Assessing Reading Skills Assessing Reading Skills is the process of evaluating a person’s ability to understand written text, including main ideas, important details, and implied meanings that are not directly stated. In reading assessment, the goal is not only to check whether someone can read words correctly, but whether they can grasp the author’s message, interpret vocabulary based on context, and understand the structure and purpose of the text. Reading assessment also examines how readers process information, such as by creating summaries, tables, or diagrams. In addition, it can measure critical thinking skills, such as evaluating ideas, detecting bias, or connecting the text with prior knowledge and personal experiences. In other words, assessing reading skills ensures that readers are not limited to surface-level understanding but are also able to analyze and interpret the text more deeply. In practice, reading skills can be assessed through various forms of tests depend...