Assessment

4 Blocks Literacy Framework

Four Blocks is a multimethod, multilevel literacy framework developed by Pat Cunningham and Dottie Hall of Wake Forest University and utilized by thousands elementary classrooms.

At the 4 Blocks Leadership Conference held in January, 2000, Jim Cunningham gave some excellent insights into assessment concerns and the 4 Blocks. The links below will lead to notes from these sessions.

Angie Miller of Corydon (IN) Elementary School states:

"Assessment is an integral part of the Four Blocks Program. The classroom teacher is doing constant informal and developmental assessment everyday. The use of anecdotal notes and checklists exists in all four blocks."

Angie has submitted the assessments she uses with her 1st Graders.