Assessing for Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners

by Violet H. Harada, Joan M. Yoshina

Coauthors Harada and Yoshina authored the first text that focused on learning assessment in a school library context. In this revised and expanded version of Assessing for Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners, they continue to shed light on the issue of school librarians helping students to assess for learning.



The book begins with a brief discussion of national reform efforts and the importance of assessment for effective learning within this context. The balance of the book provides numerous strategies and tools for involving students as well as library media specialists in assessment activities, emphasizing the importance of students assessing for their own learning. It also provides specific examples of how assessment can be incorporated into various library-related learning activities. All chapters in this second edition have been updated with additional information, and three new chapters on assessing for critical thinking, dispositions, and tech-related learning have been added.

Genres: Nonfiction, Librarianship, Education

272 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2010

Reviews

[Luke Pete · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hugely important piece of school library advocacy. Unfortunatley grading is largely entrenched as a form of viability and usefulness in schools— teachers who grade are interested in supporting and feeling as though they are equals with others who grade. This book provides a road map for interdepartmental collaboration that uses the library as a conduit. By focusing on assessment, it reframes the essential jobs of librarians in schools which prepares people for using their community resources outside of school by giving visibility to a wider field of school community assets.