Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory, 5th Edition. James Shanker & Ward Cockrum, $100.80

Based on the time-tested criteria of the informal reading inventory, the research-based, clinically verified Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory 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.

The Great Eight Management Strategies for the Reading and Writing Classroom. Pam Allyn, Jaime Margolies & Karen McNally, $14.50 (Grades K-2)

Maximize your classroom time with management techniques that enhance student learning and achievement. This exciting resource provides practical solutions to everyday challenges and will inform and inspire your class planning all year long.

Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction: Connecting Assessments to Effective Interventions. Susan Smartt & Deborah Glaser, $45.95

This practical guide helps the educator do more with the valuable information gathered from literacy assessments. Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction takes the guesswork out of intervention and helps transform struggling students in to skillful readers.

Pulling Together: Integrating Inquiry, Assessment and Instruction in Today’s English Classroom. Leyton Schnellert, Mehjabeen Datoo, Krista Ediger & Joanne Panas, $24.95

Pulling Together shows how the collaborative process is reflected in all aspects of the literacy learning process, from unit planning to the inquiry process to linking assessment to responsive lesson design. The book explores working together with students to develop and explore essential ideas and practices, including:

• responsive teaching and assessment
• reading as a personalized and meaningful experience
• critical literacy

Complete with diagrams, graphic organizers, classroom examples, assessment tools, and lists of core understandings, this timely guide presents a comprehensive answer to the big questions about teaching English language arts.

Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this invaluable book provides teachers and coaches with the information and tools they need to get started on the complex process of reading assessment. Grounded in a solid scientific framework, the book presents practical strategies that enable teachers to recognize "good reader" behaviors, assess students' strengths and weaknesses, analyze the evidence collected, and make instructional decisions.

Test Talk: Integrating Test Preparation into Reading Workshop. Amy Greene & Glennon Doyle Melton, $21.95

This compelling book shows that teachers don't have to choose between best practice teaching and test preparation; effective test-taking strategies can be integrated into authentic reading instruction, in ways that are simpler for teachers and more meaningful for students.

Writing Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Grades K-12. Nancy Mather, Barbara Wendling & Rhia Roberts, $41.95

Research-based, classroom-tested strategies to help students of all ability levels improve writing skills. Includes 100+ student writing samples with guidelines for analysis.