Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K-12 (4th Edition)

Well established as a teaching resource and course text, this guide to the "whats,"
"how-tos," and "whys" of reading assessment is now in a thoroughly revised fourth
edition. Peter Afflerbach succinctly introduces major types of assessments, including
formative and summative performance assessments, teacher questioning, and
high-stakes testing. He provides an innovative framework (the CURRV model) for
evaluating the suitability of assessments and combining them effectively to meet all
students' needs. Emphasis is given to assessing core reading skills and strategies as
well as noncognitive and social–emotional aspects of reading development. Helpful
features include detailed examples of assessment done well, within-chapter "Enhance
Your Understanding" questions and activities, and 25 reproducible and downloadable
checklists and forms.

•Established, successful resource and text, revised and updated: 30% new material
covers the science of reading, equity issues, and more.
•New chapters address assessment of early reading and of digital and critical reading.
•Introduces major assessment types and discusses when to use each type and how to
combine them, using the CURRV model.
•User-friendly features include cases, learning questions and activities, and 25
reproducible/downloadable forms.
•Prior edition: 9781416625018 (ASCD, 2017).


New to This Edition
*Explains assessment in a science-of-reading context.
*Increased focus on equity issues, plus updated theory and research throughout.
*Chapter on assessing early reading.
*Chapter on assessing digital and critical reading.