Putting Reading Tests in Their Place.

Reardon, S. Jeanne

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Publication Date: 1990

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Putting Reading Tests in Their Place.

Reardon, S. Jeanne

New Advocate, v3 n1 p29-37 Win 1990

Asserts that reading tests can be neither ignored, nor allowed to control the classroom. Describes the teaching of "reading-test reading" as a genre in a first grade literature-based classroom. Presents children's views of the genre and how their understanding of it affects their view of themselves as readers. (SR)

Descriptors: Critical Reading, Grade 1, Holistic Approach, Literary Genres, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Reading Tests, Standardized Tests, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom

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