This course focuses on the use of assessment to plan and evaluate literacy instruction in preK-5 classrooms. Course content addresses the purpose, use, and interpretation of a range of formal and informal assessments, and introduces candidates to materials and instructional approaches. Candidates examine diversity and equity issues while interpreting individual assessment data across time and multiple sets of assessment data within a class of students. Current issues in assessment and relevant research are related to guided observations and work in preK-5 classrooms.

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