Research based information about instructional utility of various diagnostic measures The use of diagnostic tests in Reading First schools should be guided by current research on the instructional utility of various types of diagnostic assessment.
Foster is defined as to promote or encourage or to raise a child who is not one's biological or adoptive child. An example of foster is to help a new company campaign grow. An example of foster is to take in a child from an orphanage until permanent parents adopt him.
Foster Name Meaning. English: reduced form of Forster. English: nickname from Middle English foster âfoster parentâ (Old English fostre, a derivative of fostrian âto nourish or rearâ). Jewish: probably an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, such as Forster. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names Â©2013, Oxford University Press