Assessment for Reading Instruction, Fourth Edition

by Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl, Dr. Kevin Flanigan, Michael C. McKenna

Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this accessible text has given over 100,000 preservice and inservice teachers vital tools for systematic reading assessment in grades K–8. The book explains how to use both formal and informal assessments to evaluate students' strengths and needs in all components of reading. Effective, engaging methods for targeted instruction in each area are outlined. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes 30 reproducible tools, plus an additional multipage assessment in an online-only appendix. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

New to This Edition
*Expanded coverage of the middle grades (4–8), including a new chapter and case study, and explicit attention to this grade range throughout; new coauthor Kevin Flanigan adds expertise in this area.
*New and expanded computer-based testing methods, assessing academic language, and how to use reading inventories more accurately.
*Additional reproducible informal reading inventory summary form, comprehension retelling forms for narrative and informational text, computer-based comprehension test comparison worksheet, revised Informal Decoding Inventory, and more.

556 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 23, 2022

Reviews

[casey elizabeth]

yes…i am counting my grad school textbooks towards my goal

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this text as my class textbook for the Master's class I am teaching on assessment. This is the 4th edition. It needs to be updated again. Chapter 3's running records are no longer a valid assessment in reading and should move to just IRIs, lexiles, and decodables. Aside from that, it was an excellent book to use with my graduate literacy students.

[Meredith M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the (2025) Fifth Edition. Super easy to read, but some of the concepts were lost on a secondary school teacher as it is unfamiliar territory.

The visuals help a lot.