Overview of Assessment Tools:

(e.g. IRIs, Anecdotal Records, Observations, Conferences, Miscue Analysis, Reading Logs, Portfolios)

  • Balanced Literacy Diet. (2012). Assessment [Video files]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1428B5C67BD4E400
  • Department of Education and Child Development (DECD). (2012a). Engaging in and exploring assessment tools in literacy. Retrieved from https://www.decd.sa.gov.au/literacy/files/pages/communities/logos/Launch%20pdfs/Assessment_Tools_in_Litera.pdf
  • DeVries, B. A. (2011a). Assessment. In B. A. DeVries (Eds). Literacy assessment & intervention for classroom teachers (pp. 41-74). Scottsdale, Arizona: Holcomb Hathaway. [Also in ‘Teaching Reading in the Classroom’ Section]
  • Eleanor Curtain Publishing. (2012). Assessing reading behaviours. Retrieved from: https://developing-early-literacy.com.au/assessing-reading-behaviour
  • Minskoff, E. (2005a). Assessment for planning and monitoring reading instruction. In E. Minskoff (Eds). Teaching reading to struggling learners (pp. 211-220). Baltimore: P.H. Brookes Publishing Company. [Also in ‘Teaching Reading in the Classroom’ Section]
  • New South Wales Department of Education and Commodities. (2008). Literacy and numeracy follow-up: Individual reading assessment. Retrieved from: https://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/schoolsweb/studentsupport/programs/disabilitypgrms/services/lrngdifficulty/litnumfollow.pdf
  • Queensland Studies Authority. (2013). NAPLAN test preparation. Retrieved from: https://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/24629.html
  • Reutzel, D. R., & Cooter, R. B. (2012a). Assessment. In D.R. Reutzel & R. B. Cooter. Teaching children to read: The teacher makes the difference (pp. 422-445). Boston: Pearson. [Also in ‘Teaching Reading in the Classroom’ Section]
  • Tompkins, G., Campbell, R., & Green, D. (2012). Chapter 3: Assessing student’s literacy development. Literacy for the 21st century: A balanced approach (pp. 63-98). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson.