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• International Reading Association and National Council of Teachers of English Joint Task Force on Assessment Standards for Assessment of Reading and Writing (Rev. ed., 2010)
• SEDL’s Reading Assessment Database
• The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project’s Assessment Materials

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• “Ready to Read? Neuroscience Research Sheds Light on Brain Correlates of Reading,” The Dana Foundation
• “Science Bulletins: How Does Reading Change the Brain?” American Museum of Natural History
• National Council of Teachers of English: A Professional Association of Educators in English Studies, Literacy, and Language Arts
• Scholastic
• “Response to Intervention in Reading for English Language Learners,” RTI Action Network

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• International Reading Association’s Response to Intervention Resources
• National Center on Response to Intervention
• RTI Action Network

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• Partnership for Accessible Reading Assessments
• National Accessible Reading Assessment Projects
• Technology Assisted Reading Assessment
• Children’s Vision Information Network
• Guidelines for the Assessment of English Language Learners, Educational Testing Services (2009)

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• Project Gutenberg

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• “Informal Reading Assessments: Examples,” Reading Rockets
• PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening

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• “Teaching Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Comprehension With Riddles,” Reading Rockets
• Words and Pictures
• Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
• “Strategies for the Reluctant Writer,” LD Online
• “Chart: Review of Progress Monitoring Tools,” Reading Rockets
• “Informal Reading Assessments: Examples,” Reading Rockets
• PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening

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• “Teaching Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Comprehension With Riddles,” Reading Rockets
• Words and Pictures
• Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
• “Strategies for the Reluctant Writer,” LD Online
• “Chart: Review of Progress Monitoring Tools,” Reading Rockets
• “Informal Reading Assessments: Examples,” Reading Rockets
• PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening

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• Informal Reading Inventory, Steve Rutledge (1998)
• Informal Reading Inventory Video

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• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
• Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
• Elementary Assessments: Universal Screening, Diagnostic, and Progress Monitoring, State Education Resource Center of Connecticut
• All About Adolescent Literacy: Resources for Parents and Educators of Kids in Grades 4–12
• The Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation
• Linking Assessment and Instruction: Teacher Preparation and Professional Development, National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality
• “Best Practice for ELLs: Screening,” U.S. Department of Education

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• “Data-Driven Decision Making and Electronic Learning Assessment Resources (ELAR),” California Learning Resource Network
• Fountas and Pinnell Literacy, Heinemann
• American Institutes for Research

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• PBS Learning Media

Word Sort Websites

• Word Study Activities From Words Their Way
• Create Your Own Word Sort
• Student Interactive Word Family Sort

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• “Spelling and Vocabulary,” Kids’ Place
• “Graphic Organizers,” Education Oasis
• Welcome to Writer’s Workshop, Teaching That Makes Sense Inc.

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• “Reader’s Theatre Tips,” Reading A–Z
• “Literature Circles Build Excitement for Books!” EducationWorld: The Educator’s Best Friend
• “Close Reading and the CCSS,” Common Core State Standards Toolbox: English Language Arts and Literacy
• “Reader’s Theatre,” Reading Rockets
• “Reader’s Theatre: A Reason to Read Aloud,” EducationWorld: The Educator’s Best Friend
• “Fluency Passages,” Reading A–Z
• “Close Reading Packs,” Reading A–Z
• “Text-Dependent Question Resources,” Achieve the Core

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• “50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know,” Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC)
• “Reading Partnerships,” Scholastic
• “Children’s Choices Reading List,” International Reading
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
•  “Reading Tips for Children With Special Needs,” First 5: Contra Costa Children and Families Commission

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• Online Practice Reading Tests, Pearson Education
• Oxford Owl Reading
• “Podcasts: The Nuts and Bolts of Creating Podcasts,” ReadWriteThink
• Digital Storytelling With the iPad
• TeachersFirst: Blog Basics for the Classroom