Re: What do you use for your middle school reading assessmen
I teach middle school ELA and reading intervention. I am also an
MA Reading Specialist and educational author in this field. This
may sound simplistic, but here goes...
I assess to inform my instruction. If the assessment does not
inform my instruction, why use it? For example, reading
comprehension assessments provide little data that I can use.
Grade level equivalency? I can get better and more practical data
from simple word recognition assessment. Ability to inference,
draw conclusions, interpret text? I will teach these reading
skills irrespective of the assessment.
Instead, I focus on assessments that I can use to differentiate
instruction. Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, rimes, sight
words, spelling? Assessments in these areas provide data that I
can use. Why not try these free whole-class, multiple-choice
assessments at http://penningtonpublishing.com/assessments.php.
These assessments have both internal and external validity, are
easy and quick to administer and have recording matrices to make
paperwork do-able.
On 9/29/09, Read 180 wrote:
> On 9/29/09, Drea wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> If you teach middle school, what does your school/district
>> use as a local reading assessment? We currently use
>> Fountas and Pinnell, but we're seeing some pitfalls in this
>> system. I'd love to hear more about what else is out there.
>>
>> Thank you for your insight!
>> Drea
Posts on this thread, including this one
- What do you use for your middle school reading assessment?, 9/29/09, by Drea.
- Re: What do you use for your middle school reading assessmen, 9/29/09, by Read 180.
- Re: What do you use for your middle school reading assessmen, 9/30/09, by Mark Pennington.
