His interests include large scale assessments and their influence on school change, with a particular focus on
reading and writing assessments.
The policy - oriented research we review in this section focuses on three areas related to literacy standards and assessments: on - demand
reading and writing assessments, classroom - based assessments such as portfolios, and statewide language arts content standards.
Having students complete several brief
reading and writing assessments over the course of the year, rather than conducting only one test at the end of the year, to give educators real - time updates on students» progress; and
In place of the ALST, the new testing system would expand another certification exam to encompass
reading and writing assessment.
Regardless, the results are worrying, she said, because children who live in poor neighborhoods are, on average, a year behind academically, according to standardized math,
reading and writing assessment tests of the students.
Includes a listening,
reading and writing assessment.
I have used the activity as
a reading and writing assessment and to check the pupils» grammatical understanding when having to change a text from the first to the third person.
Reading and Writing assessment for the new GCSE Topic 1: Me, my family and friends.
The scheme of work has
a reading and writing assessment built in.
In the past, with levelling we separated out
reading and writing assessment levels.
Not exact matches
Azi mischaracterized my
assessment as «conservative»
and writing... Continue
reading →
When I administered diagnostic
reading assessments, I'd often sit with them
and we'd discuss what they'd
written on their surveys.
This 23 page resource of three practice papers is
written to match the style of the Edexcel Level 1
assessment and covers: Use the Internet Creating a leaflet / letter
and combining information Using spreadsheets
and charts Password protection
and Read Only Use Email with attachments Using presentations Editing databases There are data files
and worked copies / solution for each paper
The Student Editions include: • Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • Links to practice quizzes or activities • 12
assessments that include a total of 39 multiple choice, 2 true / false,
and 2 sorting questions • Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards • Examples of how students can apply the standards to their
reading and deepen their understanding of what they are
reading • Excerpts from several high - quality texts, including: - «Harriet: The Moses of Her People» by Sarah H. Bradford - «The Narrative of Sojourner Truth» by Olive Gilbert
and Sojourner Truth - «On Women's Right to Vote» by Susan B. Anthony - «Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death» by Patrick Henry • Accompanying Teaching Notes files The Teaching Notes files include: • Additional activities
and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further • Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts,
and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Included in this unit: - flashcards - vocabulary matching - label the picture - speaking / listening conversation cards for clothing -
read and understand new words - craftivity with
writing component - sentence
writing - several thematic
writing pages -
assessment for clothing vocabulary Perfect for your ELL / EL / ESL students!
Elementary
and middle schools:
Reading, mathematics, science, social studies,
and writing assessments for all students assessed on a campus.
The authors of the Common Core Standards wisely anticipated this misconception
and they caution against it: «While the Standards delineate specific expectations in
reading,
writing, speaking, listening,
and language, each standard need not be a separate focus for instruction
and assessment.
These include fully planned topics of
writing genres with resources
and teaching slides included,
reading comprehension activities, grammar activities
and different word mats
and self -
assessment grids to help children.
(Listening, Speaking,
Reading,
Writing) Teacher simply has to input marks from past papers or controlled
assessments and the spreadsheet will calculate a current grade for each skill
and an overall current grade.
This is an
assessment (translation into both languages,
reading and writing) on the module «Monde Perso» which includes family
and school.
We supplemented the state tests with an
assessment requiring students to
read a passage
and then
write short - answer responses to questions about the passage.
We had made a positive improvement across all
assessments in
reading,
writing and language conventions (spelling, grammar
and punctuation).
A complete scheme of work for Divided City by Theresa Breslin comprising of reference to
assessment objectives, a medium term plan, 24 lesson plans, a range of
assessments including
reading,
writing and speaking
and listening, with accompanying power points
and worksheets.
