Introduction / Evan Ortlieb -- Inquiry-based formative assessment for improving student learning / Kathleen Wilson, Robert Calfee -- Making the most of informal reading inventories : moving from purposeful assessment to targeted instruction / Jerry L. Johns, Susan K. L'Allier, Beth Johns -- Using formal assessments to guide instruction / Daniel L. Pearce, Wolfram E. Verlaan -- Using systematic observation to assess early literacy development and plan instruction / Emily Rodgers -- Selecting appropriate individual and group-based assessments / Evan Ortlieb, Earl H. Cheek, Erica Bowers, Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers -- Matching our knowledge of reading development with assessment data / Danielle V. Dennis -- Using informative assessments for effective literacy practices / Doris Walker-Dalhouse, Victoria J. Risko -- Assessing special populations of students / Fabiola P. Ehlers-Zavala -- The assessment to instructional planning (ATIP) framework : a multidimensional, contextualized approach to using assessment to plan instruction / Laurie Elish-Piper, Susan Hinrichs, Samantha Morley, Molly Williams -- Effective and efficient : maximizing literacy assessment and instruction / Kathleen A.J. Mohr, Kathryn Dixon, Chase Young -- Addressing the literacy needs of striving readers / J. Helen Perkins, Crystal D. Cook -- Strategies for differentiated instruction for English learners / Shelley Xu -- Evaluation : an eye-opening experience / Mayra C. Daniel, James Cohen.