Evaluating Literacy Instruction

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Evaluating Literacy Instruction: An Introduction -- Section I Crafting Systems and Policies for Evaluating Literacy Instruction -- 2. Evaluating the Structure and Content of Observation Instruments -- 3. How the Tests Used in Evaluating Reading Misrepresent Student Development and Teacher Effectiveness -- 4. Considerations for Evaluating Instruction for English Language Learners -- 5. The Practice and Evaluation of Culturally Responsive Literacy for English Language Learners in the Twenty-first Century -- 6. The Development of a Classroom Observation System for First-Grade Writing Instruction -- Section II Examples of Alternative Systems/Approaches for Evaluating Literacy Instruction -- 7. Using the School Change Observation Scheme to Support Effective Literacy Instruction -- 8. Assessing Literacy Teaching: Using the Text Environment as a Window into the Examination of Literacy Practices -- 9. The Use of Formative Assessment to Improve Instruction of English Learners and Evaluation of Teachers -- 10. What Does Effective Teaching Really Look Like? The Observation of Effective Teaching in Reading (OET-Reading) Systems -- 11. When Leadership Skills Are Not Enough: The Role of Principals in High-Stakes Observations -- Contributors -- Index

• | Author: Rachael E. Gabriel, Richard L. Allington
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Aug 27, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 210 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138843598
• | ISBN-13: 9781138843592