Look at Gates-McGinite. It has 2 parts- vocab and comprehension that combine into a total score that equates to a grade level/month. They have S and T versions so you can do a pre and post. The vocab takes 20 minutes and I think the comprehension 35 minutes and is whole class. (It can also be done on scantron) I don't know that I would place a child based on it, but it works as a quick screener. Karen Onyx Carusi Middle School -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [LIT] reading test
I am interested in this thread as our district really isn't satisfied with STAR testing, but we really need the initial screening process to be whole class. Lori On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:47 , Heather Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Do you want like an Informal Reading Inventory? Or something that all >students in a class can take at once? > >On 2/25/07, Jan Kammert [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'm looking for an easy to administer and score reading test for middle >> school students. It has to be a test that would take less than 50 minutes >> for students to complete, and of course it has to yield accurate results. >> >> It would be great if the test was also free or very inexpensive. >> >> I doubt the results of the test my school has used in which students who >> seem not to understand grade level fiction scored as 12+ grade-level >> readers. >> >> Thanks for any suggestions you can offer. >> Jan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org >> >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive >> > > > >-- >- Heather > >"The world of books is the most remarkable creation of >man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments >fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; >new races build others. But in the world of books are >volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet >live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were >written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men >centuries dead." --Clarence Day > >"While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little >good evidence exists that there's any educational substance >behind the accountability and testing movement." >—Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds > >"When our children fail competency tests the schools lose >funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase >funding. " >—Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate >_______________________________________________ >The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ lit_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
