"In The CAFE Book, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser present a practical, simple way to integrate assessment into daily reading and classroom discussion. The CAFE system, based on research into the habits of proficient readers, is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding vocabulary. The system includes goal-setting with students in individual conferences, posting of goals on a whole-class board, developing small-group instruction based on clusters of students with similar goals, and targeting whole-class instruction based on emerging student needs."--pub. desc.

Introduction: the beginnings of the CAFE menu assessment system -- The CAFE notebook and record-keeping forms -- CAFE step-by-step: the first days of school -- Conferring with children: principles and examples -- Eavesdropping on some conferences -- Whole-class instruction -- Strategy groups.