Choice of action: Using data to make instructional decisions in kindergarten.

The article suggests that teachers can provide essential early intervention instruction within their classrooms and prevent reading difficulties from occurring by using data effectively. The three types of assessment used by kindergarten teacher Margo Calderon, a 15-year veteran from a northern New...

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Published in:	Reading Teacher Vol. 60; no. 8; pp. 770 - 777
Main Author:	Reilly, Mary Ann
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell May2007
Subjects:	Teachers Head Start programs Preschool education Education Teaching Calderon, Margo Literacy Computer assisted instruction
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article suggests that teachers can provide essential early intervention instruction within their classrooms and prevent reading difficulties from occurring by using data effectively. The three types of assessment used by kindergarten teacher Margo Calderon, a 15-year veteran from a northern New Jersey school district, and her colleagues to guide their instructional decisions are dynamic indicators of basic early literacy skills, discretionary assessments determined by teachers and computer-assisted assessment.