Hi Jana, We use the Gates-McGinitie Reading Test (GMRT) as a school wide screen to provide benchmarks at the beginning and end of the school year (as well as the Morrison-McCall Spelling Test). It has been very helpful to determine which kids need extra support and need further assessment (an IRI - independent reading inventory). With 600 students in the school, it is a lot of data, but our whole school feels better informed to what the needs of our kids are so we can work together to provide the best learning environment. It also gives us data to share with the high schools are kids are feeding to.
I researched other group administered tests before deciding on using the GMRT as our main screening tool. As a screening tool, it does the trick, but as I mentioned earlier, other diagnostic tools are needed to get more detailed info about each student. Tracey ----- Original Message ----- From: Jana Swenson <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:46 am Subject: Re: [LIT] Read 180 To: [email protected] > > > Hi > I teach 6th grade Language Arts in Social Studies at a middle > school where we have 6,7, 8th grade students. Our school is also > thinking about REad 180. My question is this. This is my > question. Some teachers go out to the elementary schools and > test kids who may be struggling in reading. then those students > are put into a remedial reading class. The assessment they use > is called the Gates McGinite. Can anyone give me some feedback > on this test and possibly suggest a different assessment. > Thanks > Jana > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:42:38 -0500> From: > [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Subject: > Re: [LIT] Read 180> > Does anyone have experience with Achieve > 3000?> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Alice Cortigiano > <[email protected]>wrote:> > > I am in my second year of > teaching Read 180. In my district kids usually> > begin in sixth > grade. Our district supports reading at student grade levels> > > in all classes using DRA results as a guide. Up till fifth grade > students> > are expected to be taught in guided reading groups. > Of course, that doesn't> > always happen for a variety of > reasons.> >> > I teach READ 180 to 7th/8th graders. They are > assessed to gain a level of> > instruction. There are 3 > components to the program. 1. Computer Instruction> > based on > assessed Lexile score. 2. Small group instruction. 3.> > > Independent> > Reading - book of choice from books at lexile > range. The program is good> > for> > those kids who take > advantage of it. As with any prog > _______________________________________________ > 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
