What are the 3 primary purposes of reading assessment? ✔✔1. Entry Level Assessments - they
are implemented prior to instruction to determine which
... [Show More] students have already mastered the skills
that are going to be taught and which posess the prerequisite skills and knowledge.
2. Monitoring of Progress Assessments - during the instructional unit, tell which students are
making adequate progress toward the standard.
3. Summative Assessments - determines which students have achieved the target standard, some
measure student achievement of a single standard, where as others, often given quarterly,
midyear and at the end of the year, measure many standards.
What are some alternative assessments for students with an IEP or Section 504 plan? ✔✔1. Give
Students More Time
2. Divide the Assessment into smaller units (spread over 2 days).
3. Change the mode of delivery (ask the student to tell, rather than write).
4. Provide Practice Assessments.
5. Provide A Simpler Version of the Assessment (if the student does not read at the 5th gtade
level, give them something that is at a simpler level and note that the standard was not met).Quality Indicators That Apply to Standardized Assessments ✔✔1. Reliability
B. Validity
C. How to Interpret the Results of Standardized Tests
What Assessments Are Used to Determine Students' Reading Levels? ✔✔1. Informal Reading
Inventories (IRI)
2. Word Recognition Lists
3. Graded Reading Passages
What is an Informal Reading Inventory? ✔✔An IRI us a collection of assessments administered
individually to students. For an IRI, one adult gives the assessments to one student. The selection
of the IRI depends on the students reading level.
What are some types of assessments that are included in an Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)?
✔✔1. Word Recognition Lists
2. Graded Reading Passages
3. Reading Interest Survey
4. Assessments Measuring Concepts about Print
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