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What are the 3 major purposes of reading assessment? - Answer 1. Entry Level
Assessments - they are used before instruction to identify which students have already
mastered the skills that are going to be taught and which possess the prerequisite skills
and knowledge.
2. Monitoring of Progress Assessments - at any time during the instructional unit, tell
which students are making adequate progress toward the standard.
3. Summative Assessments - determines which students have achieved the target
standard, some measure student achievement of a single standard, where as others,
often given quarterly, midyear and at the end of the year, measure many standards.
What are some alternative assessments for students with an IEP or Section 504 plan? -
Answer 1. Give Students More Time
2. Divide the Assessment into smaller units (spread over 2 days).
3. Change the mode of delivery ask the student to tell, rather than write.
4. Provide Practice Assessments.
5. Provide A Simpler Version of the Assessment if the student does not read at the 5th
gtade level give them something that is at a simpler level and note that the standard was
not met.
Quality Indicators That Apply to Standardized Assessments - Answer 1. Reliability
B. Validity
C. Interpreting the Results of Standardized Tests
What Assessments Do You Use to Determine Your Students' Reading Levels? - Answer
1. Informal Reading Inventories (IRI)
2. Word Recognition Lists
,3. Graded Reading Passages
What is an Informal Reading Inventory? - Answer An IRI us a collection of assessments
administered individually to students. For an IRI, one adult gives the assessments to one
student. The selection of the IRI depends on the students reading level.
What are some types of assessments that are included in an Informal Reading
Inventory? - Answer 1. Word Recognition Lists
2. Graded Reading Passages
3. Reading Interest Survey
4. Concepts about Print Assessments
5. Phonemic Awareness Assessments
6. Phonics Assessments
7. Reading Fluency Assessments
8. Structural Analysis Assessments
9. Vocabulary Assessments
10. Spelling Tests
What is the purpose of a word recognition list? - Answer They serve 3 purposes:
1. to provide a rough guess of the child's reading level so that whoever is administering
the tests knows where to start on the graded reading passages.
2. to report on the child's "sight" vocabulary, that is, the words the child can identify
correctly
3. report on the student's ability to use sound-symbol relationships (phonics) to decode
words. The child's errors will give a partial picture of which letters and letter
combinations the child knows and which ones he or she needs to learn.
Which Assessment is the most important part of the IRI? - Answer The graded reading
passages.
What is a miscue analysis? - Answer Examining a record of a student's oral reading to
identify and classify errors. ( a student reads aloud a passage and the teacher keeps a
, detailed record of the student's performance).
What are Graphophonemic Errors? - Answer These are called phonological errors and
deal with the sound-symbol relationships for English, such as reading feather or father.
The words sound similar, but feather wouldn't make sense in a sentence where the
correct word was father. A child making repeated graphophonemic errors is either
reading word by word and relying too heavily on phonics to decode each word, or
reading a passage that is too challenging for them, OR not using meaning of the
sentences and paragraphs to decode words (contextual clues).
What are Semantic Errors? - Answer Semantic Errors are meaning-related errors, such
as reading dad for father. The student has relied too much on the semantic cueing
system - and hasn't used graphophonemic clues. A child who repeatedly makes
semantic errors understands what the are reading but needs to be taught to use
phonics skills to be sure that every word read makes sense from a graphophonemic
sense.
What are common strategies for struggling readers and students with learning
disabilities? - Answer 1. re-teach what is not mastered. Use visual, kinesthetic, and
tactile activities.
2. Teach things in manageable units.
3. Provide concrete examples
What are common strategies meeting the needs for EL and Speakers of Non-standard
English? - Answer 1. Take advantage of transfer of relevant skills and knowledge from
the first language
a) English/Spanish cognates: active/activo,
artist/artista, color/color
2. Vocabulary is taught through the use of realia, pictures, charts and diagrams
3. Modeling
What are common strategies for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of
Advanced Learners? - Response 1. Increase the rate and complexity of instruction
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What are the 3 major purposes of reading assessment? - Answer 1. Entry Level
Assessments - they are used before instruction to identify which students have already
mastered the skills that are going to be taught and which possess the prerequisite skills
and knowledge.
