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Formative Assessment For Literacy, Grades K-6

Name: Formative Assessment For Literacy, Grades K-6
Author: Alison L. Bailey
ISBN: 9781412949071

by Alison L. Bailey, Deborah Stipek, H. Margaret Heritage

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Overview

Grounded in research and practice, this resource shows elementary teachers how to use formative assessment to build students’ language and literacy skills across the curriculum.

Synopsis

Grounded in research and practice, this resource shows elementary teachers how to use formative assessment to build students' language.

About the Author, Alison L. Bailey

Margaret Heritage is the assistant director for professional development at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA, and she also leads the Data Use program of the Accountability and Assessment Comprehensive Center. Prior to joining CRESST, she had many years of experience in schools as a teacher and administrator in the U.K and the U.S., including a period as a county inspector of education in the U.K. and as principal of the University Elementary School, the laboratory school of the Department of Education at UCLA. Heritage has extensive experience in teaching reading development at the University of Warwick, England, and at UCLA. Currently, she is a member of the advisory group for the Chief Council of State School Officers' initiative on formative assessment and of the Teaching and Learning Subgroup of the National Forum on Education Statistics Data Model Task Force.

Heritage has made numerous conference presentations and has published extensively on topics including literacy, data use, and assessment. Her current work focuses on data use for school improvement, including formative assessment, the development of literacy assessment tools, and the measurement of teachers' mathematics knowledge.

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Editorials

Deborah Stipek

"The book is based on the best research on reading and language development and gives readers an opportunity to see nationally renowned experts’ advice in their own words. But rather than a dreary summary of research findings, this book brings the knowledgeto lifeby providing detailed descriptions and illustrations of the practical implications for classroom teaching. Just as teachers slowly and surely lead their children to becoming proficient readers, this book provides scaffolding and a suggested system of schoolwide support for teachers to develop their skills as reading teachers. "

W. James Popham

"This book presents an easy-to-understand approach to a complex skill by employing accessible concepts and a research-based conception of classroom assessment. For today’s and tomorrow’s elementary teachers, this book is mandatory reading!"

Mary J. Schleppegrell

"Bailey and Heritage draw on a wealth of relevant research and their own work in classrooms to offer practice-oriented guidelines for ongoing assessment of children’s developing academic language literacy. They present clear definitions of concepts and constructs and clearly illustrate how formative assessment can be integrated into everyday instruction. The extended dialogues show how teachers can engage children in examining and talking about their own language development."

Dylan Wiliam

“In this important, readable, and practical book, Bailey and Heritage take us beyond what the research says to a clear set of principles for formative assessment in the language arts classroom. Everyone interested in improving reading and writing in our schools should read this book.”