Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K-2

by Peter Afflerbach

Never has there been a more promising time for the development and use of effective reading assessment. Yet this promise is challenged by the frenzy of testing that threatens to change classroom teaching and assessment into a narrow, mechanistic approach to schooling.

Genres: Teaching, Education

226 pages, Paperback

First published July 7, 2007

About the author

Professor; Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland

Reviews

[Amber Vance · Rating 3 out of 5]

How do you rate a book about assessments very high? 😄 I did learn new things, though and that was the purpose of reading this book.

[Michelle Flores · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good primer on the why and how of reading assessments. I read this for a graduate level reading assessments course.

[Kimberly Hubbard]

informative

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Down-to-earth information on reading assessment that teachers can put in place immediately.

[Brooke Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains many helpful resources as well as helpful strategies to implement within the classroom.

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was incredibly repetitive and could have been half the length.

[ResearchOnDIBELS]

Chapter 6, titled " A Comparison of Two Assessments: An Observation Study of Early Literacy Achievement (OSELA) and Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)", describes the history, the widespread use, and the controversy behind DIBELS.

[Mandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this for a reading endorsement class. Really got me thinking about assessments and how they can best be used in classrooms, schools, districts, and our country. A little wordy at times, but it was worth it overall. Good information.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm reading this for a secondary reading endorsement class and think there must be something out there on this topic which is much better.

[Rachel Robins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Skimmed this one for a class. Solid information--

[Eileen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing new here