## What's New and Improved in the Second Edition of 
### Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment?

### New and Expanded Topics in this Edition

- Structured literacy  
- Data-based decision making  
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support  
- Social-emotional skills  
- Executive function  
- Informal assessment and referral process for students with learning disabilities, including dyslexia, dysgraphia, and language impairments  
- The latest on how the Common Core and IDA’s Knowledge & Practice Standards impact instruction

### New Text Features

The authors worked diligently to make this new edition highly user-friendly, and added robust features in a more consistent manner, including additional vignettes, cases, numbered textboxes, and sample activities and scripts. New to this edition are:

- Reflect boxes, that encourage the reader to think critically about the topic at hand  
- Multiple choice Knowledge Assessment questions

The Application Activities that close each chapter have also been rewritten for consistency.

### For All Readers

- Downloadable forms  
- Online Resource Appendix

### Contact

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### Additional Information

**Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment**  
Second Edition by Martha C. Hougen, Ph.D., & Susan M.

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