Concludes that professionals assessing early language development must elaborate batteries specific to their programs and that tests will help give a comprehensive assessment. The TELD, when used with formal and informal measures of language development, provides useful information for classroom teachers and reading specialists. (NKA)

Describes the development and uses of an instrument for measuring how children feel about themselves as readers, that is, their sense of self-efficacy as readers. Appends the scale, directions for administration and scoring, a scoring sheet, and a description of validation measures. (SR)

Describes the Yopp-Singer Test of Phoneme Segmentation, which provides teachers with a tool for assessing children's phonemic awareness and identifying children who may experience difficulty in reading and spelling. Offers evidence of its reliability and validity, and discusses its use. (SR)