The series Tools for Instructions and Reading Assessment is a companion piece to Dr. Jennifer Katz's book Teaching to Diversity. The series, which supports the three-block model of universal design for learning, offers two instructional guides, A Model Unit and Reading Assessment Program Guide for each grade from 1 to 12.

The Reading Assessment Program Guide includes:

• A guide that focuses on how to assess students' progress in reading comprehension and fluency/decoding
• Accompanying blackline masters and grade-specific rubrics
• Four levelled Reading Passages to use for assessment throughout the school year

• Reading Comprehension and Fluency/Decoding 5
• Explanations of TtD RAP Components 6
  • ReadInfo: Performance Standards in Reading for Information 6
  • TtD RAP: Four Assessment Packages per Grade 7
  • Calculation of Reading Levels in the Reading Passages 10
• Recommended Timing for the Reading Assessments 11
• Administering an Assessment 11
  • Individual Conference with Teacher 12
• After the Assessment 14
  • Highlight Students’ Performance on Individual Rubrics 14
  • Summary/Profile of Class Performance 15
• Blackline Masters 16
  • Titles and Levels of TtD RAP Reading Passages 16
  • Coding Guide 18
  • ReadInfo: Performance Standards in Reading for Information, Grade 11 19
  • ReadInfo: Summary/Profile of Class Performance, Grade 11 22
• Grade 11 Assessment Packages 25