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Tag: diagnostic reading assessments
How to Practice Reading Comprehension
We can't teach reading comprehension, but we can practice it. Johnny has high fluency scores and everyone knows he's a good reader, so one way to…
Don’t Teach Reading Comprehension
The article offers proof that, despite contrary claims, there is no clear consensus as to what is reading comprehension and how to teach it.
Reading Screening and Placement Assessments
What if reading screening and placement assessments were designed as part of the instruction. What each of the assessment items informed the teacher about what did…
Quick Reading Assessments
Grades 4-8 teachers need quick reading assessments to determine "ballpark" reading levels of their students. Three assessment tools are provided free of charge.
FREE Diagnostic Reading and ELA Assessments
Teachers need accurate and teachable ELA and reading assessments and recording matrices to inform decision-making about whole class and individualized instruction. Each of these assessments has…
Navigating Differentiated Instruction
A quality English-language arts curriculum designed to differentiate instruction is like a good nav system. Teachers committed to differentiated instruction need to invest in curricular resources…
Standards and Accountability
The standards-based movement has ushered in a new era of accountability in public education with all of its attendant problems and teachers may be the ones…
Free ELA and Reading Assessments
However, let's bring some common sense to the what and how of English-language Arts and reading diagnostic assessments. What (which) assessments really provide meaningful and useful…