This course is designed to provide participants with an overview of the range of assessment strategies available to professional educators concerned with determining how well an individual student is developing in the area of literacy, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Participants will be introduced to a variety of techniques, both formal and informal, both standardized and teacher-made, and will be asked to apply them in their public school settings in an effort to better plan literacy instruction for all their students, regardless of ability and experience levels. This course fills a Maryland State Department of Education requirement in the area of reading.