This document discusses reading assessments and recommendations for improving them. It provides a list of commonly used reading tests and their purposes. Issues are identified with certain tests such as only measuring decoding or being too difficult due to grade level. Recommendations include using multiple tests to measure different skills and considering classroom performance when interpreting results. Schools currently use various informal and standardized tests and are looking to develop new assessments of oral fluency and silent reading speed.
4. WHY WILL THIS CHANGE THE WORLD? “The tests just don’t capture students’ reading ability”
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8. Siena Assessments ASSESSMENT PURPOSE FREQUENCY Informal Reading Inventory Comprehension and Decoding 2x year (beginning & end) Academy of Reading Comprehension 2x year (beginning & end) AIMSweb Fluency Fluency 3x year AIMSweb Maze Comprehension Monthly Phonographix Screening Blending Segmenting, Phoneme Manipulation Code knowledge 1x year (beginning) Wilson Decoding 2x year (beginning & end) Woodcock-Johnson III Fluency and Comprehension 1x year (end)
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