Literacy Assessment

Contents I. Getting Started 1. A Framework for Assessment-Based Literacy Instruction 2. Gathering Information I: Generic Tools and Techniques 3. Gathering Information II: Specific Tools and Techniques for Literacy Assessment 4. Instructional Strategies for a Balanced Literacy: An Overview II. Assessing Literacy Learning for Instruction 5. The Early Emergent Literacy Stage 6. The Emergent Literacy Stage 7. The Beginning Reading and Writing Stage 8. The Almost Fluent Reading and Writing Stage 9. The Fluent Reading and Writing Stage III. Using Special Tools for Reading and Writing Assessment 10. Informal and Qualitative Measures for Reading 11. Formal and Standardized Assessments: Purposes and Limitations IV. Beyond the Classroom 12. Collaborating with Families, Peers, and Other Professionals Resource File. Glossary. Literature. References. IndexJ. David Cooper is the author of 'Literacy Assessment', published 2000 under ISBN 9780395888162 and ISBN 0395888166.