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Instructional and Professional Materials Reviews
Assessment Can Be Friendly!

Michael F. Opitz

Michael P. Ford

In these days of high-stakes testing and emphasis on accountability, it's easy to lose track of the value of “low-stakes tests”—those many different approaches and techniques teachers can use to assess students' reading and writing in order to determine what is working for each child.

The authors of this column review several books, including IRA's Reading Assessment (www.reading.org/publications/bbv/books/bk572/index.html), that provide teachers with ideas and support for using a variety of assessments in the classroom.

Abstract from Opitz, M.F., & Ford, M.P. (2006, May). Assessment Can Be Friendly!. The Reading Teacher, 59(8), 814–816. doi: 10.1598/RT.59.8.10