I wrote an article for The Reading Teacher that I think may help you (see below). Please feel free to email me if you have any questions. Judy Fiene
Abstract of Assessing Comprehension: A Classroom-Based ProcessJudy FieneSusan McMahon [image: full text - HTML]<http://www.reading.org/Library/Retrieve.cfm?D=10.1598/RT.60.5.1&F=RT-60-5-Fiene.html> [image: full text - PDF]<http://www.reading.org/Library/Retrieve.cfm?D=10.1598/RT.60.5.1&F=RT-60-5-Fiene.pdf> Standardized tests are increasingly used to determine students' growth in reading comprehension. In some U.S. school districts, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has led to a focus on multiple-choice questions to better prepare students for these types of tests. Even though such questions can provide some important information, they do not enable the teacher to get at the heart of comprehension. To truly understand students' constructed meanings, teachers should use ongoing, classroom-based assignments to distinguish variations in comprehension and adjust instruction. This article describes an authentic classroom-based comprehension assessment process. The authors have been collaborating with one district in Wisconsin where reading specialists and teachers have developed a unified approach to classroom-based assessment of comprehension, and they describe how this process influenced practice. Student examples are provided that demonstrate how one teacher used this assessment process in her fourth-grade classroom to inform instruction and support her students' individual needs. Abstract from Fiene, J., & McMahon, S. (2007, February). Assessing Comprehension: A Classroom-Based Process. The Reading Teacher, 60(5), 406–417. doi: 10.1598/RT.60.5.1 On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Carolyn Heaney <heaneye...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello! > > Looking for your help. Can you recommend a link to a short and easy article > about reading comprehension assessment that I can share with the teachers > in > my school? I need something that will guide us as we design some > teacher-made assessments, as required by a state-mandated plan. I want to > be > sure we are on the same page and headed in the right track, > > Thank you! > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Judy Please consider the environment before printing this message. _______________________________________________ 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.
