Linking Assessment to Instructional Strategies
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Cathleen G. Spinelli
Linking Assessment to Instructional Strategies: A Guide for Teachers
An easy-to-read and useful guide to state-of-the-art, best practices in assessment.
This practical, teacher-friendly book provides step-by-step instructions on choosing and administering classroom assessments; analyzing, interpreting, rating, and monitoring results; and reporting student progress. Whether new to authentic or informal assessment, or keenly familiar with traditional testing, this book will interpret and guide the teaching professional on how to integrate cutting-edge assessment measures seamlessly into their daily teaching schedule. An ideal book for school administrators, supervisors, and remedial specialists, and for those implementing Response to Intervention (RI), Assessment Procedures to Ensure Progress for Students. Also appropriate for professional development and in-service practicing teachers who want an easy-to-read and useful guide to state-of-the-art, best practices in assessment.
“A good selection of instructional and assessment strategies are noted throughout…inclusion of those students usually forgotten in general instruction (ELL, LEP, EH, LD, BD, OHI) in their learning is outstanding!”
– Mark Sperling, Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana
Cathleen G. Spinelli is a Professor and Chair of the Special Education Department at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. She has extensive experience as a certified school administrator and principal, school psychologist, educational diagnostician, and special and general education teacher. Dr. Spinelli is the author of the text, Classroom Assessment for Students in Special and General Education, going into its third edition, also published by Pearson.
An easy-to-read and useful guide to state-of-the-art, best practices in assessment.
This practical, teacher-friendly book provides step-by-step instructions on choosing and administering classroom assessments; analyzing, interpreting, rating, and monitoring results; and reporting student progress. Whether new to authentic or informal assessment, or keenly familiar with traditional testing, this book will interpret and guide the teaching professional on how to integrate cutting-edge assessment measures seamlessly into their daily teaching schedule. The book is chock-full of the latest in authentic curriculum and performance-based assessment measures with direct connections to instruction, IEP development, and methods of reporting to parents. Busy teachers will appreciate the clear, accessible writing style and how easily the textbook helps them to determine what test to use, the specific diagnostic questions to ask, the classroom materials that will be needed, clearly informed administration strategies, and the explicit examples that are included and can be taken straight from the page to the real classroom. Remaining focused on providing teachers with a variety of assessment procedures, including the why, what, and how of testing, the text furthermore gives directions on how to construct, administer, and score assessments as well as how to interpret, graph, monitor, write, and report assessment results to families and school support personnel. Another key feature includes suggested interventions to use when test results indicate that specific skills have been mastered, are emerging, or need to be introduced. An ideal book for school administrators, supervisors, and remedial specialists, and for those implementing Response to Intervention (RI), Assessment Procedures to Ensure Progress for Students. Also appropriate for professional development and in-service practicing teachers who want an easy-to-read and useful guide to state-of-the-art, best practices in assessment.
- Explicit examples and directions are provided, in every chapter, that show how teachers can modify or develop tests of their own, as well as scoring procedures and ways to rank, monitor, and chart progress. The clear, step-by-step approach makes it easy for the busy professional to construct, administer, score and report on the numerous quick, easy, valid, authentic assessment procedures provided by subject area throughout the book.
- Each assessment strategy in every chapter has a set of questions that the teacher can use to determine which assessment is most appropriate for the individual student’s needs. This helps the teacher with initial screening, to determine which assessment technique is most suited for particular students, or for monitoring content mastery for small groups or a whole class.
- In every chapter, each assessment includes a section on how to prepare for test administration, the use of technology for administering, scoring, and graphing assessments, and accommodating students taking mandatory standardized tests. Provides the teacher with a concise list of materials needed; highlights special considerations, accommodation and alternative approaches to testing procedure, setting, and scoring structure; and addresses the needs of the diverse mix of students in today’s classrooms.
- Each assessment strategy includes clear examples of sample questions, items to focus on, direct applications, illustrations, examples, and models, and strategies are provided for the next step in the process. Provides the teacher with much needed information on how to use effective assessment techniques in the classroom; provides step-by-step instructions and explicit, visual examples of a variety of assessment strategies.
- Suggested activities are provided in every chapter for students who have clearly mastered the content test, those whose test results indicate that their skill is emerging, and those who are clearly at the beginning stage and have not demonstrated skill in the area tested. In every chapter.
- Specific suggestions, techniques, examples, and model reports are included for how to connect assessment results to intervention planning, writing the IEP, lesson development, performance reports and reporting to parents (Chapter 8).
Cathleen G. Spinelli is a Professor and Chair of the Special Education Departmentat Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. She has extensive experience as a certified school administrator and principal, school psychologist, educational diagnostician, and special and general education teacher. Dr. Spinelli is the author of the text, Classroom Assessment for Students in Special and General Education, going into its third edition, also published by Pearson.
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Classroom Assessment
Chapter 2 Information Gathering: Evaluating the Student and the Instructional Environment
Chapter 3 Reading Assessment
Chapter 4 Written language and Related Skills Assessment
Chapter 5 Mathematics and the Content Areas Assessment
Chapter 6 Assessment and Accommodations for Special Populations
Chapter 7 Scoring, Graphing and Progress Monitoring
An easy-to-read and useful guide to state-of-the-art, best practices in assessment.
This practical, teacher-friendly book provides step-by-step instructions on choosing and administering classroom assessments; analyzing, interpreting, rating, and monitoring results; and reporting student progress. Whether new to authentic or informal assessment, or strongly familiar with traditional testing, this book will interpret and guide the teaching professional on how to integrate cutting-edge assessment measures seamlessly into their daily teaching schedule. The book is chock-full of the latest in authentic, curriculum and performance-based assessment measures with direct connections to instruction, IEP development, and methods of reporting to parents. Busy teachers will appreciate the clear, accessible writing style and how easily the book helps them to determine what test to use, the specific diagnostic questions to ask, the classroom materials that will be needed, clearly informed administration strategies, and the explicit examples that are included and can be taken straight from the page to the real classroom. Keenly focused on providing teachers with a variety of assessment procedures, including the why, what, and how of testing, it furthermore gives directions on how to construct, administer, and score assessments as well as how to interpret, graph, monitor, write, and report assessment results to families and school support personnel. Another key feature includes suggested interventions to use when test results indicate that specific skills have been mastered, are emerging, or need to be introduced. An ideal book for school administrators, supervisors, and remedial specialists, and for those implementing Response to Intervention (RI), it is most appropriate for professional development and in-service practicing teachers who want an easy-to-read and useful guide to state-of-the-art, best practices in assessment.
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| Dimensions | 0.60 × 8.40 × 10.70 in |
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| Subjects | higher education, special education, EDU046000, EDU026000, Vocational / Professional Studies, Teacher Education, Assessment in Special Education |
