Assessment Basics Flashcards
Running Record
A reading assessment administered as a student reads aloud and a teacher listens
Miscue - Omission
when the reader skips over a word or group of words in the text
A reader who struggles with eye tracking skills omits an entire line when reading a text aloud.
Miscue - Substitution
when the reader replaces the word in the text with a different word
Miscue
an incorrect guess of a word when reading
Suzy read “The snow was extra.” instead of “The snow was exciting.”
Stakeholders
Administrators, coworkers, members of the community, school board members, students’ families, and students themselves all get information about assessment statistics and growth.
Reader and Task Considerations
Things about reading a text that have to do with the reader or with the reason the reader is reading the text. Teachers use their professional judgment, knowledge of their students, and knowledge of the subject to figure out and measure these things.
Miscue - Insertion
when the reader adds a word or group of words to the text
Qualitative Measures of Texts
Things about a book that only a reader can judge
Frustrational Reading Level
A reading level that is difficult for the student and would require extensive teacher support for student comprehension
Diagnostic Assessment / Pre-Assessment
Assessment administered before instruction to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses
Miscue - Repetition
when the reader repeats a word or group of words in the text
Ongoing Assessment
an assessment that guides the pace and content of instruction
Informal Reading Inventory
A reading test with several steps that measures how well a student can read aloud and on their own.
Miscue - Pause
when the reader stops briefly either before or in the middle of a word
Quantitative Measures of Texts
Things in a book that are too hard to measure for a reader. Most of the time, computer software is used to measure these.
Five Finger Rule
A way to tell if a book is easy to read by limiting the number of new words per page to two or three.
Independent Reading Level
A reading level in which a student can read and comprehend independently. They have difficulty with no more than one out of every twenty words.
Instructional Reading Level
A reading level that is hard for the student but that they can handle with help from the teacher. Not more than one out of every ten words is hard for them.
Miscue - Self-Correction
when the reader recognizes and corrects an error
Learning Objectives
the specific skill or knowledge that the student is expected to master in a lesson
