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Title:

Evaluating literacy instruction : principles and promising practices / edited by Rachael E. Gabriel and Richard L. Allington.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

ix, 199 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Reading.
Literacy.
Literacy.
Reading.

Other Authors:

Gabriel, Rachael E.
Allington, Richard L.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Evaluating Literacy Instruction: An Introduction / Rachael E. Gabriel and Richard L. Allington -- Section I. Crafting Systems and Policies for Evaluating Literacy Instruction -- Evaluating the Structure and Content of Observation Instruments / Rachael E. Gabriel and Sarah Woulfin -- How the Tests Used in Evaluating Reading Misrepresent Student Development and Teacher Effectiveness / Peter Afflerbach -- Considerations for Evaluating Instruction for English Language Learners / Sultan Turkan -- The Practice and Evaluation of Culturally Responsive Literacy for English Language Learners in the Twenty-first Century / Alyson Lavigne and Tammy Oberg De La Garza -- The Development of a Classroom Observation System for First-Grade Writing Instruction / David Coker, Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple, Huijing Wen, and Allison Jackson -- Section II. Examples of Alternative Systems/Approaches for Evaluating Literacy Instruction -- Using the School Change Observation Scheme to Support Effective Literacy Instruction / Debra S. Peterson -- Assessing Literacy Teaching: Using the Text Environment as a Window into the Examination of Literacy Practices / James Hoffman and Misty Sailors -- The Use of Formative Assessment to Improve Instruction of English Learners and Evaluation of Teachers / Francesca L©đpez, Patrick Proctor, and Martin Scanlon -- What Does Effective Teaching Really Look Like? The Observation of Effective Teaching in Reading (OFT-Reading) Systems / Carol MacDonald Connor, Sarah Ingebrand, and Nicole Sparapani -- When Leadership Skills Are Not Enough: The Role of Principals in High-Stakes Observations / Steven T. McAbee.

Summary:

This must-read book for all literacy educators illuminates the intersection of research on literacy instruction and teacher evaluation. Since 2009, 46 states have changed or revised policies related to evaluating teachers and school leaders. In order for these new policies to be used to support and develop effective literacy instruction, resources are needed that connect the best of what is known about teaching literacy with current evaluation policies and support practices. A major contribution to meeting this need, the volume brings together a range of perspectives on tools, systems, and policies for the evaluation of teaching, organized into two sections: Crafting systems and policies for evaluating literacy instruction; Examples of alternative systems/Approaches for evaluating literacy instruction. Across the text, expert scholars in the field emphasize the need for literacy professionals to do more than merely apply generic observation instruments for teacher evaluation, but also to consider how these tools reflect professional values, how elements of effective literacy instruction can be unearthed or included within them, and how teacher evaluation systems and policies can be used to increase students' opportunities to develop literacy. -- from back cover.

ISBN:

1138843598
9781138843592
1138843075
9781138843073

OCLC:

(OCoLC)908838422

LCCN:

2015008677

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)