The primary version covers: • Early
reading and phonics • Reading for enjoyment • Reading comprehension • Writing environment • Writing composition — a curriculum fit for purpose • Writing composition — vocabulary, grammar and punctuation • Writing transcription — spelling and handwriting • Spoken language • Leadership and assessment This sample section focuses on leadership and asse
reading and phonics •
Reading for enjoyment • Reading comprehension • Writing environment • Writing composition — a curriculum fit for purpose • Writing composition — vocabulary, grammar and punctuation • Writing transcription — spelling and handwriting • Spoken language • Leadership and assessment This sample section focuses on leadership and asse
Reading for enjoyment •
Reading comprehension • Writing environment • Writing composition — a curriculum fit for purpose • Writing composition — vocabulary, grammar and punctuation • Writing transcription — spelling and handwriting • Spoken language • Leadership and assessment This sample section focuses on leadership and asse
Reading comprehension •
Writing environment •
Writing composition — a curriculum fit for purpose •
Writing composition — vocabulary, grammar
and punctuation •
Writing transcription — spelling
and handwriting • Spoken language • Leadership
and assessment This sample section focuses on leadership
and assessment.
This award is given to a graduating HGSE student whose dissertation has been noted for particular excellence in the fields of beginning
reading, readability,
and reading difficulty, with special emphasis given to projects supporting adult literacy;
reading assessment; early
reading; grapho / phonoemic processes;
and stages of
reading,
writing,
and vocabulary development.
The government will consult on making
assessments at the end of KS1 - both teacher
assessment frameworks
and national curriculum tests - in English
reading, English
writing, mathematics
and science non-statutory once the new
assessment in reception is fully established.
District performance - based
assessments in
reading,
writing, spelling,
and math are given, on average, three times each year,
and numerous staff development hours are spent reviewing results
and discussing ways in which the findings can be used to inform
and change classroom instruction to meet the needs of individual students.
The «Praxis I» was a set of
assessments focused on
reading,
writing,
and mathematics content,
and a 1999 analysis found its questions were roughly as difficult as what we ask of most high schoolers.
The Key Stage 2
assessment data, released 10 December, showed that progress had been made across England's primary schools, with 90,000 more pupils leaving school with the expected standard of
reading,
writing and maths skills needed to succeed at secondary school.
A lot has been
written about on - going, formative
assessments, but my favorite resource is Checking for Understanding by Douglas Fisher
and Nancy Frey This book is a quick
and easy
read, very accessible
and full of dozens of ways to thoughtfully
and systematically monitor student learning.
This 6 page work includes original biographies, vocabulary, comprehension
and writing pages - 1 biography for younger students or emerging readers - Vocabulary page to match this biography - Reading comprehension to match this biography - 1, 2 page biography for older students and advanced readers - Vocabulary specifically related to the biography - Research word page to align with this biography - Writing portion for summarizing, assessment and acquiring language You can also have students watch or listen to Josephine Baker before or after this mini lesson to peak interest or further le
writing pages - 1 biography for younger students or emerging readers - Vocabulary page to match this biography -
Reading comprehension to match this biography - 1, 2 page biography for older students
and advanced readers - Vocabulary specifically related to the biography - Research word page to align with this biography -
Writing portion for summarizing, assessment and acquiring language You can also have students watch or listen to Josephine Baker before or after this mini lesson to peak interest or further le
Writing portion for summarizing,
assessment and acquiring language You can also have students watch or listen to Josephine Baker before or after this mini lesson to peak interest or further learning.
Specifically, the site provides tools
and templates that guide teachers in developing modules — two - to four - week plans that include (1) student performance tasks; (2) a list of the
reading,
writing and thinking skills students will need to complete the tasks; (3) student activities (called «mini-tasks»); (4) instructional strategies that guide students toward completing the tasks
and (5) sample student responses
and how those pieces scored on an LDC rubric, as well as an option for teachers to design a summative
assessment related to the teaching task.
An
assessment used to assess these Y5 maths objectives: • Solve problems involving numbers up to three decimal places •
Read,
write, order
and comp...
An
assessment used to assess these Y5 maths objectives: • Solve problems involving numbers up to three decimal places •
Read,
write, order
and compare numbers with up to three decimal places • Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number
and to one decimal place Uses Formula 1 lap times as a context!
