Comprehension Assessments

The Cognitive Model shows three pathways that are essential for reading comprehension. The 3 pathways are:

Choose all that apply.

• Word Recognition

• Strategic Knowledge

• Essential Knowledge

• Language Comprehension

This assessment measures decoding, miscues, background knowledge and comprehension.

• Cloze Assessment

• MAZE

• Qualitative Reading Inventory

• Questions

This assessment measures comprehension and can be given to all students at the same time; however, it provides surface level information about the student's comprehension.

• Cloze Assessment

• QRI

• Informal Reading Inventory

• Retelling

The questions adjust in difficulty based on how the student responds on this assessment.

• MAZE

• Cloze Assessment

• Qualitative Reading Inventory

• Computer Adaptive Tests

A 3rd teacher wants to hear a student read aloud to learn more about the student's reading behaviors. Which assessment should she use?

• MAZE

• Informal Reading Inventory

• Cloze Assessment

• Computer Adaptive Test

A weakness of this assessment is cost.

• MAZE

• DIBELS

• Computer Adaptive Tests

• Cloze Assessment

Which is NOT a benefit of having students read word lists?

• They don't take much time to administer.

• They give information about a student's sight word vocabulary.

• They help determine which level reading passage a student may be able to successfully read.

• They can be administered to all students at the same time.

A 5th grade teacher administered the following word lists to a student and these are the results:

3rd level- 95%- Independent

4th grade- 85%- Instructional

What level reading passage should the teacher have the student read?

• 3rd grade

• 4th grade

• 5th grade

• 6th grade

QRI Scenario: A 2nd grade student read a 1st grade passage. Here are the results:

Background Knowledge: 100%- Familiar

Reading of the Passage: 8 miscues- Instructional Level

Comprehension: 6/6 answered correctly- Independent level

What should the teacher do next?

• No need to do any further testing. You have enough information.

• Move to the 2nd grade reading passage.

• Move to the primer reading passage.

QRI Scenario: A 3rd grade student read a 3rd grade passage. Here are the results:

Background Knowledge: 45%- Unfamiliar

Reading of the Passage: 15 miscues- Instructional Level

Comprehension: 5/8 answered correctly- Frustration level

What should the teacher do next?

• No need to do any further testing. You have enough information.

• Move to the 2nd grade reading passage.

• Move to the 4th grade reading passage.