Thanks, Michelle!

Please do report back.  My middle school (gr. 5-8) is considering purchasing
it so I am trying to gather as much info. and feedback as I can about it.

Kerry/5th


On 9/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My district has purchased the new assessment for our reading  intervention
> department. We've had trouble with the DRA because the classroom  teachers
> started using them and the kids would know the books, also the
> upper  grade
> classroom teachers were given the QRI-4 which is what some of us
> reading  teachers
> were using. Last week we had to screen 28 second graders. The  assessment
> is
> quick and easy, although we did not use the writing portion yet.  If
> anyone has
> had Reading Recovery training it will seem very familiar.  Introduce the
> text,
> do the running record, then have a "conversation" about the  text. Unlike
> the
> DRA, prompts don't count against the child. The book is also  left in
> front of
> the child to see if they go back in the text, etc. Then the  evaluator
> does a
> miscue analysis and fluency evalulation. I want to see what  it's like
> with
> my 5th graders and will report back later, but so far we like
> the  assessment.
> Michelle, AIS NY-2-5
>
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