Next Step Guided Reading Assessment: Grades K-2

Next Step Guided Reading, 2nd Edition uses Jan Richardson and Maria P. Walther’s proven Assess-Decide-Guide teaching system to pinpoint students’ reading level and target instructional next steps.

This updated assessment kit provides teachers with a complete picture of each reader’s word knowledge, phonics skills, fluency, and comprehension skills. The accompanying digital management system offers clear suggestions on how to use the classroom data to form guided reading groups, plan and teach effective lessons, and move students into more challenging texts.

The updated digital management system provides teachers with tools to integrate classroom data into powerful lesson planning and monitor student progress.

-Original literacy and informational assessment texts
-38 books, levels A-N (includes a Pre-A assessment)
-Teacher's Guide
-Assessment Forms Books
-Assessment Conference Book

Jan Richardson, Ph.D., is an educational consultant who has trained thousands of teachers and provided classroom demonstrations on guided reading. Dr. Richardson is the best-selling author of The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading (Scholastic) and coauthor of Next Step Guided Reading Assessment (Scholastic). A former teacher, she has taught in every grade, K–12. She has been a reading specialist, a Reading Recovery teacher leader, and a staff developer.