Kindergarten 2nd

Types of Reading Assessments

Screening
Early in the academic
year
All students
Diagnostic
Following screening
or at needed points
throughout the year
Select students based
on screening or
teacher
recommendations
Provides specific
information on target
skills
Progress
Monitoring
Frequent throughout
the year (Fall, Winter,
Spring)
All students
Outcome
Usually at the end of
the year
All students
In relation to norm or
criterion
University of Oregon Teaching and Learning Center
Overview
http://www.raz-kids.com/
Online library of exciting reading materials for K-2
Helps students improve their reading skills as they listen to a book
for modeled fluency and read books to themselves for practice
Students can record themselves reading for running records and
take interactive comprehension quizzes at the end of each
benchmark book
Students earn stars for reading, listening and taking quizzes on
books. Then they can spend their stars decorating their rocket!


Level Correlations
Our classroom libraries are leveled with Fountas and Pinnell
IRA uses Fountas and Pinnell to level their books for assessment
raz_correlation_chart.pdf
Assessments
Part 1:
Start with Assign an Assessment and choose Running Records.
Select a student and a Benchmark Passage or Benchmark Book
that best approximates a student's reading level. Once they
complete this, it will be placed into your Teacher Basket
Part 2:
Retelling Rubrics and Comprehension Quick Check Quizzes
automatically follow. Listen to recordings and score rubrics
Students are prompted to tell you about the story or text in as
much detail as he or she can remember.
Part 3:
Multiple-choice quizzes provide students with feedback when
completed on how well they scored. Use the Skill Reports to see
comprehension strengths and opportunities for additional
instruction for your whole class or individualize instruction.
Additional Assessments Available
BENCHMARK PASSAGES & RUNNING RECORDS
BENCHMARK BOOKS & RUNNING RECORDS*
ALPHABET LETTER NAMING*
PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS ASSESSMENT
PHONICS ASSESSMENT
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS ASSESSMENT*
FLUENCY TIMED READING*
RETELLING RUBRICS*

Running Records
Running Records allow you to assess reading behavior as students read
from developmentally appropriate texts.
The information gathered while doing an online running record is used to
determine error, accuracy, and self-correction rates.
They are used most often at the earlier stages of reading to monitor
reading behavior and progress.
Use the three-part assessment process at the beginning of the school
year to place students into appropriate texts, and use the process
throughout the year to monitor students' progress.
Students who are not progressing at the expected rate should be
assessed even more frequently than the Assessment Schedule suggests.
Running Records
Part 1
Select a student and a Benchmark Passage or Benchmark Book that best
approximates a student's reading level.
The next time a student logs into Raz-Kids, they will see the assessment they have
been assigned and the student submits the recordings to your In Basket.
Part 2
While listening to the recording of your student, indicate a mistake by clicking the
text at the point of an error and selecting the types of error from the menu.
You can select more than one error by clicking on the word again and indicating
a second error.
Part 3
The Running Record Scorecard formulas are automatically calculated based on
recording length and errors you have marked.
Error Rate, Self-Correction Rate, Accuracy Rate, Words Per Minute, Words Correct
Per Minute
Omission
Insertion
Mispronunciation
Substitution
Repetition
Self-Correction
No Errors
Data
Running Record
Accuracy Rate
Quick Check
Comprehension Quiz
Action
95% + 95% + Advance Student a
Level
95% + 80-94% Instruct at this Level
95% + <80% Lower a Level, Assess
Again
90-94% 80-94% Instruct at this Level
90-94% <80% Lower a Level, Assess
Again
<90% N/A Lower a Level, Assess
Again
Assignments & Listen to Reading