Reviews
"This is a wonderful book for teaching and learning the complexities of reading assessment. McKenna and Stahl's model presents a fairly comprehensive view of reading and the multiple factors that can contribute to reading fluency or failure. They strike a good balance between theory and practice, explaining a wide range of tools and purposes for assessing reading so one not only understands what to use for evaluation, but also why. The book provides numerous practical charts, checklists, tables, and surveys that can be used to assess aspects of reading for emergent through advanced readers. A definite 'must' for any course in reading assessment!"--Janet A. Norris, PhD, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Louisiana State University "This book offers a well-organized, up-to-date, and comprehensive discussion of classroom and clinical literacy assessment. The strong focus on the components of early reading and strategic knowledge will add to the expertise of teachers, education students, and clinical personnel, and will be particularly helpful in undergraduate and graduate reading assessment courses. The many ready-to-use assessment instruments and recommended techniques create a complete resource for field experiences or clinical use. Especially helpful features are the examples of individual students at a reading clinic and the chapter on preparing a reading clinic report."--Kathleen A. J. Mohr, EdD, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, University of North Texas "This book provides practical information that teachers can readily apply in the classroom. Covered are just about all of the assessments that have been used through the years, in one volume. The writing style is accessible and all terms are accompanied by clear and concise definitions. Information on basic reading skills is provided to help teachers understand why different assessments are important and how to link assessment to instruction. This is a very useful 'how-to' book for teachers at all levels of expertise, and preservice teachers will find it an informative text."--Carmelita K. Williams, EdD, Education Consultant and Professor Emeritus, Norfolk State University "The information in this book is essential for classroom teachers. McKenna and Stahl provide a framework of questions to guide teachers' thinking, straightforward explanations of assessments to address those questions, and instructional suggestions based on the results. This is the realistic, step-by-step text I've been seeking for my university-level assessment and intervention courses. It would be a useful resource for inservice training, too. Any classroom teacher, reading specialist, special education teacher, or paraprofessional who works with struggling readers should read this book."--Brenda L. Sabey, PhD, Dixie State College, "This is a wonderful book for teaching and learning the complexities of reading assessment. McKenna and Stahl's model presents a fairly comprehensive view of reading and the multiple factors that can contribute to reading fluency or failure. They strike a good balance between theory and practice, explaining a wide range of tools and purposes for assessing reading so one not only understands what to use for evaluation, but also why. The book provides numerous practical charts, checklists, tables, and surveys that can be used to assess aspects of reading for emergent through advanced readers. A definite 'must' for any course in reading assessment!"--Janet A. Norris, PhD, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Louisiana State University "This book offers a well-organized, up-to-date, and comprehensive discussion of classroom and clinical literacy assessment. The strong focus on the components of early reading and strategic knowledge will add to the expertise of teachers, education students, and clinical personnel, and will be particularly helpful in undergraduate and graduate reading assessment courses. The many ready-to-use assessment instruments and recommended techniques create a complete resource for field experiences or clinical use. Especially helpful features are the examples of individual students at a reading clinic and the chapter on preparing a reading clinic report."--Kathleen A. J. Mohr, EdD, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, University of North Texas "This book provides practical information that teachers can readily apply in the classroom. Covered are just about all of the assessments that have been used through the years, in one volume. The writing style is accessible and all terms are accompanied by clear and concise definitions. Information on basic reading skills is provided to help teachers understand why different assessments are important and how to link assessment to instruction. This is a very useful 'how-to' book for teachers at all levels of expertise, and preservice teachers will find it an informative text."--Carmelita K. Williams, EdD, Education Consultant and Professor Emeritus, Norfolk State University "The information in this book is essential for classroom teachers. McKenna and Stahl provide a framework of questions to guide teachers' thinking, straightforward explanations of assessments to address those questions, and instructional suggestions based on the results. This is the realistic, step-by-step text I've been seeking for my university-level assessment and intervention courses. It would be a useful resource for inservice training, too. Any classroom teacher, reading specialist, special education teacher, or paraprofessional who works with struggling readers should read this book."--Brenda L. Sabey, PhD, Department of Teacher Education, School of Education, Brigham Young University, "McKenna and Stahl (2005) offer another comprehensive view of assessment issues inAssessment for Reading Instruction....The authors organize their chapters around accessible explanations of types of measures (e.g., norm-referenced testing, informal reading inventories) or focuses for assessments (e.g., fluency, early literacy, word recognition and spelling, comprehension, affective factors). In the latter case, each section is accompanied by assessment tools that can be easily reproduced and used by classroom teachers."--Reading Teacher
