Publisher : Pearson Education. Different ISBN and Cover Page Image from US Edition. Occasionally, International Edition Textbooks contain of different problem section or different exercises at the end of the chapters.
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Education
AuthorKaren Wixson, Marjorie Lipson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight48 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width7.8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number5
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2012-025143
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal372.43
Table Of ContentSECTION 1 Theory into Practice 1 Chapter 1 Perspectives on Reading and Writing Ability Chapter 2 An Interactive View of Reading and Writing SECTION 2 Getting Started with the Assessment Instruction Process Chapter 3 Reading and Writing Disability and the Assessment-Instruction Process Chapter 4 Using Data to Understand Groups of Students and Identify Students for a Closer Look SECTION 3 Evaluating the Context Chapter 5 Evaluating the Instructional Environment/Context, Co-authored with Nancy DeFrance Chapter 6 Instructional Resources Co-authored with Nancy DeFrance SECTION 4 Evaluating the Learner Chapter 7 Assessing Young Readers and Writers Chapter 8 Structured Inventories, Benchmark and Progress Monitoring Assessments Chapter 9 Formative and Diagnostic Assessment SECTION 5 Interactions: Assessment and Instruction as Inquiry Chapter 10 Interactive Decision Making and Continuous Progress Monitoring
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThis new edition of one of the most respected and well-known texts in the field is a "must-have" resource for any teacher's library. It presents an interactive perspective on reading and writing ability and disability, with an emphasis on understanding and addressing learners' difficulties in relation to the instructional context. Completely updated throughout, An Interactive Approach to the assessment of Reading and Writing Difficulty, 5/e gives readers an extensive, in-depth, and up-to-date treatment of current research and best practices in reading assessment, diagnosis, and remediation., An interactive perspective on reading and writing ability/disability with an emphasis on understanding and addressing learners' difficulties in relation to the instructional context. While retaining the focus of the previous edition on careful and extensive discussion of language acquisition, vocabulary development, and early literacy; greater attention to English language learners; attention to adolescent literacy; and information about the RTI process, this new edition includes some dramatic changes, most notably it is abbreviated to focus on multiple types and levels of assessment within a reoriented assessment-instruction process, which includes screening, differentiation and intervention in the classroom, and progress monitoring., KEY BENEFIT Gives pre-and in-service teachers an interactive view of reading abiity and disability and an emphasis on understanding and addressing learners' difficulties in relation to the instructional context KEY TOPICS Understanding reading and writing and the political aspects of reading and writing; how to get started with the assessment-instruction process; understanding the various roles important in evaluating the instructional environment/context; evaluating learners; understanding the interactions between assessment and instruction as inquiry MARKET Pre- and in-service teachers of reading and writing