Formative Assessment for English Language Arts

This book demonstrates how formative assessments, unlike standardized tests, provide the kind of communication between teachers and students that help teachers make instructional decisions to improve student performance. Part I Foundations; Chapter 1 About Formative Assessment; Chapter 2 English Language Arts Standards and Assessment; Chapter 3 Rubrics; Part II Applications; Chapter 4 Formative Assessments for Reading Comprehension; Chapter 5 Formative Assessment for Writing; chapter VI Note Taking as Formative Assessment; chapter VII Formative Assessments for Vocabulary Growth; Part III Performance Tasks; Chapter 8 Formative Assessment for Performance Tasks;