Overview

Examiners gain flexibility in obtaining information for ensuring a reader's growth, assessing the effectiveness of specific reading approaches, and diagnosing a wide range of literacy needs. Teachers, reading specialists, and clinicians turn to this comprehensive reading and language inventory to carry out every aspect of effective reading and learning assessment-from a quick screening through a comprehensive reading assessment. The design of the inventory allows examiners the flexibility to obtain information for measuring a reader's growth, assessing the effectiveness of specific reading approaches, and diagnosing a wide range of literacy needs. The assessment model includes personal interviews and student reflection, observations, informal and formal tests, and diagnostic teaching, plus valuable research-based tools and guides that complement the assessment model and provide a balance of assessment practice that doesn't over-test students. The materials in the Bader Reading and Language Inventory can be used to assess students at a wide range of ages, from preschool children through adults. The new Seventh Edition features important updates and revisions to the graded passages, including two sets of passages, an elementary set and a secondary/adult set; a second form of graded passages offering greater range from which the evaluator can choose; revisions to the subtests and graded word list test; updating for relevance for use with ELL children and adults; and an updated DVD and instructor forms.

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The Basic Reading Inventory is an easy-to-use, individually administrated informal reading assessment which identifies students' strengths and weaknesses in reading. It is an all-in one package which includes all of the tools needed for students to assess, interpret, and develop responsive reading instruction for administering, scoring, and interpreting the BRI. Although Assessment drives reading instruction, my students need to learn how to teach reading before they can assess and evaluate. Kudos to Bader & Pearce for putting together an impressive collection of informal assessments for teachers! Inventory provides a step by step process on how to evaluate various reading/language components for students. - Joyce R. Jeewek, Professor, Benedictine University, College of Education, Lisle, IL

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Lois A. Bader, Michigan State University Professor Emeritus, continues her extensive consultation and research in literacy. As Executive Director of the Capital Area Literacy Coalition (CALC) in Lansing, Michigan, she involves university students and community volunteers to extend clinical and remedial services to a wide range of clients. CALC's ELL, GED, workplace, K-12, and adult programs are ongoing. Dr. Bader's awards include CASE Professor of the Year, ALER Research and Scholarship Award, and Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Daniel L. Pearce is Professor of Literacy Education at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He is Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of the PhD programs in literacy and general education. He has won awards for teaching, service, and scholarship. His interests lie in reading diagnosis, working with problem readers, reading comprehension, and school improvement projects.

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