Assessment Pack


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Assessment Pack







The Next Step in Guided Reading


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Teachers facing the challenge of meeting the diverse reading needs of students will find the structure and tools they need in Jan Richardson's powerful approach to guided reading. Richardson has identified the essential components of an effective guided reading lesson: targeted assessments, data analysis that pinpoints specific strategies students need, and the use of guided writing to support the reading process. Each chapter contains planning sheets to help teachers analyze assessments in order to group students and select a teaching focus Includes detailed, ready-to-go lesson plans for all stages of reading: emergent, early, transitional, and fluent




The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading


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This resource-rich book includes planning and instructional tools, prompts, discussion starters, teaching points, intervention suggestions, and more to support all students. Plus, an online resource bank with downloadables and videos. Jan Richardson's latest thinking on Guided Reading helps teachers take the next step forward to pinpoint instruction that supports every reader. Richardson uses the Assess-Decide-Guide framework to take a deep dive into each guided reading stage, covering PreA to Fluent readers, their needs, and the best ways to support and challenge them. A master reading teacher at all levels, Richardson skillfully addresses all the factors that make or break guided reading lessons: support for striving readers, strategies for reaching ELLs, making home-school connections--all with an unwavering focus on reading for deeper comprehension, to develop thoughtful, independent readers. The book includes dozens of must-have record-keeping, assessment, and reference forms, as well as how-to video links that provide show Jan in action with diverse readers.




The Really Practical Guide to Primary Assessment


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Contents include: Natinal curriculum assessmentOvercoming obstacles to assessmentMastering jargon, tools and rulesDoing assessmentRecords and reportsManaging assessment: The implications for schools and teachers




Identifying, Assessing and Supporting Learners with Dyscalculia


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***** Online Resources are open access. No code is required ***** It is vital to understand the challenges and provide the right support for learners with dyscalculia and specific learning difficulties in mathematics. The book provides: • an overview of current research explaining the nature and causation of dyscalculia • guidance on the identification of dyscalculia • examples of how to carry out informal and formal assessments • an explanation of the principles of multisensory mathematics teaching • an outline of a structured programme (for learners aged 5-14), together with examples of lesson planning and activities. Designed for teachers specialising in the assessment and teaching of learners with dyscalculia, and those undertaking courses leading to Approved Teacher Dyscalculia (ATD) and Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA), the book is useful to any professional looking for an understanding of this area of specific difficulty.




A Guide to Teaching Practice


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The fifth edition of this classic textbook will ensure that it remains one of the most useful and widely read texts for students embarking upon teacher training.




Training and Assessment - Theory and Practice


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Training and Assessment - Theory and Practice, 1e covers all core units and essential elective units of TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. It takes both theoretical and pragmatic approaches to help learners gain essential knowledge and skills through solid and well-researched theories by respected authors. Each chapter is a self-contained unit that offers sufficient volume of learning and volume of assessment to support delivery of training and assessment. Designed as part textbook/part workbook, the A4 spiral bound, full-colour format increases student engagement particularly for visual and experiential learners. A customisable premium Assessment Pack can be purchased separately to help institutions design, develop and administer assessments more effectively and efficiently. For more information visit - https://cengage.com.au/vet/assessments




Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners, Grades K-12


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“When students know how to learn, they are able to become their own teachers.” —Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and John Hattie Imagine students who describe their learning in these terms: “I know where I’m going, I have the tools I need for the journey, and I monitor my own progress.” Now imagine the extraordinary difference this type of ownership makes in their progress over the course of a school year. This illuminating book shows how to make this scenario an everyday reality. With its foundation in principles introduced in the authors’ bestselling Visible Learning for Literacy, this resource delves more deeply into the critical component of self-assessment, revealing the most effective types of assessment and how each can motivate students to higher levels of achievement.




Putting Analysis into Assessment, Second Edition


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Putting Analysis into Assessment is the essential guide to improving assessment practice in child care social work. It addresses the issues of central concern to child care social workers, including analytical assessment, outlines how to avoid common pitfalls in thinking and practice, provides strong theoretical foundations, and successfully demonstrates how these theory can be translated into practice. With reference to common and specialist assessments, the book covers every stage of the assessment process: planning and preparation, hypothesising, involving children and making, recording and reviewing decisions. This second edition features new and tested practice tools, practice development sessions and activities, plus new sections on risk and resilience and assessing need and risk in chronic situations. This toolkit will be valued by practitioners, managers, trainers and lecturers looking for a grounded resource which bridges theory and practice, and provides clear guidance to improve assessments.