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What assessment(s) do you use to qualify students for reading resource at the elementary level? For first grade, we use the Obs. Survey, and in grades 2-5 we use the Rigby Benchmark Kit (running records of leveled books). I'm concerned that at the upper levels, the Benchmark Kit skews a bit "easy" even though the text is leveled. It just seems that students I know are struggling readers are instructional at grade level in these assessments.

If you use an informal survey or DRA-like assessment, what qualifies students in your buildings? One year instructional below grade level? One year frustrational below grade level? Thanks! Karen
Bump Well we just kind of look at the needs for the current year based on Observation Survey and Obs. Survey (partial), and just take on the neediest students for each year. Yes, I do some parts of the Observation Survey on even students in Gr. 4-5, Hearing and Recording sounds, etc. It is scary what you can find out when you do that activity. So, basic...See More
Oct 22, 2010


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