What Student Writing Teaches Us: FOrmative Assessment in the Writing Workshop
The earlier that teachers think about instruction, and the sooner that students self-assess their progress, the better the final writing product will be.What Student Writing Teaches Us: Formative Assessment in the Writing Workshopprovides practical suggestions for teachers of writing. This book offers no “easy” solutions, because assessing writing is not an easy endeavor. Framed within the context of writing workshop, the book examines the reasons for reading student work and provides various methods for helping students improve as writers. Formative assessment presents teachers with multiple opportunities to read student work, with a clear focus, thereby supporting students in all stages of the writing process.