Assessing Children′s Writing: A best practice guide for primary teaching

· Learning Matters
Ebook
184
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About this ebook

This book supports teachers and trainee teachers with the assessment of writing, and particularly assessment as part of the cycle of planning and teaching – assessment used formatively.

- Explores the issues and challenges in the assessment of writing
- Highlights the importance of specific feedback
- Features examples of children′s work and detailed guidance on how to assess each piece
- Includes a chapter on supporting children to write more outside of school

About the author

Kate Allott is Senior Lecturer in Education at York St John University. Kate worked as a literacy consultant in a local authority from the inception of the National Literacy Strategy. More recently she spent two years as a regional adviser with the Primary National Strategy, working on the Communication, Language and Literacy Development initiative.

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