RDG 523 - Assessment for Reading Instruction

Credits: 3
Note To be taken concurrently with RDG 523P
This course examines research-supported informal and formal literacy assessment techniques, processes, and instruments within an interactive assessment-instruction framework. The course content incorporates administration, scoring, interpretation, and reporting procedures for a variety of assessment tools. Candidates will analyze and select valid, reliable assessments to screen, diagnose, monitor progress, and measure literacy achievement. Effective instructional intervention techniques will also be addressed. Candidates will apply intervention techniques and the assessment-instruction process to a case study of a struggling primary reader