The purpose of this handbook, is to assist teachers in assessing their students in reading, regardless of the grade level or subject they teach. It is intended as a starting point on the journey to helping students become effective readers, regardless of the material they are reading. SERVE, one of the Regional Educational Laboratories, has adapted this handbook from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to complement SERVE's Competent Assessment of Reading (CAR) program. This handbook is aimed at improving the quality of the learner-teacher interactions found in the everyday assessment of reading in the classroom. It provides practical advice and reproducible tools for assessing reading in grades 3-12. The assessment tools in this handbook are designed to help teachers clarify and assess, for themselves and for their students, important targets for reading. The tools designed as formative assessments provide feedback to students and information about what further instruction students need in order to improve their reading. This handbook is divided into the following four sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Assessment Tools; (3) Conclusion; and (4) Additional Information.