2. Monitoring of Progress Assessments - at any time during the instructional unit, tell
which students are making adequate progress toward the standard.
3. Summative Assessments - determines which students have achieved the target
standard, some measure student achievement of a single standard, where as others,
often given quarterly, midyear and at the end of the year, measure many standards.
What are some alternative assessments for students with an IEP or Section 504 plan? -
Answer 1. Give Students More Time
2. Divide the Assessment into smaller units (spread over 2 days).
3. Change the mode of delivery ask the student to tell, rather than write.
4. Provide Practice Assessments.
5. Provide A Simpler Version of the Assessment if the student does not read at the 5th
gtade level give them something that is at a simpler level and note that the standard was
not met.
Quality Indicators That Apply to Standardized Assessments - Answer 1. Reliability
B. Validity
C. Interpreting the Results of Standardized Tests
What Assessments Do You Use to Determine Your Students' Reading Levels? - Answer
1. Informal Reading Inventories (IRI)
2. Word Recognition Lists
,3. Graded Reading Passages
What is an Informal Reading Inventory? - Answer An IRI us a collection of assessments
administered individually to students. For an IRI, one adult gives the assessments to one
student. The selection of the IRI depends on the students reading level.
What are some types of assessments that are included in an Informal Reading
Inventory? - Answer 1. Word Recognition Lists
2. Graded Reading Passages
3. Reading Interest Survey
4. Concepts about Print Assessments
5. Phonemic Awareness Assessments
6. Phonics Assessments
7. Reading Fluency Assessments
8. Structural Analysis Assessments
9. Vocabulary Assessments
10. Spelling Tests
What is the purpose of a word recognition list? - Answer They serve 3 purposes:
1. to provide a rough guess of the child's reading level so that whoever is administering
the tests knows where to start on the graded reading passages.
2. to report on the child's "sight" vocabulary, that is, the words the child can identify
correctly
3. report on the student's ability to use sound-symbol relationships (phonics) to decode
words. The child's errors will give a partial picture of which letters and letter
combinations the child knows and which ones he or she needs to learn.
Which Assessment is the most important part of the IRI? - Answer The graded reading
passages.
What is a miscue analysis? - Answer Examining a record of a student's oral reading to
identify and classify errors. ( a student reads aloud a passage and the teacher keeps a
, detailed record of the student's performance).
What are Graphophonemic Errors? - Answer These are called phonological errors and
deal with the sound-symbol relationships for English, such as reading feather or father.
The words sound similar, but feather wouldn't make sense in a sentence where the
correct word was father. A child making repeated graphophonemic errors is either
reading word by word and relying too heavily on phonics to decode each word, or
reading a passage that is too challenging for them, OR not using meaning of the
sentences and paragraphs to decode words (contextual clues).
What are Semantic Errors? - Answer Semantic Errors are meaning-related errors, such
as reading dad for father. The student has relied too much on the semantic cueing
system - and hasn't used graphophonemic clues. A child who repeatedly makes
semantic errors understands what the are reading but needs to be taught to use
phonics skills to be sure that every word read makes sense from a graphophonemic
sense.
What are common strategies for struggling readers and students with learning
disabilities? - Answer 1. re-teach what is not mastered. Use visual, kinesthetic, and
tactile activities.
2. Teach things in manageable units.
3. Provide concrete examples
What are common strategies meeting the needs for EL and Speakers of Non-standard
English? - Answer 1. Take advantage of transfer of relevant skills and knowledge from
the first language
a) English/Spanish cognates: active/activo,
artist/artista, color/color
2. Vocabulary is taught through the use of realia, pictures, charts and diagrams
3. Modeling
What are common strategies for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of
Advanced Learners? - Response 1. Increase the rate and complexity of instruction
