Assessment and Evaluation in the Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Classroom Chapter 11

Assessment and Evaluation in the Comprehensive

Balanced Literacy Classroom

Chapter 11

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A Current View of Assessment

• Assessment & Evaluation• The Role of Standards• A Framework for Assessment


Principles for Effective Assessment

1.Ongoing process2.Part of instruction3.Authentic4.Collaborative, Reflective5.Multidimensional6.Developmentally & Culturally Appropriate7. Identifies Strengths8.Based on How Students Learn


Assessment Techniques

• Observations• Checklists• Records of

Independent Reading• Retellings• Responses to

Literature• Self-evaluations• Process Interviews• Reading Samples• Fluency Checks

• Literature Groups• Interest Inventories• Writing Rubrics• Miscue Analysis• Informal Reading

Inventories• Running Records• Performance

Assessments• Assessments with

Published Materials


Figure 11.4: IndependentReading Record


Figure 11.7: Form forEvaluating Responses to Literature


Figure 11.8: Form forSelf-Evaluating of Reading


Figure 11.10: Second Grader’sMarked Oral Passage


Figure 11.13: Running Record Summary Sheet


Terms You Need to Know

■ authentic assessment■ checklist■ cold read■ fluency check■ formal assessment■ grade score/grade equivalent■ informal assessment■ informal reading

inventory (IRI)■ interest inventory

■ miscue analysis■ observation ■ percentile■ performance assessment■ process interview■ rubric■ running record■ standard score■ standardized test

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Assessment and Evaluation in the Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Classroom Chapter 11