Assessment for Reading Instruction

By Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl, Michael C. McKenna, Steven A. Stahl

Book Overview

Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this accessible text has given over 125,000 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462541577
• ISBN13: 9781462541577
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

Good Overview and Helpful Suggestions

I bought this book for a graduate course. It is easy to read and very clear. The authors write it in a very friendly manner. You gain a lot of information and it gives great suggestions. If you need help with what's happening in the reading world, this is the book for you!!

Awesome

I will keep this book as a teaching Bible. It has amazing examples and useful material and resources.

Great

This is one of my favorites. It has every assessment possible for reading-ready to copy and use! short chapters too!