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Ongoing assessment for reading
Ongoing, informal assessment is crucial to teaching reading. Using audio and visual examples, this edition explains the use of running records and miscue analysis, tools that help a teacher to identify patterns in student reading behaviors and the strategies a reader uses to make sense of text.
Format: series (multiple pages)
Running records as authentic testing
In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.2
In many school systems, running records are administered using preprinted running record sheets that contain the exact text the student is reading in a matching leveled book. To allow a teacher to administer multiple assessments with a single student, two...
By Jeanne Gunther.
Summarizing the session
In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.6
After the reading, comprehension check, and miscue analysis, all of the information gathered should be recorded. This single-page report will help identify patterns in use by the reader. The totals for graphic similarity, semantic and syntactic usage should...
By Jeanne Gunther.
Extensions
In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.9
As you become adept at miscue analysis, you may find other additions to your coding that are particularly helpful. Although it is not suggested in any texts I have read on miscue analysis, I find it helpful to code student miscues while the student is reading...
By Jeanne Gunther.
Preparing for miscue analysis
In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.2
Selecting the text Select a complete text that the student has not previously read. Choose a text that is approximately one level above what the independent reading level has been determined to be. With the higher reading...
By Jeanne Gunther.

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Assessment that seeks to evaluate students’ abilities in "real-world" contexts, including the application and demonstration of skills and knowledge to authentic tasks or projects likely to be encountered in adult life.

See also assessment.

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Advocates of authentic assessment argue that it reflects mastery and integration of knowledge relevant to real-world experiences, moving students beyond passive test-taking.