Reading Assessment Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition
by Farrall, Melissa LeeEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-06-05
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
This accessible, friendly guide is the first of its kind to present a research-based, integrated review of reading, cognition, and oral language testing and assessment. The theoretical underpinnings of reading, language, and literacy are covered as well as detailed information and administration tips on the myriad reading inventories that may be used in a reading psychoeducational assessment. Unique in its inclusion of instruction on crafting professional evaluation reports to illuminate a students strengths and weaknesses, this inviting book will enable school psychologists, reading specialists, and learning disabilities specialists to conduct effective interdisciplinary remedial recommendations and interventions.
Author Biography
Melissa Lee Farrall, PhD, is an adjunct faculty member in the Language and Literacy Program at Simmons College in Boston, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. One of the founding members of The Reading Foundation, she presently works as a consultant with parents and school districts. She served for several years on the board of directors of the New Hampshire Branch of the International Dyslexia Association.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Reading Theory and the Stages of Reading Acquisition | |
| Oral Language | |
| Linguistic and Cultural Diversity | |
| Statistics and Test Development | |
| Test Administration and Report Writing | |
| Response to Intervention | |
| The Role of Intellectual Assessment | |
| Oral Language Assessment | |
| Underlying Processes | |
| Decoding and Fluency | |
| Comprehension | |
| Informal Inventories and Readability | |
| Written Expression and Spelling | |
| Last Words | |
| Answer Key | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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