Reading assessment : a primer for teachers and tutors /
JoAnne Schudt Caldwell.
- New York ; London : Guilford, c2002.
- xiv, 258 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Solving problems in the teaching of literacy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-251) and index.
Overview of the reading process: what do good readers do, and how do teachers and tutors assess this? -- Assessment as part of instruction: how can we assess as we teach? -- The informal reading inventory process: how does it address the three 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? -- Comprehension of narrative and expository text: how can we assess understanding of stories and textbooks? -- Motivation: what makes students want to read, and how can we assess this? -- Standardized tests: what do they tell us about reading performance? -- General summary: Assisting the good reader behaviors.