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FREE Diagnostic Literacy Assessments
Teachers love these FREE Diagnostic Literacy Assessments because, unlike random sample screeners or inventories, these diagnostic literacy assessments are comprehensive and teachable. For example, what good…
Reading Intervention Flow Chart
Teachers often ask which assessments are appropriate for screening, placement, and diagnosis. This reading intervention flow chart should offer some guidance. All assessments are free to…
Reading Counts! Claims and Counterclaims
The purpose of this article on Reading Counts! is threefold: 1. To briefly summarize the basics of the Reading Counts! (RC) independent reading management program 2.…
ELA and Reading Diagnostic and Formative Assessments
DO use both diagnostic and formative assessments. DON'T assess to determine a generic problem. DO review mastered material often. DON'T solely assess grade-level Standards.
ELA and Reading Assessment as Instruction
Here's four Do's and Don't of ELA and Reading Assessments preview: DO treat assessment as instruction. DON'T trust all assessment results. DO make students and parents your assessment partners. Don't…
Depend upon Diagnostic ELA and Reading Data
ELA and reading assessments: DO analyze data both data deficits and mastery. DON'T assess what you haven't taught. DO use instructional resources with embedded assessments. DON'T…
Assessment-based ELA and Reading Instruction
Teachers are fixers. In some sense we view our students as "as is" houses or fixer-uppers, waiting for us to determine what needs repair and updating…
Reading and ELA Data Analysis
As an ELA teacher and reading specialist, I believe in the power of ELA and reading assessments. However, as with many educational practices, appropriate use is…