New 2007! Available in October 2006! A first-of-its-kind book that systematizes observational records and assessment for the elementary teacher.
Anecdotal Records Assessment:
An Observational Tool with Standards-Based Focus
Paul Boyd-Batstone, California State University, Long Beach
Here's a hands-on, practical assessment tool that meets the need for balance between standards-based assessment and authentic assessment for the elementary teacher through Anecdotal Records Assessment (ARA). This unique new guide gives you a collection of strategies and techniques that show you clearly how to observe, how to record observations, manage the records, assess the learning, and how to communicate the assessments with others using anecdotal records.

A first-of-its-kind resource, this book systematizes observational records and assessment for the elementary classroom teacher and currently is the only book on the market related to observational note-taking that uses content standards to inform and focus teacher observations of student learning. It gives you ready-to-use formats for managing anecdotal records and resources to gain access to content standards, frameworks and model curricula from every state department of education. It also provides you with scales for interpreting levels of oral language proficiency of English Language Learners, reading/writing levels, and developmental spelling.

Divided into four parts, the book covers:

What is Focused Anecdotal Records Assessment?
Anecdotal Record Keeping
Interpreting Anecdotal Records
Communicating Observational Assessments with Others

2007 Available in October 2006 Paperbound 224pp est. ISBN: 1-933760-01-8 ISBN: 978-1-933760-01-8 Order #755 $29.95

Click the links below to use forms from the book.   ARA Form With Identifying Numbers Blank ARA Form Content Standards Key Teacher-Parent Assessment Conversation Form

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