What every elementary teacher needs to know about reading tests (from someone who has written them)
When he was a student struggling to concentrate on dreadfully boring passages of standardized reading tests, Charles Fuhrken remembers thinking to himself, “Who writes this stuff?” He had no idea that one day it would be him.
vii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9781571107640, 1571107649
244246588
Section 1. Building understandings about tests
Common beliefs about test making : fact or fiction?
Common beliefs about test taking : fact or fiction?
Section 2. Exploring strategies for reading tests
Vocabulary development
Important ideas
Literary elements
Literary techniques
Interpretations
Text matters
Section 3. Putting strategies to work
Section 4. Demonstrating understandings with reading activities
Activities for vocabulary development
Activities for important ideas
Activities for literary elements
Activities for literary techniques
Activities for interpretations
Activities for text matters