Re: A GREAT LIST OF 14 FREE ONLINE READING INVENTORIES

by Kim

Aug 28, 2012

Hi! I start seeing my kiddies next week, and I want to be able to see what their main struggles are- fluency, comprehension, etc. Are there any online Reading Inventories out there? Thanks!

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Nicole/MO A GREAT LIST OF 14 FREE ONLINE READING INVENTORIES:

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easyCBM™ is an enhanced district assessment system designed by researchers at the University of Oregon as an integral part of an RTI (Response to Intervention) model. Distributed exclusively by Riverside, it provides school districts, administrators, and teach...See More

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Grover Can you send me the pdf from florida: http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/just-read-fl/docs I can't get it to pull up.

On 9/01/12, Nicole/MO wrote: > A GREAT LIST OF 14 FREE ONLINE READING INVENTORIES: > > 1. www.easycbm.com > > easyCBM™ is an enhanced district assessment system designed by > researchers at the Uni...See MoreCan you send me the pdf from florida: http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/just-read-fl/docs I can't get it to pull up.

On 9/01/12, Nicole/MO wrote: > A GREAT LIST OF 14 FREE ONLINE READING INVENTORIES: > > 1. http://www.easycbm.com > > easyCBM™ is an enhanced district assessment system designed by > researchers at the University of Oregon as an integral part of > an RTI (Response to Intervention) model. Distributed > exclusively by Riverside, it provides school districts, > administrators, and teachers with a full suite of assessment > and reporting options, offering a complete solution at every > tier of the RTI process. > > Enchanced features include: > •Full set of Benchmarking and Progress Monitoring assessments, > Reading and Math, Grades K through 8. > •Sync teachers accounts, student records, and class lists from > your Student Information System. Easily maintain student > records from year to year. > •Multiple levels of account access for teachers, principals, > district personnel, and administrators. > •Various forms of data entry including online student tests, > streamlined total score entry of paper-pencil tests, and other > options. > •Reports by teacher, building, grade-level, or district with > customizable percentiles and color-codings, including exports > for your Data Warehouse. > •Admin panel with various system-level settings and > configurations, user account management, and student record > maintenance. > •Secure SSL website connections with 256-bit data encryption > (same level used by banks), and optional password- protection > of online student tests. > > 2. http://www.motif.org.au/index.php/home > > Macquarie Online Test Interface (MOTIf): an online platform > for the administration and scoring of cognitive tests. > > You can administer these tests online to one or more people > and the results will be stored in your own private and secure > test page. Alternatively, you can download hardcopies of the > test materials and administer the tests offline. > > Tests > CC2: The Castles and Coltheart 2 (CC2) tests different > processes in single-word reading > TERC: The Test of Everyday Comprehension tests how well a > person understands everyday reading tasks > DiSTs: The Diagnostic Spelling Test for Sounds (DiSTs) tests > if a person can represent sounds in English with the correct > letters > DiSTn: The Diagnostic Spelling Test for Nonwords (DiSTn) > tests how well a person knows the sound-letter rules in > English. > LIDT: The Letter Identification Test (LIDT) tests a person's > letter identification knowledge > LeST: The Letter Sound Test (LeST) tests a person's ability > to sound out single letters and letter combinations > DiRT: The Diagnostic Reading Test for Nonwords (DiRT) tests a > person's knowledge of letter-sound correspondences at the word > level > > 3.http://www.esgisoftware.com/ESGI/ > > A teacher can never tell where his/her influence stops. > Educators are catalysts for change, inspirers of dreams, and > motivators for success to countless students who pass through > their classrooms. Kindergarten Teacher Greg Gorman never > imagined he would inspire or motivate teachers when he > developed ESGI. ESGI stands for Educational Software for > Guiding Instruction and it automates one-on-one assessments, > so teachers can give them faster and print usable reports > immediately. > > Gorman first created the software out of necessity in 2001. He > spent countless hours shuffling through paper assessments, > doing all the analysis by hand. Greg realized that a computer > database could track his classroom assessment data faster and > more thoroughly, so he designed