Alternative Assessment Techniques for Reading & WritingThis practical resource helps elementary classroom, remedial reading, and LD teachers make the best possible informal assessment of a child's specific reading, writing, and spelling strengths and weaknesses and attitudes toward reading. Written in easy to follow nontechnical language, it provides a multitude of tested informal assessment strategies and devices, such as kid watching, retellings, journals, IRIs, writing surveys, portfolios, think alouds