Title: Handbook of Reading Assessment: A One-Stop Resource for Prospective and Practicing Educators
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1138804665
ISBN 13: 9781138804661
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: New

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The Handbook of Reading Assessment, Second Edition, covers the wide range of reading assessments educators must be able to use and understand to effectively assess and instruct their students. Comprehensive and filled with numerous authentic examples, the text addresses informal classroom based assessment, progress monitoring, individual norm-referenced assessment, and group norm-referenced or ‘high-stakes’ testing. Coverage includes assessment content relevant for English language learners and adults. A set of test guidelines to use when selecting or evaluating an assessment tool is provided.

New and updated in the Second Edition

Impact on reading assessment of Common Core Standards for literacy; increased top-down focus on accountability and high stakes tests; innovations in computerized assessment of reading
Latest developments in Response to Intervention (RTI) model, particularly as they impact reading assessment
International Reading Association standards for reading educators and brief discussion of International Dyslexia Association standards
Types of reading assessment, including discussion of formative versus summative assessment
Expanded coverage of assessment of reading motivation
Expanded coverage of writing assessment
New and revised assessments across genres of reading assessment
Companion Website: numerous resources relevant to reading and writing assessment; suggestions for evidence-based instructional practices that can be linked to assessment results; PowerPoint slides; test bank; study guides; application exercises

About the Author

Sherry Mee Bell is Professor and Department Head, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA. A former special and elementary teacher and school psychologist, she is author of a number of articles on assessment, reading/disabilities, and teacher preparation.

R. Steve McCallum is Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA. A fellow of the American Psychological Association, he is author of a number of assessment-related articles, tests, texts, and is Consulting Editor and Co-Founder, Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.

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