Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory - Softcover

Shanker, James L.; Ekwall, Eldon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205304419 ISBN 13: 9780205304417

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

The fourth edition of the Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory (ESRI) updates and expands this highly successful informal reading inventory. The new ESRI provides an expanded battery of 38 diagnostic tests in 11 different areas that enable the teacher-candidate, classroom teacher, special education teacher, or reading specialist to assess the full-range of students' reading abilities.

The fourth edition provides for flexible assessment to match the needs of the individuals who will use it. The ESRI may be used as a quick screening device, for placement of students in groups or classes, for a brief assessment, or for comprehensive individual diagnosis. In this edition, specific directions guide the novice teacher or the experienced specialist in conducting the kinds of diagnosis appropriate for each setting.

Based on the time-tested criteria of the informal reading inventory, the research-based, clinically verified ESRI is the most coherent and comprehensive reading assessment instrument ever developed. It provides clear, easy-to-follow instructions that tell the examiner exactly how to go about conducting and interpreting the diagnosis. The instructions for both administering the test and formulating a diagnosis have been carefully refined in this edition to make them even more user-friendly.

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Review

“The best phonics assessment around.  Exceptional assistance for examiners in deciding independent, instructional and frustration reading levels.  Extremely sensible discussion of phonics as it relates to reading ability.”

– Lee Dubert, Boise State University

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“The best phonics assessment around.  Exceptional assistance for examiners in deciding independent, instructional and frustration reading levels.  Extremely sensible discussion of phonics as it relates to reading ability.”

― Lee Dubert, Boise State University

 

 

Based on the time-tested criteria of the informal reading inventory, the research-based, clinically verified Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory, Fifth Edition, is the most coherent and comprehensive reading assessment instrument ever developed. It provides clear, easy-to-follow instructions that tell the examiner exactly how to go about conducting and interpreting the diagnosis. The instructions for both administering the test and formulating a diagnosis have been carefully refined in this edition to make them even more user-friendly!

 

Key Features:

• Comprehensive inventory offers the greatest number of tests in the market and enables the user to identify individual students' abilities in all areas of decoding and comprehension.
• Covers all areas critical to reading ― including phonemic awareness, concepts about print, letter knowledge, basic sight words, structural analysis, fluency, and comprehension ― making it the most thorough and accurate inventory available.
• Provides complete instructions and specific examples for translating the diagnosis into a clear and complete, yet concise diagnostic report.
• Basic sight vocabulary is tested in a quick test format as well as in isolation and in passage context.

New to the fifth edition:

• New instrument for direct assessment of context clue usage.
• Crib sheets are provided for every assessment.
• Reorganized to have crib sheets, test sheets and scoring sheets together for each assessment.

The Ekwall/Shanker Informal Reading Inventory is a great companion book to Locating and Correcting Reading Difficulties also published by this author team and Pearson Teacher Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205304419
• ISBN 13: 9780205304417
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 288