Evaluating Literacy Instruction

Preface

1. Introduction

Rachael E. Gabriel and Richard L. Allington

Section I: Crafting Systems and Policies for Evaluating Literacy Instruction

2. Evaluating the Structure and Content of Observation Instruments

Rachael E. Gabriel and Sarah Woulfin

3. How the Tests Used in Evaluating Reading Misrepresent Student Development and Teacher Effectiveness

Peter Afflerbach

4. Considerations for Evaluating Instruction for English Language Learners

Sultan Turkan

5. The Practice and Evaluation of Culturally Responsive Literacy for English Language Learners in the 21st Century

Alyson Lavigne and Tammy Oberg De La Gaza

6. The Development of a Classroom Observation System for First-Grade Writing Instruction

David Coker, Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, Huijing Wen, and Allison Jackson

Section II. Examples of Alternative Systems/Approaches for Evaluating Literacy Instruction

7. Using the School Change Observation Scheme to Support Effective Literacy Instruction

Debra S. Peterson

8. Assessing Literacy Teaching: Using the Text Environment as a Window into the Examination of Literacy Practices

Misty Sailors and James Hoffman

9. The Use of Formative Assessment to Improve Instruction of English Learners and Evaluation of Teachers

Francesca Lopez, Patrick Proctor, and Martin Scanlon

10. What Does Effective Teaching Really Look Like? The Observations of Effective Teaching in Reading (OET-Reading) Systems

Carol Connor, Sarah Ingebrand, and Nicole Sparapani

11. When Leadership Skills Are Not Enough: The Role of Principals in High-Stakes Observations

Steven T. McAbee

Contributors

Index