In our district, the first grade benchmarks are set using nationally normed data for reading recovery. The thought being this,we cannot justify holding our students to the same level set by a national remmediation program. That is where our level 20 for first came from. It is our goal that 50% of our readers (60% in some buildings) read at or above that level at the end of first grade.
Lori On Fri, 25 May 2007 07:22 , Renee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >On May 25, 2007, at 4:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> In a message dated 5/23/2007 10:27:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> Who decides what "on grade level" actually means? >> What is the measurement that determines whether or not a child is "on >> grade level"? >> >> >> There are benchmarks for each grade level. These are used as >> measures. >> >> Laura > > >I return to my original question. Who decides on these benchmarks? How >are they created? > >Renee > > >"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It >is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a >worthy purpose." >~Helen Keller > > > >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
