Goodman, Kenneth S

Includes: Revaluing assessment - Teaching as inquiry - Evaluating ourselves - Tools for evaluation - Documenting learning.

Presents a discussion of phonics and its role in learning to read, providing an explanation of what phonics is, and investigating the science, teaching, and politics of phonics.

Includes the following: THEORY AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES-Evaluation of students-The art of teaching: Evaluation and revision--SCHOOL BEGINNINGS-"If the teacher comes over, pretend it's a telescope!"-Evaluation in a classroom evironment designed for whole language-"Asi no se pone si"(That's not how you write "Si")-Whole language, Texas style-Evaluation: The conventions of writing-When "Shut Up" is a sign of growth--MIDDLE GRADE EXPANSIONS-Guise, son of the shoemaker-"Well, what about his skills?" Evaluation of whole language in the middle school.