Widely adopted for course use, this trusted teacher guide combines crucial background knowledge with hands-on tools. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book features more than two dozen reproducibles. It covers all the essentials of planning, administering, scoring, and interpreting a wide range of formal and informal assessments. Helpful examples illustrate effective ways to evaluate K/n-/8 students' strengths and weaknesses in each of the core competencies that good readers need to master.
See also Reading Assessment in an RTI Framework, which offers systematic guidance for conducting assessments in all three tiers of RTI.
Assessment for Reading Instruction, Second Edition
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Table of Contents
Introduction to Reading Assessment. General Concepts of Assessment. Informal Reading Inventories and Other Measures of Oral Reading. Emergent Literacy. Word Recognition and Spelling. Fluency. Comprehension. Strategic Knowledge. Affective Factors. Preparing a Reading Clinic Report. Appendix: Case Studies.
Author Description
Michael C. McKenna, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, and Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl, EdD, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, New York, NY, USA