7. Build assessment and evaluation into your teaching.
Assessing growth and development in reading skills from both a formal
and an informal perspective requires time and training. Both quantitative and
qualitative assessment activities should be included in the reading classroom.
Quantitative assessment will include information from reading comprehension
tests as well as reading rate data. Qualitative information can include
reading journal responses, reading interest surveys, and responses to reading
strategy checklists. (See Brindley, Chapter 15, this volume.)