Abstract of

Assessment
Literacy Assessment and the Future

Peter Johnston

In our increasingly multicultural and multilingual societies, where boundaries between print and nonprint media are disappearing, the nature of literacy is changing. In order to guide children in their literate learning, the author advocates assessment practices that “help produce learners who are resilient and view literacy learning, rather than performance or ability, as their priority. They should produce literacy learners with the disposition to articulate their learning processes and perspectives, including their struggles, in ways that sustain strategic flexibility and mutual engagement.”

Abstract from Johnston, P. (2005, April). Literacy Assessment and the Future. The Reading Teacher, 58(7), 684–686. doi: 10.1598/RT.58.7.9