…for the Department of Writing & Rhetoric. Her interests include multimodal composition and ePortfolios, curriculum design and assessment, writing program administration and professional development, and social justice and feminist pedagogy….
…higher education, noting the particular impact on community colleges. P–12 Education In Keystone Test No Longer an Exit Exam, Aileen Hower notes that Pennsylvania is reviewing alternative assessments. New Jersey,…
…teachers in New Mexico that the scores counted “too much” in evaluations. Likewise, Stevi Quate wrote in Changes in State Assessments Impact the Whole System about how switching to PARCC…
…pressure [because of assessment]” “The test is first and foremost…don’t want to do anything that would take away from the test, that’s not necessary.” “The biggest struggle is always having…
…situations, understanding texts and ideas, interacting with others, and advancing social responsibility. In an age of rote learning and assessments, which can overlook deeper thinking and learning and new knowledge…
…of topics, including: Advocacy Argumentation Assessment Community/Public Literacy Efforts Content Area Literacies/Writing across the Curriculum Composition/Writing Digital and Media Literacies Early Literacies Equity and Social Justice Informational Text Literature Multilingualism…
…technical, and creative writing; and the teaching of literature in the first two college years. We also publish articles on topics such as program and curriculum development, assessment, technology and…
…under enormous pressure to provide students with the particular bodies of knowledge and skills that appear on high-stakes assessments, which makes it difficult to also consider a practice of literacy…
…is a doctoral student at Illinois in curriculum and instruction. Scott is the author of the NCTE publication Beyond Standardized Truth: Improving Teaching and Learning through Inquiry-Based Reading Assessment (2012)….
…for a fresh way of thinking about literacy, assessment, young children, and the possible role of the language arts to help us realize the democratic promise of education. We invite…
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