Reviews of Professional Resources on Assessment
Reviews written by graduate students in
LITC 524, Literacy Assessment and Evaluation

College of Education

Seattle University

Professional Books
35 Checklists and Rubrics to Assess Reading and Writing by Adele Fiderer
Assessing Literacy with the Learning Record: A Handbook for Teachers Grades 6-12 by Mary A. Barr & Margaret Syverson
The Case Against Standardized Testing by Alfie Kohn
Children at the Center: A Workshop Approach to Standardized Test Preparation, K-8 by Kathe Taylor and Sherry Walton
Developmental Continuums by Bonnie Campbell Hill
Dimensions of Change: An Authentic Assessment Guidebook by Melody Schneider and Mallory Clarke
The English Teacher's Companion by Jim Burke
Failing Our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools Edited by Kathy Swope and Barbara Miner
Great Performances: Creating Classroom-Based Assessment Tasks by Lewin, L. & Shoemaker, B.J.
Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for all Children by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Guiding Readers and Writers: Grades 3-6 by Irene C. Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell
Handbook of Literacy Assessment and Evaluation by Bill Harp
In the Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading and Learning by Nancie Atwell
Matching Books to Readers by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
On Solid Ground by Sharon Taberski
Phonics They Use by Patricia Cunningham
Qualitative Reading Inventory - 3 by Lauren Leslie and Joanne Caldwell
Reading Assessment Principles and Practices for Elementary Teachers by S. Barrentine
Reading Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techniques by Jim Burke
Read! Read! Read! Training Effective Reading Partners by Glass, L., Peist, L., & Pike, B.
Running Records for Classroom Teachers by Marie Clay
Taking Note: Improving Your Observational Notetaking by Brenda Miller Power
Voices on Word Matters: Learning About Phonics and Spelling in the Literacy Classroom by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Whose Judgment Counts?  Assessing Bilingual Children, K-3 by Evangeline Harris Stefanakis