Exam 2: Assessment and Intervention

You are meeting with the parents of Stella, a student in your first-grade classroom, to discuss Stella's reading progress. You show the parents the graph (below)of Stella's curriculum-based measurement (CBM-R)oral reading fluency (ORF)assessment for the past eight weeks. What will you say to the parents? First, briefly describe the ORF to the parents. Next, tell the parents what the graph indicates regarding Stella's progress in oral reading fluency. Write your response as if you are speaking with the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hall.

Case analysis: Jeremy has just been placed in your class, and you know nothing about him. There are no records, and you have had no opportunity to talk with his parents. How will you get information that will help you know what kind of reading instruction he needs? Describe two types of assessments you can administer in your classroom.

A criterion-referenced test

What is true of a rubric?

Teachers interview students about their attitudes, interests, and progress in reading and writing during _______.

Methods for identifying the difficulty of texts include each of the following except

All of the following tests can be constructed by the classroom teacher except a(n)

Discuss some advantages and disadvantages for administering curriculum-based measurements (CBMs).

Teachers who keep artifacts or samples of students' work in folders for an extended period of time to evaluate their progress are practicing __________ assessment.

The standards movement led to all of the following except