ABSTRACT
This chapter provides examples of the ways the strategies used in Intervention Assessment (IA) can guide teachers and other professionals to increase learning for students who are challenged by literacy. Like traditional assessment IA is based on the assumption that teachers will, at times, assign students to read texts independently or with little instructional support, and in these contexts they will need to discover the "right" text level for each student. The IA procedures for oral reading and comprehension are suitable for assessing and assisting with fluency, but in the longer term, Kuhn and Levy's suggestions for procedures for improving fluency are recommended. The Appendix provides a model of a form for recording the outcomes of mediations used in an IA with an intermediate-grade student. The purpose of IA is to inform the learner and the teachers and other professionals who work with the student of the outcomes of various types and levels of mediation.
