7: Assessment of Reading Difficulties

• assessment
• testing
• data collection
• formal or standardized assessments
• informal assessments
• norm-referenced
  • standards
  • index score
• criterion referenced
• curriculum referenced
• No Child Left Behind Act of 2004 (PL 107-110) and Reading First
• graphophonic knowledge
• phonemic awareness
• screening measure
  • Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI)
  • Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS)
  • Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
• diagnostic measure
• progress monitoring measure
  • formative
  • summative
• outcome measure