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Selections from recent issues of The Reading Teacher, the leading literacy journal for classroom teachers of children from preschool to age 12:

“Reading fluency assessment and instruction” by Roxanne F. Hudson et al. (May 2005; vol. 58, no. 8)

“Literacy assessment and the future” by Peter Johnston (April 2005; vol. 58, no. 7)

“Using literacy assessment results to improve teaching for English-language learners” by Lori A. Helman (April 2005; vol. 58, no. 7)

“Toward the peaceful coexistence of test developers, policy makers, and teachers in an era of accountability” by Marcia A. Invernizzi et al. (April 2005; vol. 58, no. 7)

From Reading Research Quarterly, the field’s leading scholarly journal:

“Principles for literacy assessment” by Peter Johnston and Paula Costello (April/May/June 2005; vol. 40, no. 2)

“The road to folly and redemption: Perspectives on the legitimacy of high-stakes testing” by Peter Afflerbach (July/August/September 2002; vol. 37, no. 3)

“How will literacy be assessed in the next millennium?” by Robert J. Tierney et al. (April/May/June 2000; vol. 35, no. 2)

Freely available from the e-journal Reading Online:

“Linking assessment and instruction via Web-based technology: A case study of a statewide early literacy initiative,” by Heather Partridge et al. (November/December 2003)

“Assessment resources,” by Denise Johnson (Sept. 2001)

“Assessment in media education,” by Chris M. Worsnop (Nov. 2000)

From Reading Today, IRA’s membership newspaper:

“When testing lowers standards,” by Donald H. Graves (April/May 2002)  FREE!