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Pearson+ gives you access to much more than your eTextbook. Most titles also include audiobooks, study notes, flashcards and more to help you thrive in the classroom. For courses in reading assessment, diagnosis and remediation. A combination of theory, practical applications and basic skills that emphasizes how to make reading assessment and instruction decisions Understanding, Assessing and Teaching Reading is a comprehensive, practical text that helps teachers gather assessment data in order to make teaching decisions. In addition to fostering understanding of the reading assessment process, this text presents a wide variety of reading skills, strategies and teaching techniques that are appropriate follow-ups to assessments. The 8th edition offers a dedicated chapter on assessing and teaching writing, plus updated children's literature recommendations.