Informal Tests for Diagnosing Specific Reading Problems

By Stephen A. Pavlak

Book Overview

This resource provides over 70 ready-to-use informal diagnostic tests and other evaluative aids to help reading specialists and classroom teachers identify students' individual reading problems in order to prescribe effective corrective or remedial instructions. These diagnostic aids cover the basic skill areas of phonic analysis, structural analysis, and comprehension at primary and intermediate levels, as well as survival reading skills at the intermediate and upper levels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134648013
• ISBN13: 9780134648019
• Release Date: December 1984
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.1" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Research Based?

I picked up this book about a month ago, and have already gotten use out of it in the short time since. Many of the reading tests are an excellent fit for students with serious reading difficulties. However, I'm not sure if these tests came about as a result of research or not. As readers may know, if a test or intervention is not scientifically based then it's not viable under the auspices of the Response to Intervention...