Standards for the assessment of reading and writing
By: prepared by the IRA/NCTE Joint Task Force on Assessment.
Contributors: International Reading Association.; National Council of Teachers of English.
Publisher: International Reading Association; National Council of Teachers of English
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Newark, Del; Urbana, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Language arts -- Ability testing -- United States.; Reading -- Ability testing -- United States.; English language -- Composition and exercises -- Ability testing -- United States.
Description: Provides a set of standards to guide decisions about assessing the teaching and learning of reading and writing. Over the past 30 years our understanding of language, learning and complex literacy demands of our rapidly changing technological society has undergone revolutionary changes and this document reflects these advances. To improve language we need to understand not only assessment, but language and how it relates to assessment. Contents: -Introduction -The Standards -Goals -Implementation.
Notes: "IRA Stock Number: 674"--T.p. verso.
"NCTE Stock Number: 02131"--T.p. verso.