Re: Kindergarten Reading Exit Exams

["L. Cirincione" <lindac15@MINDSPRING.COM>]

Shepard, Lorrie - The Role of Assessment in a Learning ...
... FEATURED ARTICLE The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture by Lorrie
Shepard.
Educational Researcher, Vol. 29, No. 7, pp. 1-14. ...
http://www.aera.net/pubs/er/arts/29-07/shep01.htm - 12k
http://www.aera.net/pubs/er/arts/29-07/shep01.htm

Parents' Page  (This one has a lot of links to articles! Linda)
... Principles and Recommendations for Early Childhood Assessments
Lorrie Shepard, Sharon Lynn Kagan, and Emily Wurtz. ...
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/CRESST/pages/infoparent.htm - 15k
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/CRESST/pages/infoparent.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen Schwartz" <eschwa@SOVER.NET>
To: <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: Kindergarten Reading Exit Exams


> Juanita,
>
> Two possible resources:
> A book--Achievement Testing in the Early Grades, ed. Constance Kamii,
publ.
> National Assoc. for the Education of Young Children.
> Lorrie Shepard has done considerable research on the effects of
> kindergarten retention.  I'm sure a library or Web search would turn up
> useful stuff by her.
>
> --Ellen
>
>
> At 6:19 PM 2/12/2, Juanita Doyon wrote:
> >Anyone know how widespread the practice of testing reading skills for
> >kindergarten exit is?
> >
> >I have a mom ready to fight it-- pass the reading test or stay in
> >kindergarten.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Juanita
> >
>
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