Reading Assessment, Third Edition: A Primer for Teachers in the Common Core Era

Synopsis

New Initiatives And New Concerns: How Have They Influenced Reading Assessment? -- Purposes Of Reading Assessment: What Do Good Readers Do And How Can Teachers And Coaches Assess This? -- Methods Of Assessment: What Are The Different Kinds Of Assessments And What Do They Tell Us About Reading Performance? -- Assessment As Part Of Instruction: How Can We Assess As We Teach? -- The Informal Reading Inventory Process: How Does It Address The Purposes Of Reading Assessment? -- Early Literacy: What Do We Need To Know About Beginning Readers? -- Word Identification: How Can We Assess A Student's Word Identification Ability? -- Reading Fluency: How Can We Assess Reading Fluency? -- Vocabulary Knowledge: How Can We Assess Comprehension Of Words? -- Comprehension Of Text: How Can We Assess Understanding Of Text? -- Schoolwide Reading Assessment: How Can We Collect, Organize, And Present Classroom Data?. Joanne Schudt Caldwell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.