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Evaluation Materials

Assessment and Evaluation Strategies in Family
Literacy Program Development (1996)

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This resource guide is the result of the shared experiences of four distinct community-based literacy programs which implemented and reviewed a variety of assessment procedures for family literacy evaluation.

The guide is intended for literacy practitioners who wish to integrate assessment activities more holistically into the family literacy activities of their programs; and literacy program coordinators and other professionals who want to develop practical procedures for making evaluation a routine and meaningful part of family literacy program development.

The guide presents the rationale for giving special consideration to evaluation in family literacy, along with suggestions for getting started. It also contains practitioner based family literacy program activities linked to specific assessment strategies. Finally, sample techniques for practitioner recording and reporting, along with selected instruments, are also presented.