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Literacy - Multiple Assessments

Last Updated on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 10:02 PM

Multiple Assessments—The school utilizes multiple evaluation and assessment strategies in literacy to continuously monitor and modify literacy instruction to meet student needs and support proficient student work in literacy.

 

Literacy-Formal Assessments
Commercially designed and produced tests for elementary, middle and high school levels,  given on single occasions. Includes:  Assessments for Elementary Reading,


 

Literacy-Informal Assessments
Non-standardized measurement  a teacher uses to learn what a student is able to do in a certain area of literacy. The teacher interprets the results and uses those results to plan instruction. (e.g., dialog journal  entry, reading response, journal, retellings, running records, checklists, anecdotal records, conferencing)


 

Literacy-PERKS - Multiple Assessments
Literacy PERKS (Program Effectiveness Review For Kentucky Schools) is designed for use by school, district, and state-level reviewers.  At the school level, the best use of Literacy PERKS occurs when Literacy Team members complete the review and use the results to develop a schoolwide literacy plan. Below are two sets of ... More


For more information contact:

Cindy Parker
500 Mero Street, 18th floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-2106
Cindy.Parker@education.ky.gov
Photo of students reading - in the shape of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle