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

By JoAnne Caldwell

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462514170
• ISBN13: 9781462514175
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.2"