it. Greg took a programming > class and spent his nights and weekends developing ESGI. By > 2002, he was using the software in his own classroom and soon > teachers from neighboring districts wanted their own copies of > the quick and easy early-literacy assessment tool. In 2006, > Greg began offering this software to the public by hosting it > on the Internet for easy worldwide access. > > Now, teachers from California to South Korea are using ESGI to > conduct one-on-one assessments. No other educational tool does > what this software can. ESGI collects the thousands of bits of > data involved with assessing letters, sounds, sight words, > blends, initial sounds, and more. The ESGI Team travels the > country giving demonstrations of the revolutionary teaching > tool. Greg Gorman believes in ESGI so much that he recently > left the classroom to continue developing the program. > > 4. Title 1 Reading Sample Student Selection Tool > http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/title1/resource/select/index.shtm > > The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, Title I > office, contracted with local educators to put together the > following sample student selection tool for your use. The > assessments are aligned with the draft North Dakota State > Standards. This is an optional tool for those schools that are > interested in using it to select Title I students or assess > student achievement. Please read the letter of explanation for > further details on the sample student selection tool before > using them. > > 5. Neuhaus SCREENING AND MASTERY CHECKS > http://www.readingteachersnetwork.org/tools/ > > 6. NEUHAUS COMPREHENSION SCREENINGS 2ND-5TH > http://neuhaus.org/screening-measures/ > > > A deep, rich understanding of text, reading comprehension, is > the ultimate goal of all reading instruction. Reading > comprehension can be disrupted by multiple factors, and it is > the job of the reading teacher to determine where instruction > needs to begin. > > With these listening and reading comprehension screenings > teachers can determine if reading comprehension difficulties > are due to poor basic word recognition skills, poor > vocabulary, poor background knowledge, poor listening > comprehension, or a combination of factors. > > The listening and reading comprehension screenings are normed > for second grade students at the end of the school year. Both > listening and reading comprehension screening instruments are > intended for group administration. > > 7. COMPREHENSION SCREENINGS (K-8TH GRADE) > http://www.correctivereadinginstitite.com > MUST REGISTER TO OBTAIN DOWNLOAD > > 8. READING LEVEL ASSESSMENT (RLA) & > EARLY READING INVENTORY (ERI) > http://www.uurc.utah.edu/Educators/Assessments.php > > 9. http://www.k12.com > Lots of free reading screenings to download--they have changes > their site a bit, so you may have to search around to find the > direct downloads > > 10. The Abecedarian Reading Assessment > http://www.balancedreading.com/assessment/abecedarian.pdf > The Abecedarian Reading Assessment was designed to test what > research has shown to be the most essential knowledge domains > for developing reading skills. The knowledge domains assessed > by the Abecedarian include: > > • Letter Knowledge > • Phonological Awareness (Rhyme and Phoneme Identity) > • Phoneme Awareness (First and Last Sounds and Phoneme > Segmentation) > • Knowledge of the Alphabetic Principle > • Vocabulary (Production, Synonyms, and Antonyms) > • Decoding (Fluency, Regular Words and Irregular Words) > > 11. http://www.balancedreading.com/assessment.html > > Simple Formative Reading Survey to help teachers (grades 2-8) > assess their students' basic reading skills. > A collection of free "quick and dirty" assessments which can > be downloaded free of charge. You can download an overview of > early reading assessment that describes all of he various > approaches to early reading assessment available to teachers. > (Currently only available in PDF format) > > 12. THE SOURCE: A Curriculum Guide for Reading Mentors > http://www.justreadflorida.com/docs/manual.pdf > LOTS OF QUICK SCREENINGS IN THIS MANUAL > > > 13. http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx > Make and grade your own screenings > > 14. http://www.cia.indiana.edu/assessments_IRDA_resources.html > The Center for Innovation in Assessment has completed several > studies that establish the Indiana Reading Diagnostic > Assessments as both valid and reliable. Assessments and > interventions free for download > > If you have trouble opening a resource, e-mail and let me > know. I have some downloads that are no longer found on the > internet, but I can e-mail them to you as an attachment. >

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