EDLT 412 - Assessment of Literacy Skills and Processes

• Value assessment as essential in the learning process, and realizes that many different assessment strategies are necessary for evaluating learning and planning effective classroom and individual literacy instruction. IRA Standards: 4.2, 10.1, 10.2 WA READ: 2.1; 2.1.2; 2.2; 6.3.3; 6.3.4
• Develop a working knowledge of the purposes, administration, and interpretation of various formal and informal classroom literacy assessments, e.g., IRIs, structured observations, portfolios, performance-based measures, learner self- assessment, peer assessment, and standardized tests IRA Standards: 4.2, 10.1, 10.2 WA READ 2.1; 2.2; 6.3;
• Develop skills in administering and interpreting students’ literacy abilities using IRIs, running records, developmental continua, portfolios, cloze procedures, and other informal reading assessments IRA Standards: 4.2, 10.1, 10.2 WA READ: 2.1.1; 2.2; 6.3.1
• Develop skills in using assessment data to plan instruction and learning opportunities that support students’ development, learning, and motivation in literacy IRA Standards: 4.2, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.2 WA READ: 2.2.1; 2.2.3; 2.2.5; 6.3.1; 6.3.3; 6.3.4
• Develop skills in the evaluation of students’ study, comprehension, writing, and thinking skills in content subject material,– social studies, science, mathematics, etc. IRA Standards: 4.2, 10.1, 10.2 WA READ: 2.2; 6.3.2; 6.3.4; 6.3.5;
• Develop knowledge of national (NCATE, International Reading Association, etc.) and Washington State standards for assessment IRA Standard: 4.2, CTL Standard: 1.1 WA READ: 1.4; 5.2