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17 Reading assessmentAn understanding of the principles and uses of assessment is essential forallteachers, and in particular for teachers of Reading . (Snow, Griffin, & Burns,2005: 179) Reading assessment has great power to inform researchers, teachers,administrators, and policy makers. assessment practices can significantlybenefit the learning environment or they can inflict great harm. Readingassessment, therefore, needs to be treated with great care, attention,and respect. Teachers, especially, have a responsibility to understandthe uses and the impacts of Reading assessment and be mindful of theconsequences of assessments are used for many purposes, but all appropriateuses begin from an understanding of the Reading construct, an awarenessof the development of Reading abilities, and an effort to reflect the con-struct in assessment tasks.
Informal and alternative assessment options are central for the effective assessment of learning (e.g., student observations, self-reporting mea-sures, progress charts, engagement and group work, group outcomes assessment, interviews), and they usually provide converging evidence over time for the appropriate summative assessment at the end of the
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