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This book is effective as a classroom text to be used alongside an Informal Reading Inventory. It is equally effective as a classroom tool. The informal reading inventory examiner can use it to suggest specific instructional directions in his/her evaluation report. The classroom teacher can use this book to base instruction on informal reading assessment which s/he may or may not have conducted. The classroom teacher will also find many instructional suggestions that can be used with all students, not just those who are struggling with reading.
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Although many texts describe how to evaluate students and programs, rarely do we find texts explaining how to construct intervention strategies from those assessments to continue the process for continuous improvement. Caldwell (education, Cardinal Stritch U. and Lesie Marquette U.) overviews reading instruction geared for struggling readers, patterns of a reading difficulty, the structure of intervention, phonological awareness, word edification instruction through phonics and more in a format with a built-in evaluative and correction loop. They show how to use data to improve fluency, how to apply prior knowledge and concept development to improve vocabulary learning, and how to build in interactive strategies. Their appendices include a helpful summary of intervention strategies. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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