RED- Ch. 1-3 Review

A second-grade teacher would like to help her student, Tommy, and his parents understand the progress he has made during the school year.  Of the following, the best way to accomplish that goal would be to

• discuss the scores Tommy achieved on a high-stakes test

• ask Tommy to read orally for his parents.

• review Tommy’s portfolio with Tommy and his parents

• explain the rubrics that are used in Tommy’s classroom

At the end of the school year, Mary completed a written test to show that she met grade-level standards. Of the following, the best term to describe that test would be that it was an

• evaluation

• authentic assessment

• anecdotal record

• informal checklist

Teachers often engage in direct and informal observation of students.  A term which has been used to describe this observation is

• the informal reading inventory

• kids watchin

• portfolio assessment

• parent interview

Books selected for a child’s recreational reading should match the child’s

• independent level

• instructional level

• frustration level

• listening level

Scores which children receive on high-stakes standardized tests are most often linked to

• Levels on the Fry Readability Graph

• Fountas and Pinnell's Text Gradient

• The Lexile Feamework

• Portfolio Assessments

An informal reading inventory usually consists of

• nonsense words to be decoded.

• graded word lists and passages

• graded word lists, passages, and a spelling test

• graded word lists, passages, and a writing prompt

In order for teachers to fairly and effectively assess their students’ progress, teachers should

• use only commercially prepared standardized tests

• rely upon students’ self-assessments

• meet often with their students’ previous teachers

• use a combination of formal and informal assessment tools.

To assess reading fluency, many teachers make a series of check marks on a sheet of paper as the child reads each word correctly.  Teachers may use other marks to indicate words that the child substitutes, repeats, pronounces incorrectly, or doesn’t know.  This type of assessment is called a

• reading incentory

• checklist

• developmental assessment

• running record

Young children often begin to recognize and read familiar words they see such as the names of fast-food restaurants and toy stores and the logos on cereal boxes.  This type of familiar print is referred to as

• visual literacy

• frequent print

• environmental print

• morphemes

Of the following, the most appropriate instructional technique for emergent readers and writers is

• sustained silent reading

• survey, question, read, respond, review (SQ3R)

• language experience approach

• literature circle