scale national tests and smaller scale classroom assessments (particularly in the context of RTI, or Response to Intervention) are used to highlight how assessments in use today do or do not meet the standards.

Author : Amanda Sara
Publisher : Crown House Pub Limited
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 1845901320

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The Literacy Toolkit by Amanda Sara Pdf

The Literacy Toolkit is a journey into understanding literacy in our society, its impacts upon our schools and the practical and creative strategies we can use to ensure every pupil's literacy skills progress rapidly in all subjects. It embraces what we know about literacy learning and how we can move things forward creatively in the classroom and beyond, so that students, learners and teachers will have a positive impact upon learning. It also embraces the notion that literacy needs to be addressed by all for all students to succeed. It looks at the key issues and alternative ways to address them in a creative and fun but purposeful manner. This teacher's resource is divided into four sections literacy in our society, the importance of it and how we put that into practice at KS3 and KS4 with the new; KS3 curriculum and the transition between KS2 and 3; 50 generic practical literacy strategies for the classroom; whole school strategies which need to be adopted for literacy to flourish; a selection of generic tools to be used for assessing literacy.