Publication Date
10-1-1992
Abstract
In recent years significant changes in our thinking about reading have ushered in a much needed reform movement in reading assessment practices. The formal origins of this shift can be traced to exciting developments in statewide reading assessments that were rightly touted in the professional literature during the latter 1980s (Carbo, 1988; Illinois State Board of Education, 1988; Roeber and Dutcher, 1989; Wixson, Peters, Weber, and Roeber, 1987; Valencia, Pearson, Peters, and Wixson, 1989). Reports about truly innovative testing practices in pioneer states such as Michigan and Illinois seemed to signal the beginning of a national trend in reading assessment. In this paper, we report the results of a survey aimed at documenting the extent and nature of such a trend.
Recommended Citation
Henk, W. A., & Rickelman, R. J. (1992). Trends in Statewide Reading Assessment: A Closer Look. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 33 (1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol33/iss1/6
