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This module assumes you know and can do the following: (click to open drop-down)
This module assumes you know and can do the following: (click to open drop-down)
The value of using different types of assessments
Administer assessments of various types
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Competency
Competency
Continually assess student progress against clearly defined standards, goals, and outcomes to identify specific topics in which each student needs additional support to achieve mastery of a concept or skill.
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
I can access data to determine student reading needs
I can analyze data to determine student reading needs
What I will DO in this module
What I will DO in this module
Explore types of assessment and what they do: screeners, progress monitoring, diagnostics
Analyze a screener to determine the next steps
LEARNING PATHWAY
LEARNING PATHWAY
Start with the pre-assessment (below) to determine your path.
Playlist Self-assessment
Playlist Self-assessment
Complete this (pre)self-assessment based on what you currently know, understand, and can do today.
Module 1 Pre-assessment.pdfLAUNCH
LAUNCH
TALK ABOUT
TALK ABOUT
What is the purpose of various assessments?
Which assessment types do we currently use?
Which assessment types do we need to learn more about?
LEARN
LEARN
LEARN ABOUT
LEARN ABOUT
Reflect on the following questions:
What are the goals for adolescent literacy instruction?
What is the role of literacy assessments in meeting these goals?
Read pp. 11-17 of Assessments to Guide Adolescent Literacy Instruction
TALK ABOUT
TALK ABOUT
What ideas from the reading reinforce your understanding of adolescent literacy goals and the role of assessment?
What ideas from the reading challenge you to think differently?
FIGURE OUT
FIGURE OUT
Select a group of students (i.e., fourth graders, second-period 9th graders)
(A) If you have a screener, complete the protocol
4-6 Data Protocol
7-12 Secondary Data Protocol
(B) If you do not have a screener, complete the protocol:
7-12 Secondary Data Protocol
3. What are you noticing in this data? Think about the following:
Which of the domain/s are strengths?
Do any domain/s indicate further investigation with regard to reading needs?
REFLECT
REFLECT
THINK ABOUT
THINK ABOUT
How might using data in this way impact your practice in identifying student reading needs?
MODULE RESOURCES
MODULE RESOURCES
CELEBRATION OF LEARNING
CELEBRATION OF LEARNING
As appropriate, opportunities to crowdsource knowledge or design ideas within or across districts.
Use your favorite form of communication to reach out to one or more teachers of reading outside of your building and ask what they use to gain information on student reading needs. Share your ideas from this module with them.
CHECKPOINT
CHECKPOINT
Use the Checkpoint to help you check your thinking and doing with the learning targets in this module, determine whether you are ready to move on to the next module, and select “must do” or “may do” content of this module that is needed for additional clarification and/or practice.
Do I have student work samples, formative assessment, diagnostic assessments, etc. that can help identify deficit skill areas?
If yes, move on to Module 2.
If no, read through the Launch section of this module again and use one of the examples to obtain deficit skill area data.
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If this is your last module you will complete in this playlist, please take a few minutes to provide feedback for us to improve your experience.
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