I have an interesting student in my intervention class that I'd like some others to comment on. I've been doing my end of year assessments- I use the QRI-4 because the DRA for grades 4-8 is so long and these kids might have actually seen the 40 & 44 levels- anyway, most of my students at the end of fourth grade are doing sketchy retells, fluency below the 50 percent mark on the Hasbrouck fluency scale, but are getting the comprehension questions! I've gotten kids scoring independent with a grade(level)4 expository piece and some instructional at 5th with one of the easier expository pieces. Please feel free to comment on those results-Here's my real questions- one of my girls (gd4) read a fifth grade QRI at only 65 wpm but answered all the questions. I gave her another one and asked if she read better in her head-she said yes and then proceeded to read silently at 114 wpm with full comprehension. One of the recent posts suggested kids read more slowly in their heads but this one really zoomed! I'm considering her placement for AIS (intervention services) for next year but after this performance, I don't think she needs daily pull out. Would any of you be confident of her level of reading with these two passages?-she also perform well in small groups with me, but the classroom teacher feels she needs "testing" because her verbal expression is poor. thanks- Michelle NY 4/5 AIS
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