In our district the teacher gives a running record to each student and submits the data to the principal. Plusses and minuses for teacher or team to assess. Teacher knows the student as a reader instantly after the assessment, but not all teachers administer it the same, although there was a major training 6 years ago. Each year they are given the criteria, a reminder of how to assess, and can watch a video of a lit coach giving the assessment.
Jan You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Betsy Lafontant <betsylafont...@gmail.com>wrote: > My school using a fairly low-tech but effective means of assessing the > students' reading progress. At the start of the year, the Student Support > Services team (which consisted of ESOL, Learning Support, and the school > counselor) tested the reading abilities of each child in our elementary > school using a running record. The tester started where the student tested > out at then of last year or for new students, where the classroom teacher > believes is the student's reading level. It took two intense weeks for the > SSS team and lots of pullouts for the classroom teacher. But at the end we > had a comprehensive data on each child's reading levels. This process is > repeated at the end of the year to track progress and to reflect on our > teaching practice and methods. > > This is the third year my school is doing this. The first year it was a > bit > of a mess because some testers had different "lens" on when they were > testing. Some put more emphasis on fluency while others only tested for > comprehension. In the second year, the testing team met every day to > discuss the process, streamline and normalize their practice. In the third > year, this process is sleek, fast and the end product, the data, is > extremely valuable to the classroom teacher. > > For writing, we have a writing test. With a common prompt, each child > writes a story. No names are on the writing test. Then the writing tests > are divided among the classroom teachers and are scored using a rubric > based > on the 6 traits (ideas, sentence fluency, mechanics, voice, organization > and > word choice). This data is collected and used to drive the classroom > instruction for each child. Like the reading, this process is repeated > towards the end of the year. > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Jeana Wise <jw...@marshallschools.com > >wrote: > > > What types of data does your schools collect for anaylsis? My district is > > using Aimsweb, but I am thinking that other forms of data may be helpful > > when looking at interventions for our struggling students. My district no > > longer gives the DRA, either. > > > > Jeana Wise > > K-4 Literacy Coach > > jw...@marshallschools.com<mailto:jw...@marshallschools.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
