The Fight's Not Always Fixed: Using Literary Response to Transcend Standardized Test Scores

Autor/in	Avila, JuliAnna
Titel	The Fight's Not Always Fixed: Using Literary Response to Transcend Standardized Test Scores
Quelle	In: English Journal, 102 (2012) 2, S.101-107 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Standardized Tests; Language Arts; Grade 11; English Instruction; Literary Criticism; Adolescent Literature; Educational Strategies; Learning Strategies; Creative Activities; Learning Activities; Teaching Methods; Literary Styles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Sprachkultur; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Literaturkritik; Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Lehrstrategie; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Lernaktivität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Literarischer Stil
Abstract	In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) concluded that "literature reading is fading as a meaningful activity, especially among younger people." How can educators continue to teach students about the power of literary response when the priority is for them to achieve proficiency on standardized tests, whose scores can only be narrowly descriptive of students' literacy abilities? Although literary response may be a mainstay in English language arts instruction, schools continue to need it, perhaps more than ever, given an increased focus on standardized scores. In this article, the author illustrates how three eleventh graders practiced literary response to transcend their standardized test scores and to revise their academic literacy identities. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10