Reading assessment : linking language, literacy, and cognition /

• Main Author: Farrall, Melissa Lee
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., [2012]
• Subjects: Reading > Ability testing.; Educational tests and measurements.; Reading, Psychology of.; Cognition in children.; PSYCHOLOGY > Education & Training.; Electronic books.

"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 administrat...

Table of Contents:

• FrontMatter
• Introduction
• Reading Theory and Stages of Reading Acquisition
• Oral Language
• Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
• Statistics and Test Development
• Test Administration and Report Writing
• Response to Intervention
• Role of Intellectual Assessment
• Oral Language Assessment
• Underlying Processes
• Decoding
• Comprehension
• Informal Inventories and Readability
• Written Expression and Spelling
• Last Words
• Appendix A: Answer Key
• Appendix B: Glossary
• References
• Additional Resources
• Author Index
• Subject Index.