Karen, Where would you find such a test? Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [LIT] reading test
> 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.412 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/700 - Release Date: 2/24/2007 _______________________________________________ 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
