Initial Placement of Reading Stages

In training, we spoke about the Initial Placement of the Reading Stages and the Oral Reading Fluency. What is part of the Initial Placement Conference?

• Just the Initial Placement of the Reading Stages
• Just Oral Reading Fluency
• Both
• None

At what point in the year do you conduct an IPC (Initial Placement Conference)?

• Beginning of the year
• When a new student arrives
• Just End of the Year
• Both, BOY and when a new student arrives.

What stage would you start a kindergartner on when conducting an Initial Placement of the Reading Stages?

• Stage 2
• Stage 1
• You do not conduct an IPC on a kindergartner.
• Stage 3

I need to go through all tiles in a stage to determine if a student can move up a stage.

• True
• False

What is the most typical way to move up and down stages when conducting an Initial Placement of the Reading Stages?

• Going to the Advancement Tab
• Selecting the up arrow at the bottom of the screen
• Wait for the prompt from the platform
• You don't move stages

What is the goal of the Initial Placement of the Reading Stages?

• To evaluate a starting reading stage for the student - so you can begin conferences
• To start teaching them on the skills they do not know
• To only find out what they do know.
• To engage the student in an activity

When starting an Initial Placement of Stage 1, what letters should you begin with to quickly gauge if a student is at a Stage 1 or not?

• The uppercase letters
• The lowercase letters
• The letters in the students name
• Doesn't matter what letters you present first

When going through the tiles on any stage in an Initial Placement of the Reading Stages what order should you go in?

• The Carnine Order
• In sequence of the ABCs
• Pick any order you want
• Do not follow an order - use random selection

If a student was previously in Chapter One, the program will default to the students stage they ended on the previous year.

• True
• False

If a student recognizes the pattern of what the red and green highlighting mean, what can you do as an ELI?

• Wait to mark what is wrong until they are finished with the assessment
• Just ignore them
• Tell them they got it wrong
• Confirm they are doing great, and you are just marking those to go back to them later and then redirect!