Authentic Reading Assessment : Practices and Possibilities /
edited by Sheila W. Valencia, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, and Peter P. Afflerbach.
- Newark, DE : International Reading Association, 1994.
- viii, 317 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part One UNDERSTANDING AUTHENTIC READING ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 1 Definitions and Perspectives / Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Sheila W. Valencia, and Peter P. Affflerbach Part Two AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT IN CLASSROOMS CHAPTER 2 Literacy Portfolios: Windows on Potential /
COMMENTARY: Robert J. Marzano Jane Hansen
CHAPTER 3 Assessment and Evaluation of Literacy Learning / COMMENTARY: John J. Pikulski Jan Hancock, Jan Turbill, and Brian Cambourne
CHAPTER 4 Rhode Island's Literacy Portfolio Assessment Project / COMMENTARY: Robert C Calfee Mary Ann Snider Skawinski Lima, and Pasquale J. DeVito Part 3 AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND CHAPTER 5 Portfolio Assessment: Experiences at the Kamehameha Elementary Education Program / Commentary: Ileana Seda Kathryn H. Au CHAPTER 6 Literacy Portfolio for teaching, learning, and accountability: The Bellevue Literacy Assessment / Commentary: Kenneth P. Wolf Sheila W. Valencia and Nancy A. Place CHAPTER 7 A Multilayered Assessment Package / Commentary: P. David Pearson Teri Bembridge Part 4 LARGE-SCALE AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 8 California's New English-Language Arts Assessment / Commentary: P. David Pearson Barbara Weiss CHAPTER 9 Redesigning Teaching and Learning: The Arizona Student Assessment Program / Commentary: Charles W. Peters Mary W. Garcia and Kathy Verville CHAPTERS 10 The Maryland School Performance Assessment Program: A New View of Assessment / Commentary: Karen K. Wixson Barbara A. Kapinus, Gertrude V. Collier, and Hannah Kruglanski Part 5 AUTHENTIC READING ASSESSMENT, PRESENT AND FUTURE CHAPTER 11 Realizing the Possibilities of Authentic Assessment: Current trends and Future Issues / Sheila W. Valencia, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, and Peter P. Afflerbach Author Index Subject Index
"As teachers move toward more holistic approaches to literacy instruction, they are finding that traditional forms of assessment no longer give an accurate picture of what is happening in their classrooms. The need to develop assessments that mirror authentic classroom activities and contribute to learning is fueling a widespread and dedicated movement for reform. Authentic Reading Assessment: Practices and Possibilities includes nine case studies describing new assessment efforts, written by educators active in their development. From classrooms in Australia to a school district in Canada to statewide projects in the United States, these efforts are producing innovative techniques and exciting results with implications for all levels and audiences. But these projects are very much works in progress, approaches that are changing and expanding as their developers learn more about how authentic assessment can work in the classroom, district, and beyond. In the commentaries that follow each case study, literacy professionals add to the exchange of ideas that will broaden understanding of assessment issues and focus the reform effort. Comprehensive introductory and concluding chapters examine the background of and future challenges facing authentic assessment. Assessment has long been a problematic issue for educators at all levels: successful reform will depend in large part on the sharing of information and ideas about new approaches. The volume's editors "hope this book will encourage you to enter into the exchange"" (Book Cover)
0872077659 (pbk)
93011920 //r94
Reading--Ability testing--Case studies.--United States
Educational tests and measurements--Case studies.--United States
Portfolios in education--Case studies.--United States
LB1050.46 / .A96 1994 LB1050.46
428.4/076
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part One UNDERSTANDING AUTHENTIC READING ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 1 Definitions and Perspectives / Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Sheila W. Valencia, and Peter P. Affflerbach Part Two AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT IN CLASSROOMS CHAPTER 2 Literacy Portfolios: Windows on Potential /
COMMENTARY: Robert J. Marzano Jane Hansen
CHAPTER 3 Assessment and Evaluation of Literacy Learning / COMMENTARY: John J. Pikulski Jan Hancock, Jan Turbill, and Brian Cambourne
CHAPTER 4 Rhode Island's Literacy Portfolio Assessment Project / COMMENTARY: Robert C Calfee Mary Ann Snider Skawinski Lima, and Pasquale J. DeVito Part 3 AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND CHAPTER 5 Portfolio Assessment: Experiences at the Kamehameha Elementary Education Program / Commentary: Ileana Seda Kathryn H. Au CHAPTER 6 Literacy Portfolio for teaching, learning, and accountability: The Bellevue Literacy Assessment / Commentary: Kenneth P. Wolf Sheila W. Valencia and Nancy A. Place CHAPTER 7 A Multilayered Assessment Package / Commentary: P. David Pearson Teri Bembridge Part 4 LARGE-SCALE AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 8 California's New English-Language Arts Assessment / Commentary: P. David Pearson Barbara Weiss CHAPTER 9 Redesigning Teaching and Learning: The Arizona Student Assessment Program / Commentary: Charles W. Peters Mary W. Garcia and Kathy Verville CHAPTERS 10 The Maryland School Performance Assessment Program: A New View of Assessment / Commentary: Karen K. Wixson Barbara A. Kapinus, Gertrude V. Collier, and Hannah Kruglanski Part 5 AUTHENTIC READING ASSESSMENT, PRESENT AND FUTURE CHAPTER 11 Realizing the Possibilities of Authentic Assessment: Current trends and Future Issues / Sheila W. Valencia, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, and Peter P. Afflerbach Author Index Subject Index
"As teachers move toward more holistic approaches to literacy instruction, they are finding that traditional forms of assessment no longer give an accurate picture of what is happening in their classrooms. The need to develop assessments that mirror authentic classroom activities and contribute to learning is fueling a widespread and dedicated movement for reform. Authentic Reading Assessment: Practices and Possibilities includes nine case studies describing new assessment efforts, written by educators active in their development. From classrooms in Australia to a school district in Canada to statewide projects in the United States, these efforts are producing innovative techniques and exciting results with implications for all levels and audiences. But these projects are very much works in progress, approaches that are changing and expanding as their developers learn more about how authentic assessment can work in the classroom, district, and beyond. In the commentaries that follow each case study, literacy professionals add to the exchange of ideas that will broaden understanding of assessment issues and focus the reform effort. Comprehensive introductory and concluding chapters examine the background of and future challenges facing authentic assessment. Assessment has long been a problematic issue for educators at all levels: successful reform will depend in large part on the sharing of information and ideas about new approaches. The volume's editors "hope this book will encourage you to enter into the exchange"" (Book Cover)
0872077659 (pbk)
93011920 //r94
Reading--Ability testing--Case studies.--United States
Educational tests and measurements--Case studies.--United States
Portfolios in education--Case studies.--United States
LB1050.46 / .A96 1994 LB1050.46
428.4/076