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Informationen zum Autor Arleen Shearer Mariotti is a retired educator having served the field of education for over 35 years, most recently as a classroom teacher at Adams Middle School, Tampa FL and Staff Development Trainer with Hillsborough County Public Schools. She currently is an adjunct literacy instructor at the University of South Florida and a national trainer for Population Connection. Susan P. Homan is a Professor of literacy at the University of South Florida, author of over 30 published articles, and conducts professional workshops in the state of Florida. She is Director of the Literacy Innovation for Education (LIFE) initiative which links business and education to benefit struggling readers and the community. Zusammenfassung Now in its Fifth Edition, this text applies current theory to classroom practice by providing, in each chapter, a brief explanation of major concepts followed by guided practical experience in administering, scoring, and interpreting reading assessment techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Assessment and Diagnosis Defined Chapter 2. Self-Evaluation Chapter 3. Identifying Struggling Readers Chapter 4. Using Standardized Test Scores Chapter 5. Assessing Emergent Literacy Chapter 6. Informal Reading Inventory Chapter 7. Evaluating Comprehension Strategies Chapter 8. Assessment of Word Recognition Knowledge, Spelling, and Fluency Chapter 9. Grouping and Instructional Decision Making Appendix A: Directions for the Language Experience Approach Appendix B: Directions for the Directed Listening-thinking Activity (DLTA) Appendix C: Directions for the Directed Reading Activity (DRA) Appendix D: Extra Forms Glossary References Index