Bader reading and language inventory / 6th ed.

CONTENTS
PART ONE USING THE BADER READING AND LANGUAGE INVENTORY 1
INTRODUCTION 3
Assessment Model 3
Content of the Inventory 3
ADMINISTERING THE INVENTORY 5
Preparation for Using the Inventory 5
Testing Sequences: Flowcharts 6
Getting Optimum Results from Testing 6
SUMMARIZING THE ASSESSMENT DATA 7
PART TWO TEST BATTERY 9
STUDENT PRIORITIES AND INTERESTS 11
Student Priorities I 12
Student Reading Interests 12
Student Priorities II 13
Unfinished Sentences 15
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING 16
English Language Learning (ELL) Quick Start 17
English Language Learning (ELL) Checklist 19
GRADED WORD RECOGNITION LISTS 21
Graded Word Lists 23
USING EXPERIENTIAL WORD LISTS 25
Experiential Word Lists 26
ADULT THEMATIC LISTS 27
USING GRADED READER?S PASSAGES 29
GRADED READER?S PASSAGES 30
Reading and Listening Levels 30
Determining a Starting Point 30
Oral Reading 31
Qualitative Analysis 31
Qualitative Analysis and Instruction 34
Silent Reading and Listening Comprehension 36
Interpreting and Summarizing the Results of the Graded Passages 37
Differences in Word List and Passages Performance 40
Determining Instructional Levels 40
Graded Passages 42
PHONEMIC AWARENESS 78
Rhyme Recognition 78
Initial Phoneme Recognition 78
Ending Phoneme Recognition
PHONEMIC MANIPULATION 79
Blending 79
Segmenting 79
LETTER KNOWLEDGE 81
Letter Recognition 82
Letter Identification 82
Letter Writing 82
HEARING LETTER NAMES IN WORDS 84
PHONICS AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TESTS 86
Phonics Test 87
Structural Analysis 96
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 97
SPELLING TESTS 103
Administration 103
Interpretation 103
SUMMARIZING STUDENT SPELLING PERFORMANCE 104
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AS A BASIS FOR SELECTING A REMEDIAL READING
APPROACH 104
DIAGNOSTIC SPELLING TESTS 107
Summary of Spelling Performance 110
VISUAL AND AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION 111
Visual Discrimination Tests 111
Auditory Discrimination Test 114
PRELITERACY AND EMERGING LITERACY ASSESSMENT 116
Literary Awareness: Assessment of Beginning Concepts About Print 116
Literacy Concepts?Interview I 117
Literacy Concepts?Interview II 118
Syntax (Word) Matching 119
Syntax Matching Test 120
SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC EVALUATION: CLOZE TESTS 121
Cloze Test for Beginning Readers (Cloze I) 122
Semantic Cloze Test (Cloze II) 124
Syntactic Cloze Test (Cloze III) 126
Grammatical Closure (Cloze IV) 128
PRELITERACY/EMERGENT LITERACY ASSESSMENT RECORD 130
ORAL LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT 131
Evaluation of Expression 131
Oral Language Expression Checklist 132
Evaluation of Oral Language Reception 133
WRITING EVALUATION 134
Handwriting: Writing Letters 134
Handwriting: Writing Words in Sentences 134
Near- and Far-Point Copying 134
Writing from Dictation 134
Expressing Ideas in Writing 134
Written Language Expression: Children 135
Writing Scale: Adults 136
ARITHMETIC TEST 137
Purpose 137
Administration 137
Scoring and Interpretation 138
Arithmetic Test 138
OPEN-BOOK READING ASSESSMENTS 140
Description 140
Purposes 140
Construction 140
Administration 143
Scoring 143
Analysis 144
PART THREE RECORDING, SUMMARIZING, INTERPRETING 145
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: K?12 147
CHILD?S HOME INFORMATION 149
K?12 SUMMARY 151
ADULT INTAKE INFORMATION 154
ADULT-LEVEL SUMMARY 155
THE ADULT LIFE-ROLE PORTFOLIO 156
USING STANDARDS DOCUMENTS IN PORTFOLIOS 157
CASE STUDY: JACKIE 158
GETTING STARTED 158
Home and Family Resources 158
Ruling Out Problems and Developing a Diagnostic Plan 158
Analyzing Reading Abilities 159
Finding Specific Needs 159
Summarizing the Findings; Making Recommendations 160
Case Analysis 160
REFERRALS: CASE EXCERPTS 161
PART FOUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVENTORY: VALIDITY AND
RELIABILITY 163
THE GRADED WORD LISTS 165
THE GRADED READER?S PASSAGES 165
OTHER INVENTORY SUBTESTS AND CHECKLISTS 168
APPENDIX: DIRECTIONS FOR THE DVD THAT ACCOMPANIES THE BADER READING AND
LANGUAGE INVENTORY