I wanted to enter the conversation briefly to respond to Shari who asked about combining the oral and written parts of the ACTS instrument. I actually think that's the best way to truly assess where kids are, but in the interest of time, I presented it either oral or written assessment with an emphasis on listening comprehension with Kindergarteners and 1st graders. If you can combine the assessments in the way you describe, so much the better!
The other point I wanted to make about ACTS is that the text passages are only provided for teachers who want to make a very "clean" comparison between kids' comprehension as measured on these rubrics compared to kids' comprehension on more formal criterion or norm-referenced assessments. Whenever possible, I'd like to avoid the passages in favor of more interesting, dynamic texts, both fiction and non-fiction. Hope that helps! very best to all, ellin keene _______________________________________________ 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.