Over the course of the school year, every child in P1, P4, P7
and S3 will undertake national standardised
assessments covering aspects of
reading,
writing and numeracy.
Students
read, cite,
write,
and quiz to build skills necessary for success on summative
assessments.
While the Standards delineate specific expectations in
reading,
writing, speaking, listening,
and language, each standard need not be a separate focus for instruction
and assessment.
ELMs online
assessments measure learning in mathematics
and in key English competencies (
reading, vocabulary
and writing)
and provide accurate
and reliable information about where each pupil is in their learning.
Teacher
assessments are made on
reading, maths,
writing and science using national criteria to judge whether a child is at the expected standard.
Activities include: - reminder of
assessment objectives (new spec)
and mark schemes; - Discussion of articles, their purpose
and who
writes /
reads them; - Mind - mapping class ideas to structure their own
writing; - Model paragraphs - with discussion prompt for how to improve them; - Peer
and self -
assessment grids.
A PowerPoint including: A listening exercise introducing the topic from Echo 1 Working out vocabulary Vocabulary to copy up A
reading exercise A listening exercise from Echo 1 A role play
writing task - practicing
writing and speaking Peer
assessment on role plays - what criteria are we looking for?
This detailed
and high quality unit includes: * 18 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 95 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources
and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both
reading and writing skills * A copy of the key scene, with original version on the left and space for students to «translate» into modern English on the right * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 3 - 6, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Quiz on the life and times of Shakespeare * Group «collective memory» activity on the Globe Theatre * Activities focused upon «translating» Shakespearean language * Storyboarding the play * Reading and translating Act 3 Scene 1 * Analysing characters in the key scene * Structing an essay response * Designing costumes for Puck and Titania * Designing a set for the key scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
reading and writing skills * A copy of the key scene, with original version on the left
and space for students to «translate» into modern English on the right * End - of - unit
reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 3 - 6, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Quiz on the life and times of Shakespeare * Group «collective memory» activity on the Globe Theatre * Activities focused upon «translating» Shakespearean language * Storyboarding the play * Reading and translating Act 3 Scene 1 * Analysing characters in the key scene * Structing an essay response * Designing costumes for Puck and Titania * Designing a set for the key scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
reading /
writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 3 - 6, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Quiz on the life
and times of Shakespeare * Group «collective memory» activity on the Globe Theatre * Activities focused upon «translating» Shakespearean language * Storyboarding the play *
Reading and translating Act 3 Scene 1 * Analysing characters in the key scene * Structing an essay response * Designing costumes for Puck and Titania * Designing a set for the key scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
Reading and translating Act 3 Scene 1 * Analysing characters in the key scene * Structing an essay response * Designing costumes for Puck
and Titania * Designing a set for the key scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by
writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * End - of - unit
reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit
writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self
assessment opportunities
This detailed
and high quality unit includes: * 24 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 116 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources
and worksheets (20 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both
reading and writing skills * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up activity * Reading and discussing the whole play * Exploring Salem society in the 1690s - power and influence * Exploring key characters * In - depth analysis of characters - John Proctor and Reverend Hale * Essay writing skills - writing about characters * In - depth analysis of themes - relationships, jealousy, respect, religion * Exploring tension across the play * Linking the play to the 1950s McCarthy Era * 2 huge 60 - question revision quizzes * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
reading and writing skills * End - of - unit
reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up activity * Reading and discussing the whole play * Exploring Salem society in the 1690s - power and influence * Exploring key characters * In - depth analysis of characters - John Proctor and Reverend Hale * Essay writing skills - writing about characters * In - depth analysis of themes - relationships, jealousy, respect, religion * Exploring tension across the play * Linking the play to the 1950s McCarthy Era * 2 huge 60 - question revision quizzes * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
reading /
writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up activity *
Reading and discussing the whole play * Exploring Salem society in the 1690s - power and influence * Exploring key characters * In - depth analysis of characters - John Proctor and Reverend Hale * Essay writing skills - writing about characters * In - depth analysis of themes - relationships, jealousy, respect, religion * Exploring tension across the play * Linking the play to the 1950s McCarthy Era * 2 huge 60 - question revision quizzes * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
Reading and discussing the whole play * Exploring Salem society in the 1690s - power
and influence * Exploring key characters * In - depth analysis of characters - John Proctor
and Reverend Hale * Essay
writing skills -
writing about characters * In - depth analysis of themes - relationships, jealousy, respect, religion * Exploring tension across the play * Linking the play to the 1950s McCarthy Era * 2 huge 60 - question revision quizzes * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by
writing level) * SPaG starter activities * End - of - unit
reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit
writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self
assessment opportunities
Activities include: - reminder of
assessment objectives (new spec)
and mark schemes; - Discussion of reports, their purpose
and who
writes /
reads them; - Labelling activity for how to format a report; - Correctional exercise (starter) for improving punctuation
and formality of sentences; - Mind - mapping class ideas to structure their own
writing; - Model paragraphs; - Peer
and self -
assessment grids.
This resource covers Part 5 of the novel
and includes character studies, close
reading, thematic
and structural studies, hot seating, creative
writing, group work, peer
assessment and DIRT activities, all with a nod to SMSC.
This detailed
and high quality unit includes: * 21 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 77 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources
and worksheets (7 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both
reading and writing skills * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up * Exploring working class vs. middle class stereotypes * Shared reading and discussion of the whole play * Creating theatre publicity posters * In - depth analysis of key scnes (Act 1 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 5) * Writing to describe - script to prose * Features of writing to inform and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
writing skills * End - of - unit
reading /
writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up * Exploring working class vs. middle class stereotypes * Shared reading and discussion of the whole play * Creating theatre publicity posters * In - depth analysis of key scnes (Act 1 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 5) * Writing to describe - script to prose * Features of writing to inform and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up * Exploring working class vs. middle class stereotypes * Shared
reading and discussion of the whole play * Creating theatre publicity posters * In - depth analysis of key scnes (Act 1 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 5) *
Writing to describe - script to prose * Features of writing to inform and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
Writing to describe - script to prose * Features of
writing to inform and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
writing to inform
and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating
and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by
writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit
reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit
writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self
assessment opportunities
Under a new
assessment plan crafted by the state board of education, student performance would be measured annually in
reading,
writing,
and mathematics at each of the state's nearly 2,000 schools.
This detailed
and high quality unit includes: * 33 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 147 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources
and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (9 tasks) that includes both
reading and writing skills Unit's lessons include: * Cloze activity on the play's contexts * Detailed, thorough comprehension questions on each scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary * SPaG starter activities * Character crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * In - depth key scene analyses (including group work) * Exploring characters - Helen, Jo, Peter, Boy, Geof * Exploring themes - marriage, motherhood, relationships * AfL activities - improving sample exam responses * Essay planning * Writing a formal essay on a chosen character * Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
writing skills Unit's lessons include: * Cloze activity on the play's contexts * Detailed, thorough comprehension questions on each scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary * SPaG starter activities * Character crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * In - depth key scene analyses (including group work) * Exploring characters - Helen, Jo, Peter, Boy, Geof * Exploring themes - marriage, motherhood, relationships * AfL activities - improving sample exam responses * Essay planning *
Writing a formal essay on a chosen character * Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
Writing a formal essay on a chosen character *
Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations * Teacher / peer / self assessment opport
Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations * Teacher / peer / self
assessment opportunities
Given that BNR was
written in Illinois,
and Michigan was promoting a similar conceptualization of
reading through its new definition, it is not surprising that these two states led the way in developing statewide
reading assessments that better reflected constructivist
reading theory
and knowledge (Valencia, Pearson, Peters, & Wixson, 1989; Wixson, Peters, Weber, & Roeber, 1987).
His research
and publications address item
writing and test design, classroom
assessment, measurement accessibility, early literacy
and reading,
and youth development.