Hello!In our district we do running records. I always wanted to assess my
students within the first 10 days of school so I could see their strengths and
weaknesses first hand. Then I could develop a reading plan for that child -not
the masses. If you are assessing just to give the the raw score, and they were
assessed 2 months before -what's the point (3rd-6th)? For incoming students, I
waited a few days -let them feel comfortable.
We gave reading assessments 3 times a year (beg/mid/end) and we had to report
them to the District Office. At the last school I worked at, we had to attach
their running record recording sheet to their placement card so next year's
teacher had some info. The school before that, we just sent scores to the D.O.
We also assessed writing 3 times a year (beg/mid/end). It was a narrative
prompt the entire district used. We would get together in grade level teams
1-2, 3-4, 5-6 to score them and we had anchor papers to compare them to. mid
year and end of the year the kinder teachers joined the 1-2 group.Jan
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> From: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:10:49 -0400
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [MOSAIC] Beginning of the Year Assessments
>
> Here in New York, I am finishing my last full week of school. We have begun
> the conversations that start us all up in September. I am in a 3-5
> building. Our third grades began RTI with Aimsweb this year for this first
> time. I
> teach fourth grade, and we will be using Aimsweb, starting in September.
> In addition, we use DRAs, and ERBs which is a writing test. We are looking
> at our DRAs and wondering - how early is too early? Do incoming students
> need to settle and learn what is expected, BEFORE taking the DRA assessment?
> Or do we do it as soon as possible, to make sure that we know the level of
> our students? Our students do an end-of-year DRA in June, so is it necessary
> to assess them again so early in the next school year? Same in writing -
> when is a good time to assess students writing to get a beginning point or
> baseline. Are there any great writing assessments out there?
>
> Suzanne/NY/4thGrade
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