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Authentic Assessment - correct answer reflect actual learning and instructional activities.
Informal Reading Inventory - correct answer (IRI)- used to determine students' reading levels.
Consists of word lists, reading passages, and comprehension questions. Can also include silent
reading passages in some instances.
Independent Reading Level - correct answer free-reading level, students can read on their own
without teacher assistance. 96-100% accuracy
Instructional Reading Level - correct answer Students need assistance, should be level of
materials used for instruction. 90-95% accuracy
Frustration Reading Level - correct answer Text is too difficult. Less than 90% accuracy
Word Lists for IRI - correct answer Given first to determine where reading passages should
begin.
Miscues - correct answer Errors student makes while reading.
Self-Correct Errors - correct answer Child corrects mispronounced word- does not count as an
error.
Quantitative Errors - correct answer Errors that change the text and affect comprehension.
Errors that are countable - everyone can agree that it is an error (objective).
Qualitative Errors - correct answer Errors that change how a student reads, but may not affect
comprehension. These do not count as errors. These are subjective errors.
Fluency - correct answer Reading rate usually recorded as words per minute.
Miscue Analysis - correct answer Process of analyzing miscues in order to determine which
cueing systems or combination of cueing systems the student is using.
Cueing Systems - correct answer Syntactic (how language sounds), semantic (meaning of the
sentence or passage), phonic (graphophonic) (phonics).
Semantic - correct answer Meaning of the sentence or passage.
Running Record - correct answer Students read aloud to determine whether reading materials
are appropriate and to obtain information about the word-recognition processes students are
using. Can be 100 words or a 2 minute reading.
Developmental Reading Assessment - correct answer (DRA)- Commerical Running Record-
assesses fluency and decoding skills.
Qualitative Reading Inventory 5 - correct answer (QRI-5)- Commercial IRI which includes
lengthy content area passages and think alouds.
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Degrees of Reading Power - correct answer (DRP)- Assesses overall reading ability by having
students choose from among five options the one that best completes a portion of the passage
from which words have been omitted.
Scholastic Reading Inventory - correct answer (SRI)- uses modified cloze procedure (like the
DRA)- yields lexile scores.
Word List Tests - correct answer only assesses ability to pronounce words-
Screening Measures - correct answer Designed to indicate possible difficulties or problems.
Curriculum Based Measures - correct answer (CBM)- General outcome assessments- measure
overall indicators of proficiency rather than mastery of specific skills. Standardized tests.
Oral Reading Fluency - correct answer CBM- measure how many words a student can
accurately read in a minute.
Maze Passages - correct answer Measure basic comprehension. Modified cloze procedure.
Adaptive Tests - correct answer Tests taken on a computer which increase in difficulty as
student gets items correct.
Retelling - correct answer Process of summarizing or describing a story that one has read to
assess comprehension.
Evaluating Retellings - correct answer Record retelling, take notes on events or ideas child
states.
Structured Written Retellings - correct answer Asking students to answer a series of broad
questions.
Think-Aloud - correct answer used to show thought processes students use as they attempt to
construct meaning.
Informal Think-Aloud - correct answer Can be incorporated into individual or group
conferences.
Checklists - correct answer Can be a present-absent scale or show degrees of involvement.
Questionnaires - correct answer Provide information about reading interests, study habits,
strategy use, etc.
Interviews/Conferences - correct answer Oral questions or written questions.
Holistic Scoring - correct answer Scoring or ranking students' written pieces on the basis of an
overall impression of each piece.
Analytic Scoring - correct answer Analyzing pieces and noting specific strengths and
weaknesses.
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Determining Level of Language - correct answer Level at which student understands English.
Assessing Language - correct answer Have student point to various objects.
Literacy Profiles - correct answer For ELL students, provides information about the language the
students speak at home.
ATOS - correct answer (Advantage-TASA Open Standard)- computerized formula that
determines reading level of a book.
Lexiles - correct answer Computerized formula which measures sentence length and word
frequency to determine reading level of a text.
Fry Readability - correct answer Uses sentence length and number of syllables to determine
reading level of a book.
Kindergarten Speaking and Listening standards: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas - correct
answer -Describes things and events with prompting and support.
-Uses drawing/visual aids to descriptions
-Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly
Kindergarten Speaking and Listening Standards: Comprehension and Collaboration - correct
answer -Participates in conversations about kindergarten topics with small and large groups of
peers and adults
-Confirms understanding of a text read aloud information orally by asking and answering
questions
-Ask and answer questions for clarity
First Grade Speaking and Listening Standards: presentation of Knowledge and Ideas - correct
answer -Describes things and events with details and feelings clearly
-Add drawings/visual displays to clarify ideas, thoughts and feelings
- Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task
First Grade Speaking and Listening Standards: Comprehension and Collaboration - correct
answer -Participate in collaborative conversations about 1st grade topic with peers and adults
in small/large groups
-Ask and answer questions about key details in text read aloud or through other media
-Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional
info/clarification