The Shadow Scholar

The Shadow Scholar

NCTE 2010 Orlando

Session: B.20 - 11:00 am to 12:15 pm 11/19/2010	Format: Panel
Room: Coronado/Cancun Room	Topic: Assessment
Level(s): Elementary (K-5), Middle (6-8)

Title: ASSESSMENT MEANS 'TO SIT BESIDE'
In this high stakes age of accountability, schools require teachers to test students multiple times a year. We do not believe these standardized, decontextualized measures are enough to define who our students are as readers, writers, speakers, listeners, and viewers–who they are as literate beings. This presentation will focus on ways elementary and middle school teachers can use assessment to determine differentiated instruction in reading and writing for all learners across the curriculum.

Chair:	Renita Schmidt, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
Presenter:	Vanessa Pomeroy, Anderson Mill Elementary School, Moore, South Carolina , 'Writing Conferences: What to Teach'
	Renita Schmidt, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina , 'Assessing or Evaluating? Is There a Difference?'
	Kristin Trzaska, Lone Oak Elementary School, Spartanburg, South Carolina , 'Finding Strength in My New English Learners' Reading'

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