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

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.Additional ISBNs9781462514175, 9781462514182Reading Assessment: A Primer for Teachers in the Common Core Era 3rd Edition is written by JoAnne Schudt Caldwell and published by The Guilford Press. ISBNs for Reading Assessment are 9781462514199, 1462514197 and the print ISBNs are 9781462514137, 1462514138. Additional ISBNs include 9781462514175, 9781462514182.