Hi, The economy may be one of the reasons why different grade levels have different assessments, but you can get a correlation chart to match the different series.
The International Reading Association has a good one that compares grade levels, Fountas & Pinell, Lexile, Reading Recovery, DRA, Rigby, etc. and has fluency wpm rates, spelling stages, and 6 Traits writing stages all on one chart. I found it by googling "International Reading Association reading level conversion" Sheila Eisen, NBCT - LIT 2006 --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Angela Almond <angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us> wrote: > From: Angela Almond <angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Running Record/Reading Level Question(s) > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 8:54 PM > I apologize in advance for this very > lengthy and somewhat rookie question. > > I have been teaching for 6 years. My first year I was > told I needed to > complete running records on each student. That was > it. No kit (didn't > even know there was such a thing at the time) and no > benchmarks or goals > as to what fourth grade students should be reading > at. I went into the > Literacy Lab and made my own kit, pulling books from the > leveled reader > library. I did running records on each student 3 > times that year with no > clear purpose or goal. My second year, a Literacy > Facilitator was hired. > When I asked her about it, she told me my kit was fine and > gave me a guide > as to what levels were expected at each grade level. > I was told that > fourth grade needed to be reading at a level 40 by the end > of fourth > grade. That said, our leveled readers only went up to > Level 40. So I've > never been exactly clear as to what was expected of fifth > grade. > > A few years ago, we got a new Literacy Facilitator. > She made new levels. > Third grade students should be reading at a Level 32 by the > end of the > year, fourth grade a Level 36, and fifth grade a Level > 40. Once again, I > thought this was terribly convenient, since our leveled > reader library > only went to Level 40. Also, she told us to formally > assess the students > every month. > > Suddenly, halfway through this school year, our principal > decided everyone > should have a kit for doing running records. He > polled each teacher. K-1 > had one kit (not sure of which one), 2-3 had Rigby, I > (fourth grade) had > my own make-shift kit, and fifth grade had a DRA kit. > One was ordered for > me. It was Rigby. It only goes up to Level 30 > so this year I could have > used it on a total of 2 students. > > I became very confused and began researching. > Everything I have seen, > says that students should be reading at a Level 38 by the > end of third > grade. > > I guess my questions are: Is it normal for schools to > be so haphazard > with what assessment they are using? What (if they > exist) are standard > expected levels for each grade? I am unfamiliar with > DRA but the DRA kit > that fifth grade uses has Level 24, 28, 34, 38, 40, 50, 60, > 70, and 80. > What about the in-between levels? Our North Carolina > End-Of-Grade tests > are lexiled. Shouldn't the levels we expect our kids > to be reading at > match the state tests? > > I know all of this is very elementary and I should have > probably figured > this out before now. However, I am very confused > about all of this (as > you may be able to tell in my ramblings) and have asked all > of this to our > Literacy Facilitator who keeps telling me to just keep > doing what I've > been doing. Please help me understand this! If > you have any great books, > websites, or other resources, I don't mind learning on my > own. I just > need some guidance because I just can't seem to wrap my > mind around this! > > Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT > Fourth Grade > East Albemarle Elementary School > > > > > > > All email correspondence to and from this address is > subject to North > Carolina Public Records Law which may result in monitoring > and disclosure > to third parties, including law enforcement. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
