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Boyd-Batstone, Paul – Reading Teacher, 2004
This article describes the tension between standards-based assessment on a macro level and authentic assessment on a micro level. Content standards arguably supply systematic criteria for quantitative measures to report trends and establish policy. Qualitative measures, such as rubrics, student profiles, and observational records, fill in the gaps…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Standards
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Read, Sylvia – Reading Teacher, 2005
Process approaches to writing instruction in primary-grade classrooms have become widespread due to the influence of Graves (1983), Calkins (1986), Avery (1993), and others. Their work emphasizes expressive writing, particularly personal narrative, more than expository or informational writing. As a consequence, expressive writing is what children…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes
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Rauch, Sidney J. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Durost, Walter N. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
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Trudel, Heidi – Reading Teacher, 2007
Due in part to conflicting opinions and research results, the practice of sustained silent reading (SSR) in schools has been questioned. After a frustrating experience with SSR, the author of this article began a data-driven decision-making process to gain new insights on how to structure silent reading in a classroom, including a comparison…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Sustained Silent Reading, Student Attitudes, Independent Reading