The School as a Context for Assessment of Literacy.

Calfee, Robert C.

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ERIC Number: EJ350535

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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The School as a Context for Assessment of Literacy.

Calfee, Robert C.

Reading Teacher, v40 n8 p738-43 Apr 1987

Notes that classroom assessment of literacy is dominated by methods more appropriate to external mandates. Suggests an alternative method grounded in the teacher's professional judgment and in the relations between curriculum, instruction, and assessment. (FL)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Tests, Teacher Made Tests, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Thematic Issue: The State of Assessment in Reading