We have 2 ways: Our district give the DRP (Degrees of Reading Power) in the fall and spring. It is a CLOZE test and is actually pretty good for it being multiple choice.
We also use an informal reading inventory, and our district uses ARI (though I like QRI better). On 5/28/07, Barbara Punchak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How does your MIDDLE SCHOOL determine incoming reading levels for your 6th > graders? > > I'm not satisfied with the results of the written multiple choice test our > kids take that determines their starting level, but I also don't know > what's > "out there" that's a more valid instrument. My former elementary school > used STAR and AR. > > Thanks in advance for your replies. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
