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WorksheetsComprehension Assessments
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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.
