This text describes reading assessment for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. It covers general issues in assessment, informal reading inventories and other measures of oral reading, and assessment of emergent literacy, word recognition and spelling, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, strategic knowledge, and affective factors, as well as preparing a diagnostic reading report. This edition has expanded coverage of the middle grades, including a new chapter and revised chapters on reading constructs to provide specific diagnostic and instructional recommendations for the middle grades; a new abbreviated case study that profiles a middle school student in a format that aligns with response to intervention or multi-tiered systems of supports; new and expanded topics like computer-based testing methods, assessing academic language, and using reading inventories more accurately; and additional reproducible tools, including an informal reading inventory summary form, comprehension retelling forms for narrative and informational text, a computer-based comprehension test comparison worksheet, and a revised Informal Decoding Inventory. It includes a revised chapter on informal reading inventories to include more information on how to interpret ambiguous results; a companion website containing forms; and other changes. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this accessible text has given over 100,000 preservice and inservice teachers vital tools for systematic reading assessment in grades K&;8. The book explains how to use both formal and informal assessments to evaluate students' strengths and needs in all components of reading. Effective, engaging methods for targeted instruction in each area are outlined. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes 30 reproducible tools, plus an additional multipage assessment in an online-only appendix. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
New to This Edition
*Expanded coverage of the middle grades (4&;8), including a new chapter and case study, and explicit attention to this grade range throughout; new coauthor Kevin Flanigan adds expertise in this area.
*New and expanded topics: computer-based testing methods, assessing academic language, and how to use reading inventories more accurately.
*Additional reproducible tools: informal reading inventory summary form, comprehension retelling forms for narrative and informational text, computer-based comprehension test comparison worksheet, revised Informal Decoding Inventory, and more.
Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this accessible text has given over 100,000 preservice and inservice teachers vital tools for systematic reading assessment in grades K8. The book explains how to use both formal and informal assessments to evaluate students' strengths and needs in all components of reading. Effective, engaging methods for targeted instruction in each area are outlined. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes 30 reproducible tools, plus an additional multipage assessment in an online-only appendix. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
New to This Edition
*Expanded coverage of the middle grades (48), including a new chapter and case study, and explicit attention to this grade range throughout; new coauthor Kevin Flanigan adds expertise in this area.
*New and expanded topics: computer-based testing methods, assessing academic language, and how to use reading inventories more accurately.
*Additional reproducible tools: informal reading inventory summary form, comprehension retelling forms for narrative and informational text, computer-based comprehension test comparison worksheet, revised Informal Decoding Inventory, and more.