| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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? |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Reading -- Ability testing.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary. |
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Reading -- Ability testing |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Caldwell, JoAnne (JoAnne Schudt). Reading assessment. 3rd ed. New York : Guilford Publications, ©2014 9781462514137 |
| ISBN |
9781462514182 (electronic bk.) |
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1462514189 (electronic bk.) |
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