For courses in Reading Assessment, Diagnosis, and Remediation.  This brief, practical text - a concise, concentrated version of the author's popular Diagnostic Teaching of Reading - offers prospective teachers all of the essential tools for determining and addressing the needs of K-12 students who find reading a difficult and challenging endeavor. Grounded in the author's belief that there is strength in differences, this text offers myriad ways to address the diversity in learning styles exhibited by today's multifaceted student population. The first half of the text explores the role of the reading teacher and ways to gather and analyze assessment data; the second half sets out detailed descriptions and step-by-step procedures for 55 instructional techniques proven to turn struggling readers into successful ones.