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Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

by: Shanker, James L.; Cockrum, Ward

Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

by: Shanker, James L.; Cockrum, Ward

ISBN 13:
9780132849968
ISBN 10:
0132849968
Edition: 6th
Format: Spiral Bound
Copyright: 05/30/2013
Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

The Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory is a highly successful, research-based, and clinically verified reading inventory designed to help educators effectively assist students in developing their reading ability. It features a great number of tests and number of tests—40 in this edition—and is adaptable to most reading programs It fits well with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and can be used to assess a wide range of students’ reading abilities. Educators can use the tests to measure oral and silent reading ability, listening comprehension, phonemic awareness, concepts about print, letter knowledge, basic sight vocabulary, phonics, structural analysis, context clues, dictionary skills, fluency skills, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and reading interests.

Author Biography

Ward A. Cockrum has been involved in literacy education for more than 30 years. His teaching experience includes his positions as a reading specialist in a K–4 school, a middle school reading/science teacher, a fifth-grade teacher and a Pre-first^-grade teacher. Currently a professor at Northern Arizona University, he directs the Reading Specialist Endorsement Program and teaches a variety of reading education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Cockrum is the co-author, with James Shanker, of the Tenth Edition of Locating and Correcting Reading Difficulties and the Sixth Edition of Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory.

Part I Exploring the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

Section 1 Description of the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

What is the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory?

Brief Descriptions of the Tests

Informal Reading Inventory

Emergent Literacy/Prereading Skills

Basic Sight Word Knowledge

Phonics Skills

Structural Analysis Skills

Ability to Use Context Clues

Dictionary Use

Reading Interests

Quick Confirmation Assessments

Using the Tests

Additional Uses of the ESRI

Large Group Silent Reading Comprehension Level Assessment

Optional Questions

Quick Confirmation Tests

Who Should Use the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory?

Levels of Assessment

Reading/Listening Levels Measured by the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

Independent Reading Level

Instructional Reading Level

Frustration Reading Level

Listening Comprehension Level

Comprehension Levels Summary

The Development of the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

The Graded Word List (GWL)

The Graded Reading Passages

Other Tests

Section 2 Implementation of the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

Preparation for Administering the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

Assembling Your Diagnostic Kit

Coding Students’ Oral Reading Errors

Creating an Appropriate Setting for Testing the Student

Administering the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

Tests 1 through 3 and 5: Which Should You Administer?

Test 1: Emergent Literacy

Test 2: Basic Sight Vocabulary

Format for Tests 3 and 5

Test 3: Phonics

Test 4: El Paso Phonics Survey

Test 5: Structural Analysis

Test 6: Knowledge of Contractions

Test 7: Quick Word List Survey

Test 8: Context Clue Use

Test 9: Dictionary Use Assessment

Test 10: Graded Word List (GWL) or San Diego Quick Assessment

Test 11: Reading Passages

The Crib Sheet

Reading Passages Tests Administration Chart: Tests 11a, 11b, and 11c

Test 12: Reading Interests Survey

Section 3 Interpretation of Test Results

Completing the Test Summary Sheet

Information Gained from Maya’s Test Summary Sheet

Information Gained from David’s Test Summary Sheet

The Eight Major Skills or Abilities That Affect Reading Success

Which Tests Evaluate Which Skills?

Using the Analysis Sheet

Emergent Literacy

Basic Sight Vocabulary

Phonics

Structural Analysis

Context Clues

Fluency Skills

Vocabulary (Meaning)/Capacity

Comprehension

Reading Interests

Remediation of Reading Difficulties

Section 4 Preparation of Diagnostic Reports

How to Write a Diagnostic Report

General Suggestions for Preparing Diagnostic Reports

Form for Diagnostic Reports

Sample Reports

Maya’s Diagnostic Report

David’s Diagnostic Report

Notes

Part II Forms and Assessments of the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory

Section 1 Forms for Use in Conducting the Diagnosis

Form 1: Reading Passages Tests Administration Chart

Form 2: Test Summary Sheet

Form 3: Analysis Sheet

Form 4: Prescriptive Analysis of Phonics Skills Chart

Section 2 Assessments for Conducting the Diagnosis

Crib Sheets/Test Sheets/Scoring Sheets

Test 1 Crib Sheet: Emergent Literacy

Test 1 Test Sheets: Emergent Literacy

Test 1 Scoring Sheets: Emergent Literacy

Test 2 Crib Sheet: Basic Sight Vocabulary

Test 2 Test Sheet: Basic Sight Vocabulary

Test 2 Scoring Sheets: Basic Sight Vocabulary

Test 3 Crib Sheet: Phonics

Test 3 Test Sheets: Phonics

Test 3 Scoring Sheets: Phonics

Test 4 Crib Sheet: El Paso Phonics Survey

Test 4 Test Sheet: El Paso Phonics Survey

Test 4 Scoring Sheet: El Paso Phonics Survey

Test 5 Crib Sheet: Structural Analysis

Test 5 Test Sheets: Structural Analysis

Test 5 Scoring Sheets: Structural Analysis

Test 6 Crib Sheet: Knowledge of Contractions

Test 6 Test Sheet: Knowledge of Contractions

Test 6 Scoring Sheet: Knowledge of Contractions

Test 7 Crib Sheet: Quick Word List Survey

Test 7 Test Sheet: Quick Word List Survey

Test 7 Scoring Sheet: Quick Word List Survey

Test 8 Crib Sheet: Check of Context Clue Use

Test 8 Test Sheet: Check of Context Clue Use

Test 8 Scoring Sheet Test: Check of Context Clue Use

Test 9 Crib Sheet: Dictionary Use

Test 9 Test/Scoring Sheet: Dictionary Use

Test 10 Crib Sheet: Graded Word List (GWL) or San Diego Quick Assessment

Test 10 Test Sheet: Graded Word List (GWL) or San Diego Quick Assessment

Test 10 Scoring Sheet: Graded Word List (GWL) or San Diego Quick Assessment

Test 11 Crib Sheet: Reading Passages

Test 11 Test Sheets: Reading Passages, Forms A and B

Test 11 Test Sheets: Reading Passages, Forms C and D

Test 11 Scoring Sheets: Reading Passages, Forms A and B

Test 11 Scoring Sheets: Reading Passages, Forms C and D

Test 12 Crib Sheet: Reading Interests Survey

Test 12 Scoring Sheets: Reading Interests Survey

Additional Uses of the ESRI

Large Group Silent Reading Comprehension Level Assessment

Optional Questions for the Graded Reading Passages

Quick Confirmation Tests

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