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Reaching Our Reading Goals
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Putting Reading First
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Short Papers - Topics in Early Reading Coherence

Methods of Assessing Cognitive Aspects of Early Reading Development ( PDF version)

It is important that children's early reading abilities be assessed frequently, and that assessment information should be used to inform and modify the instruction that each child receives. This article was written to help teachers better understand what needs to be tested and how to go about testing the essential areas that are so important to reading development.

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