Alternative Assessment Techniques for Reading & Writing Book

	The Practical Help This Book Offers
Ch. 1	Using Informal Devices in Assessing Reading and Writing Ability	1
Pt. 1	Assessing Competencies and Weaknesses in Reading	15
Ch. 2	Using Checklists and Other Informal Devices to Assess Competencies and Weaknesses in Visual Perception Ability, Emergent Literacy Skills, Word-Identification Skills, and Oral Reading	17
Ch. 3	Using Checklists and Other Informal Devices to Assess Competencies and Weaknesses in Vocabulary, Comprehension Skills, the Basic Study Skills, and Silent Reading	72
Ch. 4	Using Miscue Analysis in Assessing Competencies and Weaknesses in Reading	122
Ch. 5	Variations of the Individual Reading Inventory	141
Ch. 6	Using Informal Inventories and Other Informal Assessment Devices in the Word-Identification Techniques	226
Ch. 7	Additional Alternative Ways of Assessing Reading Skills and Attitudes	326
Pt. 2	Assessing Competencies and Weaknesses in Writing and Spelling	373
Ch. 8	Using Checklists to Assess Competencies and Weaknesses in Drawing, Writing, and Spelling	375
Ch. 9	Using Holistic Scoring and the Informal Writing Inventory to Assess Writing	389
Ch. 10	Other Alternative Means of Assessing Writing and Spelling Ability	424
Pt. 3	Portfolio Assessment	441
Ch. 11	Using Portfolio Assessment in Any Literacy Program	443
Pt. 4	Closing Thoughts	471
Ch. 12	Closing Thoughts	473