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ERIC Number: EJ386936
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Assessment and Early Literacy (Emerging Readers and Writers).
Strickland, Dorothy S.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel
Reading Teacher, v42 n8 p634-35 Apr 1989
Examines the problems of using standardized tests to measure the development of early literacy. Notes that assessment is used to design instruction, and should reflect the skills and knowledge that are developing in young children. Provides examples of informal assessment contexts, such as interactive dialogues, observation, and performance samples. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Informal Reading Inventories, Primary Education, Reading Diagnosis, Skill Development, Standardized Tests, Writing Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Note: Special Issue: Empowering Both Teachers and Students.