Linking Reading Assessment to Instruction

<p>Now in its Fifth Edition, this text applies current theory to classroom practice by providing, in each chapter, a brief explanation of major concepts followed by guided practical experience in administering, scoring, and interpreting reading assessment techniques. </p><p>The Fifth Edition is revised and updated to reflect recent developments in the field. New activities are included throughout. A Companion Website for instructors and students, a value-added feature, is new for this edition. Like previous editions of this popular text, this edition </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Emphasizes the use of assessment and diagnosis for instructional decision making </li> <p> </p> <li>Stresses the use of informal assessment techniques - reflecting the current emphasis in educational assessment theories - but also includes usage of standardized test scores</li> <p> </p> <li>Provides numerous classroom-tested, hands-on activities, giving students step-by-step experiences in administering, scoring, and interpreting assessment techniques</li> </ul><p>This text covers assessment/diagnosis in all five critical reading areas: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. It is designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in reading diagnosis, reading methods that include a diagnostic component, and for in-service courses on reading/literacy development and diagnosis.</p><p>http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415802093/</p> <p>Chapter 1. Assessment and Diagnosis Defined</p><p>Chapter 2. Self-Evaluation</p><p>Chapter 3. Identifying Struggling Readers</p><p>Chapter 4. Using Standardized Test Scores </p><p>Chapter 5. Assessing Emergent Literacy </p><p>Chapter 6. Informal Reading Inventory</p><p>Chapter 7. Evaluating Comprehension Strategies </p><p>Chapter 8. Assessment of Word Recognition Knowledge, Spelling, and Fluency</p><p>Chapter 9. Grouping and Instructional Decision Making</p><p>Appendix A: Directions for the Language Experience Approach</p><p>Appendix B: Directions for the Directed Listening-thinking Activity (DLTA)</p><p>Appendix C: Directions for the Directed Reading Activity (DRA)</p><p>Appendix D: Extra Forms</p><p>Glossary</p><p>References</p><p>Index</p>