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How Well Does Assessment Inform Our Reading Instruction?
Author(s) -
McKenna Michael C.,
Walpole Sharon
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1598/rt.59.1.9
Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , norm (philosophy) , mathematics education , plan (archaeology) , pedagogy , political science , archaeology , law , history
To what extent is the instruction we provide informed by the results of assessments? The authors contrast what they believe has long been the norm for assessments with a promising trend spurred by recent U.S. federal initiatives such as Reading First. They see great potential for peaceful coexistence between policymakers and teachers when assessments are chosen and used to plan effective instruction.