Deck 3: Literacy Assessment Part Ii: Engaging Learners in Literacy

Question 1

You have given an informal reading inventory (IRI) to a student. On one text, the student scores 91% on word recognition and 75% on comprehension. Which reading level does this text most likely represent for this student?

A) independent
B) instructional
C) frustration
D) inappropriate

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which statement best describes norm-referenced tests?

A) Norm-referenced tests compare a group of students to other students in the country who took the same test.
B) Norm-referenced tests are teacher-created assessments that measure student performance to determine learning mastery of specific content or skills.
C) Norm-referenced tests always require students to pass minimum scores that can be used as diagnostic tools for placement in remedial programs.
D) Norm-referenced tests do not have a role to play in the interactive assessment process.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Informal reading inventories solely measure a child's miscues.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

You have listened to a child read for one minute in order to assess his reading fluency with a 105-word text passage. You noted 4 miscues. What is his estimated reading rate?

A) 26 correct words per minute
B) 101 correct words per minute
C) 109 correct words per minute
D) 420 correct words per minute

Question 5

The literacy process involves intuition, imagination, problem solving, and critical thinking skills.

Question 6

A student in your third grade classroom has selected a text to read independently. Her reading fluency with this text is 72 correct words per minute. What is the best instructional response?

A) Assign her a reading partner so that they can read the text together.
B) Help the student select a more complex text to read.
C) Help the student select a less complex text to read.
D) Tell the student that the text is a good fit for her independent reading.

Question 7

The purpose of assessing a child's concepts of print, miscues, and reading behaviors is to understand the child's reading progress and make instructional decisions.

Question 8

Children's early literacy development involves the development of specific drawing traits. In order, what are the stages of development that children typically move through from ages 2 to 9 years?

A) the scribbling stage, the preschematic stage, and the schematic stage
B) the preschematic stage, the scribbling stage, and the creative stage
C) the preschematic stage, the scribbling stage, and the schematic stage
D) the creative stage, the preschematic stage, and the schematic stage

Question 9

Developmentally appropriate assessment practices require an understanding of:

A) child development, the specific needs and strengths of a child, and the cultural context.
B) teacher/parent interviews, conferencing, and home visitations.
C) culturally relevant literature, cultural context, and the specific needs and strengths of a child.
D) conferencing, child development, and the specific needs and strengths of a child.

Question 10

Examine Figure 3.9 (4-Year-Old Child's Nature Journal Drawing). Which stage of development is best represented by this piece of student work?

A) the scribbling stage
B) the preschematic stage
C) the schematic stage
D) the imaginative stage

Question 11

What is the difference between formative and summative assessments?

Question 12

Which of the following sets of assessment strategies and practices is most likely to support the holistic literacy development of 6-9-year-olds?

A) Assess persuasive writing using a rubric, use interest inventories to select texts for literature circles, and video record reader's theatre over time to assess reading fluency.
B) Keep anecdotal records of play, take observational notes that identify concepts of print, and read positive stories about learning to read.
C) Use phonemic awareness assessment to analyze recognition of sounds in spoken words, assess persuasive writing using a rubric, and video record reader's theatre over time to assess reading fluency
D) Take observational notes that identify concepts of print, read positive stories about learning to read, and assess persuasive writing using a rubric.

Question 13

List the five components of portfolio development as described by Thomas Armstrong (2009). 

Question 14

Which of the following features best describe informal reading inventories (IRIs)?

A) IRIs are used for assessment and they require unfamiliar texts.
B) IRIs require familiar texts and they are used for instruction.
C) IRIs can be conducted with both familiar and unfamiliar texts.
D) IRIs can be used for both assessment and instruction.

Question 15

Which of the following are all examples of informal assessments?

A) norm-referenced tests, mastery learning, miscue analysis
B) norm-referenced tests, mastery learning, standardized tests
C) mastery learning, standardized tests, running records
D) observation, miscue analysis, running records

Question 16

Types of miscues that may be recorded on running records include:

A) substitutions, reversals, and comprehension
B) omissions, reversals, and inferences.
C) reversals, inferences, and questions
D) substitutions, omissions, and reversals

Question 17

Effective assessment is ongoing, authentic, varied, and focused on the strengths of each child.

Question 18

The interactive assessment process involves:

A) informal assessment, observation by teacher, conversations with parents, teacher scaffolding, and self-assessment by student.
B) formal assessment, observation by teacher, self-assessment by student, conversations with parents, and informal assessment.
C) informal assessment, observation by teacher, self-assessment by student, teacher scaffolding, and formal assessment.
D) observation by teacher, self-assessment by student, teacher scaffolding, formal assessment, and conversations with parents.

Question 19

Formal and informal assessment tools are necessary for fully measuring students' literacy development over time.

Question 20

List Clay's five subtests of observation tasks.

Question 21

Describe the relationship between students' speaking and listening and their reading and writing development. Then, offer at least two specific ways that you can support students' speaking and listening in your classroom and how these approaches would support students' holistic literacy development. Be sure to specify the age of students in your response.

Question 22

Describe the interactive assessment cycle. Then, describe a range of literacy assessment strategies and practices you can use to assess one child's literacy development over time. Finally, describe how the results at each stage would inform your instructional decision- making.