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Peer reviewedStrickland, Dorothy S.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel – Reading Teacher, 1989
Examines the problems of using standardized tests to measure the development of early literacy. Notes that assessment is used to design instruction, and should reflect the skills and knowledge that are developing in young children. Provides examples of informal assessment contexts, such as interactive dialogues, observation, and performance…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedPadget, S. Yancey – Reading Teacher, 1989
Evaluates Screening Children for Related Early Educational Needs (SCREEN), a test which assesses beginning skills in oral language, reading, written expression, and math. Concludes that although SCREEN is useful to measure kindergarten or first-grade students at high risk for learning problems, its usefulness at the preschool level is…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Mathematics Skills, Oral Language
