Assessing Reading Skills
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The document discusses the importance of assessing students' reading skills using reliable and valid tools, specifically highlighting formative and summative assessments such as the Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading (FAIR), Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), and word mapping. Each assessment method has its advantages, providing educators with ways to develop curriculum and meet individual student needs effectively. The conclusion emphasizes the educator's role in guiding and assessing reading skills to support academic success.
Assessing Reading Skills
- 1. ASSESSING READING SKILLS: RELIABLE AND VALID TOOLS BY LISA MACLEOD Transformational Synergies International FZ-LLC
- 2. OVERVIEW Educators are repeatedly being reminded of the new skills that are required in order to be successful in leading students towards academic success. The motivation behind such communication stems from combining knowledge about: 1. the student 2. the subject matter 3. pedagogical expertise (Wagner, 2010)
- 3. ASSESSMENTS AND THE TOOLS As an educator, it is necessary to assess students’ reading ability to ensure what is being taught is being learnt. Educators participate in both formative and summative assessments to evaluate students with effective tools such as: 1. Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) (Crawford, 2010) 2. Individualized Education Plan (IEP) (Smith-Woofter, 2010) 3. Word Mapping (Burton and Watkins, 2007)
- 4. ADVANTAGES OF THE FAIR 1. Summative assessment 2. Valid 3. Reliable 4. Assesses vocabulary levels (Crawford, 2010)
- 5. ADVANTAGES OF IEP 1. Formative assessment 2. Assists student develop their reading skills 3. Guides educators develop the curriculum based on the individual needs of the students 4. Validity and the reliability of the IEPs are dependent on the schemata of the educators (Smith-Woofter, 2010)
- 6. ADVANTAGES OF WORD MAPPING 1. Formative assessment 2. Students build on their pre-existing knowledge and increase their vocabulary 3. Word mapping assesses expressive vocabulary 4. Students continuously add to their mind map as the teacher reads a story 5. Word mapping reinforces student ownership (Burton and Watkins, 2007)
- 7. CONCLUSION It is the educator who is required to guide, encourage and assess the reading skills of the students and is encouraged to use effective and reliable summative and formative assessments for valid results. The assessment tools outlined included: 1. The Florida Assessment for Instructing Reading (FAIR) 2. Individualized Education Plan (IEP) 3. Word Mapping
- 8. Assessing Reading 1 REFERENCES Burton, V. J., & Watkins, R. V. (2007). Measuring word learning: Dynamic versus static assessment of kindergarten vocabulary. Journal of Communication Disorders, 40, 335- 356. Retrieved March 21, 2011, from EBSCOhost database. Crawford, E. C. (2001). Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) – Expressive vocabulary measure: Development, validation and its relation to reading. Dissertation Abstracts International, (UMI No AAT 3442113). Retrieved March 20, 2011, from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. Smith-Woofter, M. (2010). The impact of alternative assessments and stands-based IEPs on classroom instruction and student achievement. Dissertation Abstracts International, (UMI No AAT 3434165). Retrieved March 21, 2011 from Proquest Dissertation and Theses database. Wagner, T. (2010). The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need - and What We Can Do About It. Basic Books, New York.