Author(s): Sharon Wynne
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 263
About the Test......Page 8
Study Tips......Page 9
Testing Tips......Page 11
Foundations of Reading......Page 13
Skill 1.1 Principles of assessment......Page 14
Skill 1.2 Assessing reading levels......Page 21
Skill 1.3 Using and communicating assessment results......Page 24
Skill 2.1 Factors involved in planning reading instruction......Page 26
Skill 2.2 Organizing and managing reading instruction......Page 29
Skill 3.1 Assessing phonemic awareness......Page 38
Skill 3.2 The role of phonemic awareness......Page 39
Skill 3.3 Developing phonemic awareness......Page 41
Skill 4.1 Assessing concepts about print......Page 45
Skill 4.2 Concepts about print......Page 46
Skill 4.3 Letter recognition......Page 50
Skill 5.1 Assessing phonics and other word identification strategies......Page 55
Skill 5.2 Explicit phonics instruction......Page 56
Skill 5.3 Developing fluency......Page 61
Skill 5.4 Word identification strategies......Page 62
Skill 5.5 Sight words......Page 74
Skill 5.6 Terminology......Page 76
Skill 6.1 Assessing spelling......Page 77
Skill 6.2 Systematic spelling instruction......Page 78
Skill 6.3 Spelling instruction in context......Page 79
Skill 7.1 Assessing reading comprehension......Page 81
Skill 7.2 Fluency and other factors affecting comprehension......Page 82
Skill 7.3 Facilitating comprehension......Page 84
Skill 7.4 Different levels of comprehension......Page 86
Skill 7.5 Comprehension strategies......Page 88
Skill 8.2 Responding to literature......Page 93
Skill 8.3 Literary analysis......Page 96
Skill 9.1 Assessing content-area literacy......Page 100
Skill 9.2 Different types of texts and purposes for reading......Page 102
Skill 9.3 Study skills......Page 103
Skill 10.1 Encouraging independent reading......Page 107
Skill 10.2 Supporting at-home reading......Page 109
Skill 11.1 Assessing oral and written language......Page 111
Skill 11.2 Oral language development......Page 114
Skill 11.3 Written language development......Page 115
Skill 11.4 Supporting English language learners......Page 116
Skill 12.1 Assessing vocabulary knowledge......Page 118
Skill 12.2 Increasing vocabulary knowledge......Page 119
Skill 12.3 Strategies for gaining and extending meanings of words......Page 123
Skill 13.1 Assessing English language structures......Page 125
Skill 13.2 Differences between written and oral English......Page 128
Skill 13.3 Applying knowledge of the English language to improvereading......Page 132
GLOSSARY......Page 133
DIRECTORY OF THEORISTS AND RESEARCHERS......Page 144
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINT RESOURCES......Page 150
Alphabet Books......Page 157
Trade Books......Page 160
Webliography......Page 166
Tools for Teaching and Testing......Page 168
Sample Questions – Multiple Choice......Page 172
Answer Key......Page 206
Rigor Analysis Table......Page 207
Answers with Rationales......Page 208
Constructed Response Questions......Page 271
Tips and Reflections......Page 276
