Fragile Evidence

by Murphy, Sharon; Shannon, Patrick; Johnston, Peter; Hansen, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780805825305
• ISBN10: 0805825304
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Explores the fragility of the evidence surrounding reading assessment as it relates to past and present practices of assessment of reading.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part I: Introduction	1	(30)
What Counts as Evidence of Reading?	3	(12)
Evidence, Validity, and Assessment	15	(16)
Part II: The Validity of Standardized Tests From a Traditional Psychometric Perspective	31	(42)
Multiple-Choice Standardized Reading Tests in the Early 1990s	33	(24)
Individualized Assessment	57	(16)
Part III: The Validity of Standardized Tests From the Perspective of Their Use	73	(30)
A Selective Social History of the Uses of Reading Tests	75	(14)
Patrick Shannon
The Consequences of the Use of Standardized Tests	89	(14)
Peter Johnston
Part IV: Moving Toward Alternatives	103	(32)
``Evaluation is All Day, Noticing What Is Happening'': Multifaceted Evaluations of Readers	105	(20)
Jane Hansen
Toward Reform: Lessons From Miscue Analysis	125	(10)
Part V: Reform Initiatives	135	(36)
Reforms in Assessment: Perils and Possibilities	137	(26)
Toward a Revisioning of Reading Assessment: What Matters?	163	(8)
Appendix Attributes of Individualized and Group Tests Analyzed	171	(8)
References	179	(18)
Author Index	197	(6)
Subject Index	203