Many states have amended writing assessment to include multiple-choice formats. This handbook provides teachers of grades three through eight with tools they can use to conduct purposeful writing assessment based on multiple-choice practice within the three major areas of writing: focus and organization, style and composition, and conventions and mechanics. Each of the 15 skill sets has one assessment for pre-testing and one for determining student mastery of the specific skill, complete with answer keys, re-teaching strategies, a bibliography of professional resources that addresses each skill set, and a complete cross-index of literature models. An appendix contains reproducible forms for comprehensive writing assessment and for monitoring progress in the three areas. Koehler is a teacher, literacy coach, and writing consultant. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
