Using Assessment To Guide Instruction: Watch the Video

Classroom Excerpts

In this section, you will relate Dr. Paratore's lecture and your readings to assessment practices in classroom excerpts.

Now you will observe teachers in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade as they assess their students' reading. As you watch, note the different instructional contexts and classroom routines that allowed the teachers to assess individual student performance. Use the video image below to locate where to begin viewing.

	Student Assessment Classroom Excerpts

	Find this segment approximately 15 minutes and 15 seconds after the begining of the video. Watch for about 6 1/2 minutes.

After watching the classroom excerpts, consider these questions:

• How did each teacher use classroom routines to assess student performance?
• What did each teacher learn about the student she was assessing?
• How was this information documented?
• How could this information be used to plan instruction?
• How would you apply what you viewed to your own teaching?

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