Re: Fouontas/Pinnell benchmark assessment kit

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On 9/29/10, ruth wrote:
> We give the F/P Benchmark Assessment at the beginning of
> the year. It is taking a long time to give the assessment
> with the comprehension. Is anyone else having the problem
> of the test taking so long? What do you do to shorten it?
> I have given the word test-that helps a little, but we have
> to keep going until we exhaust the reading part criteria-
> (95%)not attending to the comprehension.

We also do Literacy Collaborative (Fouontas/Pinnell).
Unfortunately, ours take forever also. I just was able to
start reading groups 4 weeks after starting school in order
to get through all benchmarking until I found their
Instructional level. One thing I do, I never refer to their
written portion - so I skip that. Also, if they get more
than one question wrong I do not do the running record. If
they get frustration on the comprehension the whole level is
frustration so I don't even bother.  

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