Reading Rockets for Midterm

Which component(s) listed below can teachers assess informally?

• comprehension

• fluency

• phonemic awareness

• all of the above

all of the above

Informal assessment tools provide information that teachers can use _____________:

• to plan ongoing instruction

• to identify struggling readers

• to determine instructional groups

• all of the above

all of the above

Which of the following statements is not true?

• classroom teachers can administer screening assessmentsIncorrect

• screening assessments should be used when a student has fallen behind academically to determine the cause of reading difficulty

• a norm-referenced assessment can tell how well a student did compared to others on the same assessment

• a criterion-referenced assessment can tell how well a student will likely do on a different assessment

• a criterion-referenced assessment can tell how well a student will likely do on a different assessment

Which of the following statements is not true?

• children who can fluently read grade-appropriate passages generally have good language comprehension

• a reading record is the best way to determine a child’s decoding and comprehension abilities

• reading comprehension is the product of decoding and language comprehension abilities

• the best screening assessments can be administered quickly

• a reading record is the best way to determine a child’s decoding and comprehension abilities

Who should be given informal assessments?

• students who are struggling readers

• students who are skilled readers

• students who are average readers

• all of the above

all of the above

nformal assessment tools____________:

• can be used by teachers to help plan instruction

• should only be given by a professional diagnostician

• should count as a portion of a student’s grade in reading

• none of the above

can be used by teachers to help plan instructionCorrect!

Which of the following is not an example of a phoneme awareness task?

• phoneme deletion

• phoneme concentration

• phoneme segmentation

• phoneme isolation

phoneme concentration

A teacher is sitting with a student, with a book in front of them. The teacher asks a question to assess the student’s understanding of concepts of print. Which question listed below assesses concepts of print?

• “Can you show me the front of the book?”

• “Can you show me a word?”

• “Can you show me where I should begin reading?”

• all of the above

all of the above

Correct:

Phoneme deletion tasks assess a child’s ability to:

• insert a sound into a word

• remove a sound from a word

• repeat a sound in a word

• none of the above

remove a sound from a word

All students should be assessed using:

• a screening tool

• a diagnostic assessment

• progress-monitoring assessments

• diagnostic and progress-monitoring assessments

• screener and progress-monitoring assessments

screener and progress-monitoring assessments

Which is an example of an informal reading assessment?

• informal reading inventory

• letter/sound recognition

• concepts of print

• all of the above

all of the above

Which informal assessment requires a student to read aloud from a text?

• oral reading accuracy

• letter/sound identification

• concepts of print

• all of the above

oral reading accuracy

A letter/sound recognition assessment can reveal whether or not a student knows the ________ :

• capital letters

• letter sounds

• lowercase letters

• all of the above

all of the above

Informal assessment tools help teachers to:

• determine which students have dyslexia

• determine which students need extra support

• determine which students are ‘gifted’

• none of the above

determine which students need extra support

_______________ assessment can be given as part of an Informal Reading Inventory or combined with a comprehension assessment.

• letter/sound identification

• concepts of print

• oral reading accuracy

• phonemic awareness

oral reading accuracy

Assessments should be given:

• only at the beginning of the school year

• several times during the school year

• only during state-wide assessment days

• none of the above

several times during the school year

The best informal assessment measures students’ ___________:

• phonemic awareness ability

• understanding of speech sounds

• knowledge of letters

• there is not one best informal assessment

there is not one best informal assessment

Assessments can serve to ____________:

• “test” the teacher’s teaching skill

• “monitor” students’ progress

• “guide” classroom instruction

• all of the above

all of the above

Which assessment asks students to “point to a word”?

• comprehension

• reading accuracy

• concepts of print

• none of the above

concepts of print

Informal assessment can be part of an instructional plan that includes:

• delivering instruction

• administering standardized evaluation

• revising lesson plans

• all of the above

• all of the above