Understanding and using reading assessment, K-12 / Peter Afflerbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Afflerbach, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Elementary)--Ability testing--United States.

Reading (Elementary).

Reading (Secondary)--Ability testing--United States.

Reading (Secondary).

Physical Description:

x, 270 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Guilford Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Description: Well established as a teaching resource and course text, this guide to the "whats," "how-tos," and "whys" of reading assessment is now in a thoroughly revised fourth edition. Peter Afflerbach succinctly introduces major types of assessments, including formative and summative performance assessments, teacher questioning, and high-stakes testing. He provides an innovative framework (the CURRV model) for evaluating the suitability of assessments and combining them effectively to meet all students' needs. Emphasis is given to assessing core reading skills and strategies as well as noncognitive and social-emotional aspects of reading development. Helpful features include detailed examples of assessment done well, within-chapter "Enhance Your Understanding" questions and activities, and 25 reproducible and downloadable checklists and forms. -- New to This Edition: *Explains assessment in a science-of-reading context. *Increased focus on equity issues, plus updated theory and research throughout. *Chapter on assessing early reading. *Chapter on assessing digital and critical reading. -- Keywords: assessing, high-stakes testing, literacy, science of reading, CURRV, textbooks, texts, courses, equity in education, struggling readers, inventories, state tests, skills and strategies, elementary, secondary, students, classrooms, teachers, teaching, English learners"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Important issues and concepts in reading assessment

Assessing early reading

Assessing strategies and skills: tests and reading inventories

Teacher questioning as assessment

Performance assessment

High-stakes reading tests

Assessment and accommodating english learners and special-needs students

Assessing "the other": important noncognitive aspects of reading

Formative and summative assessment

Promoting self-assessment to help students build reading independence

Assessing digital and critical reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781462556137

1462556132

9781462556120

1462556124

OCLC:

1455911213

Publisher Number:

90100722543