Choosing a diagnostic or progress monitoring test depends on the age, grade, and the specific needs of the student to determine which reading skills to assess. Work with your school’s reading specialist or …

Imagine reading Moby Dick, starting with sentence 16, then 5, then 32, then 1, etc. (Randomizing sentence order doesn’t hurt Maze or Cloze performance, but it wreaks havoc on summary writing.) I …

Nov 16, 2004 · Teachers can test students, analyze student work samples, observe students performing literacy tasks, or interview students on their reading skills. Teachers can gain the most information by …

Diagnostic assessments can be formal standardized tests of children’s component reading and language abilities or informal measures such as criterion-referenced tests and informal reading …

Reading comprehension: teaching and testing in New York Students will listen, speak, read, and write for information and understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and …

Learn more in this article by Jan Hasbrouck: Understanding and Assessing Fluency DIBELS : The DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) is a standardized, individually administered test of accuracy …

Learn what reading fluency is, why it is critical to make sure that students have sufficient fluency, how we should assess fluency, and how to best provide practice and support for all students.

Schools and teachers play an essential role in identifying students with reading difficulties, including dyslexia. This article offers a 5-step framework for identifying reading difficulties and determining if a …

Early identification is crucial when it comes to helping children who are having trouble learning to read. This seminal article by Joseph Torgesen explains the assessment process and reviews the more …

Reading comprehension assessments are the most common type of published reading test that is available. The typical type of reading comprehension assessment involves asking a child to read a …