Product Description: This book presents a coherent philosophy of evaluation which is compatible with current views of literacy acquisition and student centered instruction. The authors have developed procedures that have been used and refined by experienced teachers familiar with the philosophy, theory, and practice of whole language teaching...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A literature-based program to teach children language skills while they read language which is more mature than that which they currently use, and to increase children's capacity to use language by encouraging them to attempt to use it.