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Informationen zum Autor Charles Fuhrken. For the past twelve years, Charles has worked in assessment for three major test publishers and on testing programs for several states, as well as on norm-referenced achievement tests. After completing a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Austin, Charles began writing What Every Elementary Teacher Needs to Know About Reading Tests. "From talking to teachers in various arenas," he says, "I've come to understand that teachers want and deserve to be informed about tests, but currently they feel either uninformed or misinformed." Klappentext When he was a student struggling to concentrate on dreadfully boring passages of standardized reading tests, Charles Fuhrken remembers thinking to himself, "Who writes this stuff?" He had no idea that one day it would be him. Zusammenfassung When he was a student struggling to concentrate on dreadfully boring passages of standardized reading tests, Charles Fuhrken remembers thinking to himself, “Who writes this stuff?” He had no idea that one day it would be him. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Section 1: Building Understandings About Tests; Chapter 1: Common Beliefs About Test Making: Fact or Fiction?; Chapter 2: Common Beliefs About Test Taking: Fact or Fiction?; Section 2: Exploring Strategies for Reading Tests; Chapter 3: Vocabulary Development; Chapter 4: Important Ideas; Chapter 5: Literary Elements; Chapter 6: Literary Techniques; Chapter 7: Interpretations; Chapter 8: Activities for Text Matters; Section 3: Putting Strategies to Work; Section 4: Demonstrating Understandings with Reading Activities; Activities for Vocabulary Development; Activities for Important Ideas; Activities for Literary Elements; Activities for Literary Techniques; Activities for Interpretations; Activities for Text Matters; Conclusion
