When and Where Did I Find It: I found this term in section of McKenna and Robinson's (2002, p. 45) book, Teaching Through Text: Reading and Writing in the Content Areas.
What It Means: This is a specific type of assessment tool used to judge how well the (possible) assigned textbook passages and the students' reading abilities are matched.
McKenna and Robinson (2002) state, "The content literacy inventory, at its core is a series of questions posed over a small section of the textbook. The student's success at answering these questions after reading the section is used to predict probable performance on the text as a whole" (McKenna & Robinson, p. 45, emphasis added).
An example of this type of assessment tool would be the Strategic Content Literacy Assessment (SCLA) tool the LTED 625 students created as part of their Strategic Content Area Teaching Project-Part I assignments.
Level of Familiarity: I have a well-developed understanding of this type of classroom based assessment tool.
Do I Want to Know This Word Well and Why? Yes. I think this is an important tool to know in order to provide teachers with alternatives to the traditional readability measures as well as to be able to design a tool that would serve as the best way to match the specific students being taught.
Do I Think Others Should Know This Word Well...if so WHO and WHY?: I certainly think Literacy Specialist, particularly my LTED 625 students need to know how to design and implement this type of tool (which is why it is one of the required components of SCATP Part I).
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