Exam 12: Assessing Reading Achievement
Which reading skill is measured when teachers assess how well students understand and attach meaning to written material?
A
What are informal reading inventories? Describe three ways teachers can use informal reading inventories in their classrooms with struggling readers.If you were going to use a reading inventory in your classroom,would you most likely use a commercial or a teacher made instrument? Why?
Informal reading inventories are tools used by teachers to assess a student's reading abilities and identify areas of strength and weakness. These inventories typically include a variety of reading passages and comprehension questions that allow teachers to gauge a student's fluency, accuracy, and comprehension skills.
Three ways teachers can use informal reading inventories in their classrooms with struggling readers are:
1. Individualized Instruction: Teachers can use the results of the informal reading inventory to tailor their instruction to meet the specific needs of struggling readers. This may involve providing targeted interventions, selecting appropriate reading materials, or implementing specific strategies to improve reading skills.
2. Monitoring Progress: By administering informal reading inventories at regular intervals, teachers can track the progress of struggling readers and make adjustments to their instruction as needed. This ongoing assessment allows teachers to ensure that struggling readers are making meaningful gains in their reading abilities.
3. Identifying Interventions: Informal reading inventories can help teachers identify specific areas of difficulty for struggling readers, such as decoding, fluency, or comprehension. With this information, teachers can implement targeted interventions to address these areas of need and support struggling readers in making improvements.
If I were to use a reading inventory in my classroom, I would most likely use a teacher-made instrument. This is because a teacher-made instrument can be customized to align with the specific curriculum and instructional goals of my classroom. Additionally, a teacher-made instrument allows for greater flexibility in terms of content and format, which can better meet the needs of my students. While commercial reading inventories may offer standardized assessments and scoring procedures, a teacher-made instrument provides the opportunity for more personalized and relevant assessment for my students.
If a student misreads more than 10% of the words in an oral reading passage,the passage is __________.
B
Which reading evaluation approach focuses on analysis of overall performance and subtest scores?
Which of the following is an informal test of word prediction abilities for measuring comprehension skills?
Which of the following is a norm-referenced,comprehensive,diagnostic reading test?
Identify a comprehensive,norm-referenced,diagnostic reading test that could be used use to assess the reading strengths and weaknesses of a student with disabilities.Describe three purposes of this test,list the content areas measured by the test,and discuss how the scores and information could be used to help the student?
When using informal reading inventories,what percentage of words read correctly in a passage do students need to achieve to perform at the "instructional level?"
Which reading assessment strategy provides teachers with insights or "windows" into the reading process?
Which curriculum-based reading assessment procedure provides one of the best ways to assess behaviors such as student motivation and attention?
Which reading skill is measured when teachers assess word attack skills?
When using informal reading inventories,what percentage of words read correctly in a passage do students need to achieve to perform at the "independent level?"
What are four of the curriculum-based procedures for assessing reading discussed in the chapter? If you were teaching students with severe reading problems,which of these procedures would you be most likely to use in your classroom for program planning,individual program development,and progress measurement? What are the purposes and uses of this procedure? Why would you use this particular procedure?
Have students select some passages from graded reading material and prepare a cloze activity to assess comprehension skills.
Which reading assessment procedure involves systematically measuring andevaluating student mistakes?
Which reading evaluation approach provides a way to conduct ongoing progress monitoring of key reading skills using brief probes (tests)given frequently?
Review the diagnostic checklists in the textbook and identify additional reading skills that could be added to each checklist.
The number of available tests and measurements for assessing reading achievement is _____than the number of tests and measurements for assessing skills in the other academic subjects.
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