Assessment in Literacy
Assessment and Literacy Literacy Goals-What are they and why do they matter? Literacy goals are the foundation of any program aimed at delivering comprehensive literacy skills to students. Literacy skills are the base of students being able to take information they are learning and translate it for themselves and apply it in everyday functional contexts throughout their lives, across all academic subjects. Three Areas to Consider: Reading Writing Communication (Talk) As seen in the education based magazine, Literacy Today: Students need to be actively engaged in the learning process while learning early literacy skills. Readers who are in engaged: 1. Read everyday 2. Read for a variety of purposes 3. Build on prior knowledge 4. Use strategies to make sense of what they are reading 5. Talk about what they’ve read to others. Writers who are confident and independent: 1. See writing as a positive and powerful way to communi...