Jane,
I work in a charter school and we too have moved from the basal readers
into a more literature based reading instruction. In order to assess, we
perform guided reading groups and determine whether a child is on, above,
or below level through the use of running records. We also administer the
Some of our primary teachers want to move away from the basal and
incoroporate more guided reading groups. Yeah! They have to give number
grades on
report cards and are concerned about where they will get these grades. Please
share how you do this. Thanks! Jane in SC :-)
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