Thursday, January 29, 2009

Assessment resources available from the TLRU

Contact the TLRU via email to TLRU@parra.catholic.edu.au to borrow any of the following cited resources.

A useful website: ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
(Thanks to Nicole for this link)

Title: Improving student achievement : a practical guide to assessment for learning / Toni Glasson. Publication info: Carlton South, Vic. : Curriculum Corporation, 2009.

Title: Transformative assessment / W. James Popham. Publication info: Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008.

Title: Assessment for learning: a stimulus for professional discussion [video recording]
Publication info: {Melbourne]:bCurriculum Corporation, 2007

Title: Differentiated Literacy Coaching : Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment [electronic resource] Publication info: Alexandria : ASCD, 2007.

Title: Using the clinical assessment interview to determine problem solving strategies in mathematics [videorecording] :Year 1. Publication info: [Parramatta, N.S.W.] : Teaching and Learning Resources Unit, Catholic Education, Diocese of Parramatta, 2008.
(Year 3 and Year 5 also available)

Title: Comprehensive assessment of reading strategies. Teacher guide.
Publication info: Heatherton, Vic. : Hawker Brownlow, 2006.
(plus others in the series)

Title: Teaching and learning with TORCH / Helen Lamont.
Publication info: Camberwell, Vic. : ACER, 2006.

Title: Developing early literacy : assessment and teaching / Susan Hill.
Publication info: Prahran, Vic. : Eleanor Curtain Publishing, 2006.

Title: How to succeed with learner-centred assessment / Jeni Wilson & Kath Murdoch.
Publication info: Carlton South, Vic. : Curriculum Corp., 2006.

Title: Formative assessment in the secondary classroom / Shirley Clarke.
Publication info: London : Hodder Murray, 2005.

Title: Spelling : approaches to teaching and assessment / Peter Westwood.
Publication info: Camberwell, Vic. : ACER, 2005.

Title: Test better, teach better: the instructional role of assessment / W. James Popham.
Publication info: Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2003.

Title: Unlocking formative assessment : practical strategies for enhancing students' learning in the primary and intermediate classroom / Shirley Clarke, Helen Timperley and John Hattie.
Publication info: Auckland, N.Z. : Hodder Moa Beckett, 2003.

Title: Assessment of children and youth with special needs / Libby G. Cohen, Loraine J. Spenciner. Publication info: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2003.

Title: Classroom assessment resource. Stage 2 : English K-6 and Mathematics K-6 syllabus outcomes. Publication info: Ryde, N.S.W. : N.S.W. Dept. of Education and Training, 2002.

Title: Classroom assessment resource. Stage 3 : English K-6 and Mathematics K-6 syllabus outcomes. Publication info: Ryde, N.S.W. : N.S.W. Dept. of Education and Training, 2002.

Title: Enhancing student achievement : a framework for school improvement / Charlotte Danielson. Publication info: Alexandria, Va.: ASCD, 2002.

Title: Using classroom assessment to guide instruction [kit]. Publication info: Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2002.

Title: Writing assessment. New South Wales stage 1 : a comprehensive assessment tool for reporting in writing following an outcomes approach.
Publication info: [Greenwood, W.A.] : R.I.C., 2002.

Title: Miscues, not mistakes : reading assessment in the classroom / M. Ruth Davenport.
Publication info: Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann, 2002.

Title: An observation survey of early literacy achievement / Marie M. Clay.
Publication info: Auckland, N.Z. : Heinemann Education, 2002.

Title: PROBE [kit] : reading assessment / [designed & written by Chris Parkin, Catherine Parkin, Brian Pool].
Publication info: Lower Hutt, N.Z. : Triune Initiatives, 2002.

Title: Reading assessment. Early stage 1 : a comprehensive assessment tool for reporting in reading following an outcomes approach.
Publication info: [Greenwood, W.A.] : R.I.C., 2002.

Title: Progressive achievement tests in reading : comprehension test form 3
Publication info: ACER: Hawthorn, Vic., 2001

Title: Reading and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / Peter Westwood. Publication info: Camberwell, Vic. : ACER, 2001.

Title: Assessment of children : cognitive applications / Jerome M. Sattler.
Publication info: San Diego, Calif. : J.M. Sattler, 2001.

Title: The literacy profiles in practice : toward authentic assessment / Patrick Griffin, Patricia G. Smith, Noel Ridge. Publication info: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 2001.

Title: Maths assessment. Stage 1 : a comprehensive assessment tool for reporting in mathematics following an outcomes approach. Publication info: [Greenwood, W.A.] : R.I.C. Publications, 2001.
(Stage 2 and 3 also available)

Title: Literacy benchmarks : years 3, 5 & 7 : writing, spelling and reading : with professional elaboration. Publication info: Carlton South, Vic. : Curriculum Corp., c 2000.

Title: Numeracy and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / Peter Westwood. Publication info: Camberwell, Vic. : ACER, 2000.

Title: Starting with assessment.
Publication info: Sydney : NSW Dept. of Education and Training, 2000.

Title: Starting Year 1 : assessing literacy and numeracy : using early stage 1 outcomes.
Publication info: Sydney : NSW Dept. of Education and Training, 2000.

Title: Maths assessment. Book 2 / Andrew Woods.
Publication info: South Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Title: Student-generated rubrics : an assessment model to help all students succeed / Larry Ainsworth and Jan Christinson.
Publication info: Orangeburg, N.Y. : D. Seymour Publications, c1998.

Title: Authentic assessment : a report on classroom research and practice in the middle years / Phil Cormack ... [et al.]. Publication info: Canberra : Australian Curriculum Studies Association, 1998.