Literacy Assessment Resource Guide

This course emphasizes research-based instructional practices, interventions, and assessment strategies for supporting the literacy development of students with reading and writing disabilities. It highlights the importance of research skills, including analyzing professional literature on evidence-based literacy practices and exploring various literacy assessments.

The creation of a comprehensive Literacy Assessment Resource Guide for educators is imperative in today's educational landscape, particularly in light of the growing emphasis on evidence-based practices in literacy instruction. With the advent of the science of reading, which underscores the importance of systematic, explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, educators face the challenge of effectively assessing students' literacy skills and making data-driven instructional decisions aligned with these principles (Ehri et al., 2001).