Reading Assesment in Practice

by International Reading Association

This comprehensive training package gives elementary teachers the opportunity to sit in on five real-life classroom sessions and to see reading assessment at work.Interviews with third- and fourth-grade teachers demonstrate the importance of and methods for assessing
-- prior knowledge
-- depth of understanding
-- understanding of story characters
-- acquisition of science vocabulary, and
-- use of science vocabulary.

Interviews with leading experts in literacy education make this training package the best of its kind -- a sure winner

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The mission of the International Reading Association is to promote reading by continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and research worldwide.

Since 1956, IRA has been a nonprofit, global network of individuals and institutions committed to worldwide literacy.

--from the group's website