There are a variety of literacy assessments that fulfill a different purpose in the reading process. Before selecting an assessment, educators should identify the reason for assessing students. The use of assessment data is essential to effective instruction and therefore it is important for educators to know and understand the basics of literacy assessment.
Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Part 1: Selecting and Administering Assessments
Collaborate with your mentor to select two literacy assessment tests you will administer to a student selected by your mentor. These assessments may come from information available in the topic Resources, such as DIBELS or EasyCBM.com, or you may use assessments your mentor provides. The tests you select may assess letter names, letter sounds, phoneme segmentation, word reading fluency, oral reading fluency, reading comprehension, or any other appropriate literacy skill. (Each assessment should only take 1-2 minutes to administer.) Administer the assessments.
Part 2: Analyzing Assessment Data
After administering the assessment, collaborate with your mentor teacher to analyze the assessment data and to complete the “Student Reading Profile” template as directed.
Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
Submit the completed “Student Reading Profile” template.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.