LETRS

Formative Assessments Formative assessment allows for feedback, communication, and instructional procedures while learning takes place. Formative assessments assess the student’s progress and the teacher’s progress as an educator. When the teachers have a new or different activity, they use observation and surveying their students to see how the new activity is working out and if it should be used again in the future. This type of assessment is to see or identify any areas that the ...

The progression of typical reading development begins around age five and continues for about six years until full reading fluency is achieved. Sophisticated reading comprehension is the goal of 8 to 16 more years of schooling. Most students need instruction, practice, and incremental learning to read proficiently at advanced levels. The Connection between Language and Literacy Language proficiency and reading, spelling, and writing achievement are strongly related to one another, especia...