Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction: Connecting Assessments to Effective Interventions

by Susan Smartt, Deborah Glaser

What happens after a formative literacy assessment like DIBELS, TPRI, FAIR, or AIMSweb? How can educators translate the results into targeted interventions and improved reading outcomes? This reader-friendly teaching guide makes the next steps of literacy instruction clear and easy for K–6 educators. Developed by highly respected experts Smartt and Glaser, this book gives readers a specific breakdown of the indicators on today's most popular reading assessments and matches those items with interventions that make a real difference. Next STEPS is everything educators
All of the suggested interventions are quick and creative, get real results with minimal planning, use materials most teachers already have, and effectively target the specific "trouble spots" that literacy assessments have identified. And with the classroom vignettes and sample teacher-student dialogues, educators will have adaptable models for their own classroom interactions. A must for every education professional who wants to do more with the valuable information they get from literacy assessments, this guidebook takes the guesswork out of intervention and helps transform struggling students into skillful readers.

Genres: Education

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Kim Shank]

Super informative and great support for classroom teachers and reading specialists as to how to use data to target instruction when it comes to reading interventions. I love the flowcharts and strategy suggestions. Must-have for every reading teacher!

[Deanna McLennan]

Literacy is an area that I feel I am always growing within so I welcomed the pedagogy and practical ideas in this book. It was perfect for suggesting next steps once I had conducted a literacy screener on my students.

[Sandy Kritzer]

Clear explanations, lots of practical suggestions and examples - excellent!

[Lise-Anne]

J’ai bien aimé suivre le book club de ce livre avec ONlit.org afin de creuser encore plus dans ces propos.

[Samantha Porterfield]

Practical read with lots of refreshing ideas for improving literacy skills.

[Cody]

Read this for a grad class. Was interesting and focus on k-6 with not much secondary application

[Sydney Wise]

Great tool to have on hand for helping with literacy. It’s a lot of information to read at once.