- 288 pages
- English
- PDF
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About this book
This trusted practitioner guide and course text helps K-8 teachers utilize assessment as an integral component of classroom instruction. It guides teachers step by step to recognize good reader behaviors, assess students' strengths and weaknesses, and make evidence-based instructional decisions. Formal and informal measures are discussed for evaluating specific components of literacy, with a focus on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Every chapter features activities for developing understanding; in-depth practice exercises are provided in several appendices. Helpful reproducible tools can be photocopied from the book or downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
New to This Edition
*Chapter on major current initiatives: the CCSS and response to intervention.
*Extensive CCSS content woven throughout the book.
*Expanded coverage of vocabulary assessment, now in its own chapter.
*Checklists to guide the selection of high-quality published instruments.
New to This Edition
*Chapter on major current initiatives: the CCSS and response to intervention.
*Extensive CCSS content woven throughout the book.
*Expanded coverage of vocabulary assessment, now in its own chapter.
*Checklists to guide the selection of high-quality published instruments.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Author
- Preface
- Contents
- Chapter 1. New Initiatives and New Concerns: How Have They Influenced Reading Assessment?
- Chapter 2. Purposes of Reading Assessment: What Do Good Readers Do and How Can Teachers and Coaches Assess This?
- Chapter 3. Methods of Assessment: What Are the Different Kinds of Assessments and What Do They Tell Us about Reading Performance?
- Chapter 4. Assessment as Part of Instruction: How Can We Assess as We Teach?
- Chapter 5. The Informal Reading Inventory Process: How Does It Address the Purposes of Reading Assessment?
- Chapter 6. Early Literacy: What Do We Need to Know about Beginning Readers?
- Chapter 7. Word Identification: How Can We Assess a Student's Word Identification Ability?
- Chapter 8. Reading Fluency: How Can We Assess Reading Fluency?
- Chapter 9. Vocabulary Knowledge: How Can We Assess Comprehension of Words?
- Chapter 10. Comprehension of Text: How Can We Assess Understanding of Text?
- Chapter 11. Schoolwide Reading Assessment: How Can We Collect, Organize, and Present Classroom Data?
- References
- Index