Category: reader
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Developing classroom assessments for reading comprehension
Passage considerations Passages not in context to instruction and requiring extensive background knowledge will hinder student performance. The resulting data will not provide appropriate insight into learning. It will be especially true with English learners and students struggling with current content. The length of passages will determine the time to…
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Reading to Learn transition
What skills should our students have when they begin to independently learn from reading informational text? Sample list: How can we measure our students ability to read content specific text? Most content area diagnostic assessments measure knowledge, not the skills needed to learn from content specific text. Fluency is not…
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Characteristics – Proficient readers
What characteristics do proficient readers show in the classroom? In a perfect world, every student is reading independently and at grade level expectations. We do not live in a perfect world. It is important to know what successful readers look like in the classroom. The instructional standards guide planning and…
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