KEY BENEFIT This authoritative resource arms K-12 teachers and teachers of adult students, reading specialists, and clinicians with sound information for ensuring a reader's growth, assessing the effectiveness of specific reading approaches, and diagnosing a wide range of literacy needs.
KEY TOPICS Using the
Bader Reading and Language Inventory to assess students' literacy needs; understanding and using the test battery involved; recording, summarizing, and interpreting test and assessment results.
MARKET K-12 teachers, teachers of adult students, reading specialists, and clinicians involved in assessing students' literacy needs.
Lois A. Bader, Michigan State University Professor Emeritus, continues her extensive consultation and research in literacy. As Executive Director of the Capital Area Literacy Coalition (CALC) in Lansing, Michigan, she involves university students and community volunteers to extend clinical and remedial services to a wide range of clients. CALC's ELL, GED, workplace, K-12, and adult programs are ongoing. Dr. Bader's awards include CASE Professor of the Year, ALER Research and Scholarship Award, and Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
Daniel L. Pearce is Professor of Literacy Education at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He is Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of the PhD programs in literacy and general education. He has won awards for teaching, service, and scholarship. His interests lie in reading diagnosis, working with problem readers, reading comprehension, and school improvement projects.