Principles of Classroom Assessment

The Assessment should:

inform and improve teaching
help teachers discover what the children can do, not what they cannot do.
have a specific purpose
provide insights into the process of reading or writing
help identify zones of proximal development
not supplant instruction
individual assessment is more valid and accurate

ASSESSMENT WHAT IS IT?
PURPOSE

Interest Inventories
A questionnaire that students answer or respond to.
Gives insights into background knowledge, oral language abilities, feelings, and interests.

Concepts About Print
Assesses 24 basic print awareness elements, the student answers questions and performs certain tasks.
Helps teachers establish priorities in reading instruction for emergent readers.

Alphabet Knowledge Assesses alphabet knowledge in isolation and within words and sentences.
Lets the teacher know where the student is, following phonemic awareness.

Observation Survey A checklist of skills or literacy learning milestones that the teacher rates the child on (usually on a scale form 1-5).
Helps the teacher identify key developmental behaviors in emergent readers.

Reading Logs The student records the book or text they read along with the page numbers read. They record what they read during SSR on a daily basis.
This gives the teacher an idea of student reading habits and interests.

Running Records The student reads a selection from a book that are 100-200 words. The teacher records the students miscues. Used to determine reading level.
Helps to inform the teacher as to where the students are in their reading development and lets them place students in guided reading groups.

Retelling The student retells the story he/she has read.
Lets the teacher find out if the students understand the story.

Story Maps The student completes a story map.
Helps to determine whether a child understands the main part of a narrative story.

Questioning The student answers questions about a text they have read.
Helps the teacher assess the students reading comprehension

Family Surveys The student's adult family members periodically fill out this brief questionnaire.
Gives the teacher insights into reading behaviors at home. This can help them to develop a more accurate profile of the child's reading ability

Self-Rating Scales Asking the student or having them fill out a questionnaire rating themselves.
Lets the teacher know how the student views himself as a reader.

Portfolios The student and/or teacher collect samples of the students' development work.
This shows the student's growth and development. It also provides a window on the strategies used by students in reading and writing.

DRA

IRI

Phonemic Awareness

Kindergarten Assessment for HB 312

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ASSESSMENT	WHAT IS IT?	PURPOSE
Interest Inventories	A questionnaire that students answer or respond to.	Gives insights into background knowledge, oral language abilities, feelings, and interests.
Concepts About Print	Assesses 24 basic print awareness elements, the student answers questions and performs certain tasks.	Helps teachers establish priorities in reading instruction for emergent readers.
Alphabet Knowledge	Assesses alphabet knowledge in isolation and within words and sentences.	Lets the teacher know where the student is, following phonemic awareness.
Observation Survey	A checklist of skills or literacy learning milestones that the teacher rates the child on (usually on a scale form 1-5).	Helps the teacher identify key developmental behaviors in emergent readers.
Reading Logs	The student records the book or text they read along with the page numbers read. They record what they read during SSR on a daily basis.	This gives the teacher an idea of student reading habits and interests.
Running Records	The student reads a selection from a book that are 100-200 words. The teacher records the students miscues. Used to determine reading level.	Helps to inform the teacher as to where the students are in their reading development and lets them place students in guided reading groups.
Retelling	The student retells the story he/she has read.	Lets the teacher find out if the students understand the story.
Story Maps	The student completes a story map.	Helps to determine whether a child understands the main part of a narrative story.
Questioning	The student answers questions about a text they have read.	Helps the teacher assess the students reading comprehension
Family Surveys	The student's adult family members periodically fill out this brief questionnaire.	Gives the teacher insights into reading behaviors at home. This can help them to develop a more accurate profile of the child's reading ability
Self-Rating Scales	Asking the student or having them fill out a questionnaire rating themselves.	Lets the teacher know how the student views himself as a reader.
Portfolios	The student and/or teacher collect samples of the students' development work.	This shows the student's growth and development. It also provides a window on the strategies used by students in reading and writing.
DRA
IRI
Phonemic Awareness