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Frequently Asked QuestionsTuesday, July 01, 2008What is the Difference between a Formative Assessment and a Summative Assessment?Formative assessment is an ongoing assessment used to inform instruction...Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 02:29 PM. Filed under: Reading Terminology • Assessment FAQs • What Makes an Assessment Diagnostic?These are deep assessments that ask additional questions to find out how the teacher should improve instruction for a student or students...Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 02:22 PM. Filed under: Reading Terminology • Assessment FAQs • What is the Difference between Criterion-Referenced and Norm-Referenced Testing?These terms relate to how the results of an assessment are presented...Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 02:16 PM. Filed under: Reading Terminology • Assessment FAQs • What is a Benchmark Assessment?This term refers to a gauge of advancement, such as pre-testing at the beginning of a class/school yera and post-testing at the end. Or it can be one-time testing that provides comparison to state standards thus showing a "benchmark" of student abilities.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 01:20 PM. Filed under: Reading Terminology • Assessment FAQs • What is an Accountability or High Stakes Assessment?These look to tell school administrators whether something is working or not. Is the school improving year after year? Is the a CD-ROM that they bought working? These assessments hold a person or program accountable for success.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 01:17 PM. Filed under: Reading Terminology • Assessment FAQs • What is RtI?RtI is the model of intervention that a school district follows when responding to students who are below grade level in their core reading and math abilities.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 10:00 AM. Filed under: Assessment FAQs • General FAQs • Reading Comprehension Test FAQs • Thursday, November 15, 2007Why might DORA spelling scores not reflect classroom spelling test achievement?Spelling is the most challenging sub-test on DORA as the answers are completely student generated as opposed to multiple-choice. If students are performing well on classroom spelling tests, consider the difference in the task.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 05:23 AM. Filed under: Assessment FAQs • Spelling FAQs • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Friday, August 31, 2007I have an advanced preschooler and a struggling kindergartener. How can I help them both read?It sounds like you have two children with different approaches to reading. Whether or not you'd call it, 'formal,' it sounds like you've already exposed your son to reading fundamentals.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 09:45 AM. Filed under: Early Reading FAQs • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Friday, August 24, 2007My kindergartener can read Charlotte’s Web. Will DORA tell me her true reading level?It's astounding that your daughter seems so advanced in reading for her age. If you know your daughter can comfortably read Charlotte's Web orally (i.e., generally misses less than 5-10 words on a page - varies depending on difficulty of the page), then you know that your daughter is able to decode a book with a reading level approximately between grades 4 to 6 (give or take a grade level depending on who you talk to). However, reading ability, whether it's measured by 'grade level' or some scaled score on standardized tests, is complicated...Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 11:30 AM. Filed under: Assessment FAQs • Early Reading FAQs • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Wednesday, July 25, 2007My son is in 2nd grade and can read OK but can’t spell very well. Should I have him assessed?Yes. The processing abilities that are required to make a good speller are the some of the same processing abilities that make a good reader. Beginning readers who have trouble spelling often have trouble becoming efficient readers as well. In my experience, adults who consider themselves poor spellers are often phonetic spellers.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:39 PM. Filed under: Spelling FAQs • (3) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
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