Hi Tim, Are you presenting in the Central Ohio area this year? I am interested in your Fluency and Assessment research. I am the Literacy Specialist in my building and would like the teachers I work with to hear and apply your research using the Assess, Plan, Teach instructional cycle.
Thanks, Ann --- "RASINSKI, TIMOTHY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nancy Padak and myself developed an assessment > system we call Three-Minute Reading Assessments, > Grades 1-4, and 5-8 (Scholastic). It is quick > assessment that is a cross between running records, > informal reading inventories, and DIBELS. From a > few minutes of reading teachers can get a sense for > their students' word recognition, automaticity in > word decoding, expression/prosody, and > comprehension. We purposefully made it a quick > assessment because we know that time is precious in > classrooms and that time given to assessment is time > taken away from instruction. > > Timothy Rasinski > 404 White Hall > Kent State University > Kent, OH 44242 > 330-672-0649 > Cell -- 330-962-6251 > FAX 330-672-2025 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > informational website: www.timrasinski.com > professional development DVD: > http://www.roadtocomprehension.com/ > <https://exchange.kent.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.roadtocomprehension.com/> > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf > of Joy > Sent: Wed 6/27/2007 6:17 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Corrections/assessment > > > > So now I am going to ask a very "dumb" question. > Where do you get these assessments? My school does > not use textbooks, and we don't have a reading > "program." We rely on the results from the Iowa > Test, and the NC EOG tests. Both of these are not > good for informing my instruction. By the time I get > these results, it is too late! > > GASP, I have used DIBELS, but before we go on > about DIBELS, remember that I am using it very > carefully and purposely. I do DIBELS much like > running records, recording all sorts of information > about the kind of reading the students do. I don't > have any money to invest, so whatever I do must be > readily available. > > I've thought about MPIR, but it seems rather > cumbersome. Does it feel more natural after > administering it several times? I conference with my > students daily; next year with 14 students in my > class I think I will actually get to them two or > three times a week! > > I'm really interested in doing better with > asessment so I can plan better more purposeful > lessons that get to the heart of what my students > need. I welcome comments, suggestions, and HELP! > > > > > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they > learn: process and content go hand in hand. > http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > <http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/> > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go > to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go > to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
