--- Barbara Punchak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does your MIDDLE SCHOOL determine incoming > reading levels for your 6th > graders? > This is a repost but our school uses a multiple choice computerized test to determine reading ability. I must say however, it has been fairly accurate. However, I am afraid that in light of the current need for numbers and "accountability," books that are strong on content lose out to those with higher lexile levels. ( See previous post) This is because a popular new test developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association called Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), "a state- aligned computerized adaptive assessment program that provides educators with the information they need to improve teaching and learning. Educators use the growth and achievement data from MAP to develop targeted instructional strategies and to plan school improvement. With the ability to test students up to four times a year, MAP test results help educators make student-focused, data-driven decisions." ( NWEA.org)
This test allows a student's lexile reading to be measured in the fall and the spring. the idea is to give students material to improve their lexile score and thus showing growth. While I know that I will choose a book by a number of methods, the most important being those wonderful media specialists, word of mouth and my own incessant need to read, schools are vetoing books presented by teachers in favor of lexile levels. I know I am not the only school to see this happen Tena ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ 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
