FOUNDATIONS OF READING PRAXIS REVIEW: ESSENTIAL TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS.

Assessments Correct Answer: tools to measure students learning for instructional
purposes
Formative Assessments Correct Answer: Frequent assessments used to inform
instruction
Summative Assessments Correct Answer: Assessments given at the end of a unit
or term, measures student growth, used for grading purposes
Informal Assessments Correct Answer: not standardized or normed, do not
compare students, used mainly to determine instructional needs
IRI Correct Answer: Informal reading inventory
Cloze Test Correct Answer: informal test of comprehension, test used of context
clues and background knowledge, a passage with words deleted for students to
read and supply words
Maze Test Correct Answer: for younger students, about the same as the cloze test
except choices are given for the missing word
Running Record Correct Answer: An informal individual assessment of students'
oral reading behaviors, teacher listens to child reading a passage and records
reading errors and behaviors
Standardized Test Correct Answer: Measures students achievement in a
consistent and reliable manner
Portfolio Correct Answer: a collection of students' best work throughout the
school term