Reading Assessment Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition

by Farrall, Melissa Lee

• ISBN13: 9780470873939
• ISBN10: 0470873930
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-05
• Publisher: Wiley

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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