Course Description:

This course discusses the reading process and the factors that influence its development, the role of assessment to inform and adapt literacy instruction, the evaluation and use of formal and informal assessment tools for individual learners and groups of students, and the interpretation and communication of assessment results. A 30-hour practicum is required.

Required Texts

Required Texts for EDCI 582 Cohorts:

Clay, M.M. (2002). An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement.
Second Edition.  Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

Clay, M.M. (2000). Sand. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

Gillet, J.W., Temple, C., & Crawford, A.N. (2007). Understanding Reading Problems; Assessment and Instruction. Seventh Edition. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

You will also need access to one of the following instruments: (see me if this is a problem)

Beaver, J. (1997). Developmental Reading Assessment. Glenview, IL: Celebration Press

Leslie, L., & Caldwell, J.. Qualitative Reading Inventory-4. New York: Longman, 2006.

Other Informal Reading Inventory approved by instructor
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