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You Never Asked Me to Read: Useful Assessment of Reading and Writing Problems

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If You Have a Reading/Writing Challenged Child - Read This!

You Never Asked Me to Read: Useful Assessment of Reading and Writing Problems
Jay Simmons
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0205288545

Book Description

Built around the case studies of eight students who have had difficulty learning to read and write and for whom traditional methods of testing have proven inadequate,. this innovative book allows the reader to think along with the author during the administration, recording, observation, and analysis of students' actual reading and writing. In this way future and practicing teachers learn how their daily classroom activities can yield valuable insights about what students can do, how they learned to read and write so far, and what possibilities exist for alternative instruction in the future. The book describes eight students and gives examples of their work, then shows what testing they have undergone and what authentic measures can do for them. It highlights the limitations of standardized tests regarding the lives and learning of real students. And it gives teachers the tools to supplement or refute standardized test results with careful analyses of authentic reading and writing performances. A listing of literacy tasks commonly used in standardized tests helps teachers analyze what test scores mean, or don't mean, by connecting the actual reading or writing required on them to language processing theory. For teachers, reading specialists, and others looking for realistic ways to help children learn to read.

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If You Have a Reading/Writing Challenged Child - Read This!.......2000-11-16

I read this book with the greatest interest because my child is one of the case studies used by Jay Simmons. I found the book very interesting not only because I was eager to read about my child but also because I found the entire book to be of interest as the parent of two learning disabled children. As the parent of two children with reading/writing weaknesses, I am always searching for information to assit them and also to assit me in being better prepared for working with my school district. I am going to request that my school board and current principal read Jay's book in the hopes that they can see areas where they can improve on meeting the needs of our district's children. I would recommend that anyone with a child who has reading and writing problems read this book before your next I.E.P. meeting. It will give you some very helpful knowledge.

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