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Whole Language Assessment.
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Grindler, Martha C.; Stratton, Beverly D. – Reading Improvement, 1992
Describes systematic assessment procedures as alternatives to standardized testing which yield more descriptive records of children's reading abilities. Notes that the assessment procedures are consistent with the contemporary understanding of reading which indicates that prior knowledge and the ability to use predictive skills greatly influence…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Prior Learning, Reading Ability
Soon Anofe You Tout Me: Evaluation in a First-Grade Whole Language Classroom.
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Pils, Linda J. – Reading Teacher, 1991
Presents a variety of literacy evaluation strategies devised and implemented by a teacher who is making the transition to whole language. (MG)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
New Assessment Books (Assessment).
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Valencia, Sheila W. – Reading Teacher, 1991
Reviews two recent professional publications concerning alternative assessment: "Portfolio Assessment in the Reading-Writing Classroom" and "Assessment and Evaluation in Whole Language Programs." (MG)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Using Whole Language with Children We Have Failed to Teach to Read.
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Thomas, Karen F.; Barksdale-Ladd, Mary Alice – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Outlines the potential for using whole language for remediation of reading disabilities. Criticizes current approaches to remediation. Discusses six principles of whole language instruction that are effective for remediation. Describes four whole-language programs that have successfully remediated students. Suggests alternative assessment…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
Learning about Language Learners: The Case for Informal Assessment in the Whole Language Classroom.
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Gutknecht, Bruce – Reading Improvement, 1992
Maintains that continued over reliance on traditional skills-based assessment of reading abilities provides the whole-language teacher with little, if any, useful information for instructional planning. Suggests informal assessment procedures that focus on the language learner and provide a rich information source on which to base instructional…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Informal Assessment
Understanding the Nature of Reading and Writing Difficulties: An Alternative View.
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Freppon, Penny A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Presents a case study of a nine-year-old boy's reading and writing difficulties. Notes that instruction grounded in sociopsycholinguistics, whole language, and emergent literacy helped the learner overcome his difficulties. Provides an account of alternative approaches in assessing written language difficulties; and the role of the reader's belief…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
An Alaskan Odyssey for Effective Portfolio Assessment.
Caudell, Lee Sherman – Northwest Education, 1996
Describes the shift to portfolio assessment in Juneau (Alaska) schools, including teacher-developed assessment guidelines for language arts in elementary school and the use of portfolios in a special interdisciplinary high school program. Lists items that the district requires in elementary language-arts portfolios and recommendations to other…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Alternative Assessment Practices as New Rules in the Whole-Language Game.
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Habgood, Mary Kay – International Journal of Social Education, 1993
Asserts that the whole-language approach requires broader evaluation procedures most often associated with alternative assessment methods. Discusses issues related to alternative assessment, such as goal setting, portfolios, and interrater reliability, as they apply to social studies. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Technical Adequacy of Alternative Reading Measures as Performance Assessments.
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Tindal, Gerald; Marston, Douglas – Exceptionality, 1996
Two studies focused on concurrent validity and instructional decision making in using alternative reading measures with elementary regular and special education students. The first study examined the relation of oral reading performance to several other reading measures; the second study investigated teacher decision making, using quantitative and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Concurrent Validity, Decision Making, Elementary Education