This invaluable book provides teachers and coaches with the information and tools they need to get started on the complex process of reading assessment. Grounded in a solid scientific framework, the book presents practical strategies that enable teachers to recognize “good reader behaviors,” assess students’ strengths and weaknesses, analyze the evidence collected, and make instructional decisions. Numerous examples, professional development activities, and reproducibles enhance the utility of this ideal classroom resource and text.
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"Caldwell goes beyond 'number crunching' to build strong links between assessment and instruction. She clearly demonstrates how classroom teachers and literacy coaches can implement best practices for determining how well children are reading and how best to meet their needs, within the time frame of regular classroom instruction. Each component of the reading process is delineated, and assessment approaches for each component are clearly explained. Realistic, down-to-earth examples make this text very readable without lots of technical jargon, and exercises at the end of each chapter can serve as a basis for student assignments. I definitely plan to use this excellent book as the main required text in my Reading Diagnosis and Remediation course."--Barbara A. Carpenter, PhD, EdD, Division of Education, Health and Wellness, Gainesville State College, Georgia
"I highly recommend this text for use in any undergraduate or graduate reading assessment course. I found the inclusion of possible student-teacher interactions, teacher and student work samples, and the overall clarity of writing to be the text's strengths. While very inclusive of the assessment process, the book is as readable as a novel--not your typical professional text!"--Barbara A. Sposet, PhD, Division of Education, Baldwin-Wallace College
"This book shows that assessment, to be effective, must be manageable, not so voluminous as to be less than useful. Caldwell challenges teachers and coaches to think about the purposes of assessment. She suggests ways to choose appropriate assessments, evaluate the resulting data systematically and dynamically, and use the results appropriately to inform instruction. Most helpful is the use of 'good reader behaviors' as a theme throughout the book and as a tool to link assessment with instruction."--Barbara Laster, EdD, Professor of Education and Director, Graduate Programs in Literacy, Towson University
"In a concise, user-friendly format, this important book offers excellent research-based strategies and resources. The focus is on current assessment approaches linked to instruction, and their effects on student achievement. The explanations, text boxes, and realistic examples provide readers with opportunities to link the information to their own assessment and instructional practices. This text is suitable for use in professional development and teacher study groups, and as a resource to inform daily interactions with students. It can also be used in college literacy courses that are training teachers or preparing them to coach and support their colleagues."--Lynn Romeo, EdD, Associate Dean, School of Education, Monmouth University
About the Author
JoAnne Schudt Caldwell, PhD, is a Professor at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is presently the Associate Dean of the College of Education and Leadership. Dr. Caldwell is coauthor, with Lauren Leslie, of The Qualitative Reading Inventory 4, an informal reading inventory, and Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Inventory Assessment: So What Do I Do Now? She is also an author of Reading Problems: Assessment and Teaching Strategies, with Joyce Holt Jennings and Janet W. Lerner.
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JoAnne Caldwell is Director of Teacher Education and professor of Reading Language Arts at Cardinal Stritch University. She has received several honors including Teacher Educator of the Year and has authored numerous articles on reading assessment and learning abilities
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A critically important instructional guide,
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This review is from: Reading Assessment, Second Edition: A Primer for Teachers and Coaches (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) (Paperback)
Now in a fully updated and expanded second edition, "Reading Assessment: A Primer For Teachers And Coaches" by JoAnne Schudt Caldwell (Associate Dean of the College of Education and Leadership, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is part of The Guilford Press educational series 'Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy'. Professor Caldwell provides classroom teachers and reading coaches with the information and tools they require to engage in the complex process of assessing the reading skills and needs of students. Practical strategies are provided for assessing students' strengths and weaknesses with respect to their literacy; how to properly analyze the evidence gathered through observation and testing; and making appropriate instructional decisions accordingly. Of special note are the sections devoted to new tools for assessing early literacy, guidelines for choosing among these options, high-stakes testing; and alternatives to standardized measures. Enhanced with numerous illustrative examples, professional development activities, and reproducibles, "Reading Assessment" is a critically important instructional guide and should be a core part of professional and academic library literacy testing and instruction reference collections.
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A good start but....,
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I bought this book to prepare for a reading coach position. I was really hoping that it would be more specific- it reads more like an introduction to reading then something that really helps us who are teaching it. Most of the information was basic knowledge for teachers who are fairly with it, and vague in really giving concrete steps and ideas in the assessment process. Good book for beginners because it reads well and covers the bare basics, but for everyone else save your money.
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Second Edition, The Informal Reading Inventory Process, Johnny Appleseed, Schudt Caldwell, The Guilford Press, Schoolwide Reading Assessment, Overview of the Reading Process, Nobody Comes, The Role of Motivation, Dinner Oscar, Big Three, Keeps Meaning, University of Texas System, Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening, Texas Education Agency, Number Correct Implicit, National Reading Panel, Highly Proficient, The Texas Primary Reading Inventory, Versailles Treaty, Walk Two Moons, Total Accuracy, The Diagnostic Assessments of Reading, Biddy Mason, The Early Reading Diagnostic Assessment Browse Sample Pages:
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