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Assessment For Identifying Specific Strengths and Weaknesses

This document discusses four types of reading assessments: screening, progress monitoring, diagnostic, and outcomes assessments. It also discusses signs of good readers such as reading rapidly and accurately, setting goals, monitoring understanding, creating mental notes and summaries, and anticipating what comes next. Finally, it discusses signs of comprehension weakness like trouble understanding what is read, weak problem solving skills, poor writing, affected verbal expression, and difficulty following directions. It provides recommendations for improving students' weaknesses in reading such as using a reading interest inventory and reading attitude survey.

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Assessment For Identifying Specific Strengths and Weaknesses

This document discusses four types of reading assessments: screening, progress monitoring, diagnostic, and outcomes assessments. It also discusses signs of good readers such as reading rapidly and accurately, setting goals, monitoring understanding, creating mental notes and summaries, and anticipating what comes next. Finally, it discusses signs of comprehension weakness like trouble understanding what is read, weak problem solving skills, poor writing, affected verbal expression, and difficulty following directions. It provides recommendations for improving students' weaknesses in reading such as using a reading interest inventory and reading attitude survey.

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Sheena Antonette C.

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Assessment for Identifying Specific Strengths and


Weaknesses in Reading

Four Types of Reading Assessments

1. Screening- The purpose of a screening assessment is to identify students


who are at-risk for reading difficulties. Identifying the students early on who
are likely to struggle with learning to read is important as we can then develop
intervention plans that, hopefully, PREVENT a life-long reading deficit.

2. Progress Monitoring- The purpose of progress monitoring is to track


student performance during an instructional period. Once a student is
identified as at-risk for reading difficulties, an intervention plan is
developed. Every week or every other week, the student is assessed with a
progress monitoring probe (usually a one minute assessment).

3. Diagnostic- Diagnostic assessments provide the teacher with more


in-depth information about the student’s skills. Diagnostic assessments can
range from standardized assessments to teacher-made classroom
assessments. The Quick Phonics Screener and the Primary Spelling Inventory
are two assessments that we use to help us target specific deficits in the area
of phonics.

4. Outcomes- Outcome assessments are typically administered once a


year. These assessments are usually referred to as “high stakes”
assessments and the data is used to assess curriculum design,
implementation and teachers’ efforts over the course of a school
year. Outcome assessments provide standard scores and percentiles so that
the problem solving team (and parents) can compare a particular student’s
performance to peers across the nation as well as peers within the district.

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Signs of a Good Reader

Reads Rapidly and Accurately


A good reader reads fluently. A child must progress from individual word
decoding to automaticity -fast, accurate and effortless word identification. The
ability to read words rapidly and accurately allows a child to focus on
understanding the text – the ultimate goal of reading. Repeated reading
(rereading the text for speed and accuracy) and modeled reading (hearing
what it should sound like) are both great ways to improve fluency.
Sets Goals
A good reader establishes a purpose for reading. Prior to reading, a child
needs to identify the reading purpose. Quite simply, she must know the answer
to the following question: why am I reading this? Knowing your objective helps
you achieve it. Whether you are reading the step by step directions in a
cookbook while making dinner or engrossed in a novel, we read for various
reasons. A child will also read for various reasons but much of their reading will
be to learn.

Monitors understanding
A good reader monitors his own reading to ensure comprehension. While
reading, a child needs to monitor their understanding of the text and identify
concepts or words that they do not understand. In addition, they need to apply
“fix-it” strategies to repair any misunderstandings. A child should reread,
identify the unfamiliar phrase or word or ask a question to help him interpret
the meaning.

Creates mental notes and summaries


A good reader creates mental notes and summarizes while reading. She can
recall the main character’s dilemma at the beginning of the story. Mental notes
and summaries help a child remember what they are reading. Help your child
by modeling this strategy. While reading to your child, visualize and summarize
aloud. As you read a book, describe the visual images that you are creating in
your mind and summarize what you read so far.

Anticipates the next move


A good reader makes predictions, which gets a child actively involved in what
they are reading. It motivates them to further investigate the text in search of
meaning and understanding. While reading to your child, encourage them to
recognize foreshadowing and predict what will happen next.
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d-reader/

Signs of comprehension weakness include:

1. Trouble understanding what they read


Students with weak comprehension have difficulty recalling what they’ve read.
They might get parts, or some details, but may have difficulty remembering a
book or story as a whole. Homework and schoolwork relying on their
understanding of the text will be difficult. They may not enjoy reading for
pleasure.

2. Weak problem solving skills


Students with weak comprehension can be prone to poor decision making.
Thinking through the implications and consequences of their actions may be
challenging. Because they are only processing parts, they may not “see” the big
picture. They may have difficulty with problem solving methods required in
math and science.

3. Writing assignments are “painful” and poorly done


Many students with language comprehension weakness may also have poor
writing skills because they lack the imagery for the gestalt (whole). The ability to
generate the main idea, offer supporting details, make inferences, and wrap up
with a conclusion that is cohesive and well organized is challenging for this
student.

4. Verbal expression is affected


This student may be prone to including irrelevant details or issues when
speaking; she may re-tell stories out of sequence. On the other hand, she may
be very quiet and shy. Whether they talk very little or a lot, their language
seems disconnected from the listener.

5. Difficulty following directions


Students with a comprehension issue can become overwhelmed after more
than one or two directions (“I’ll meet you at the car. Bring your tennis shoes. . .”).
Directions from teachers and parents may appear to go in one ear and out the
other, without a connection, and they seem unable to focus on what they are
told.

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How to improve student’s weakness in reading

Reading Interest Inventory


An assessment tool where students are asked a series of questions about
what type of text or genres they enjoy reading.

PURPOSE:
 To get resources that students will want to read.
 To create a positive and fun reading environment.
 To help students make connections.

Reading Attitude Survey


An assessment tool where students are asked a series of questions about their
attitudes towards reading.

PURPOSE:
 To gain insight into students' feelings towards reading.
 To help students gain a love of reading.
 To help students gain positive effect of performance in reading.

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