Reading Types
This type of reading involves focusing on key parts of the text by highlighting, asking questions, and summarizing.
Active Reading
This technique helps you remember things using the first letters of each word, like "Never Eat Soggy Waffles."
Mnemonics
This type of assessment compares a student's score to that of other students.
Norm-Referenced
This type of assessment gathers a collection of student work over time to track progress.
Portfolio Assessment
This type of question has only one correct answer, requiring a factual response.
Factual
In this type of reading, the reader goes over the text repeatedly, carefully examining every detail with a clear purpose in mind.
Close Reading
This memorization strategy involves creating vivid mental images to assist in remembering facts or concepts.
Visualization
This assessment checks a student’s performance against specific criteria or a set rubric, regardless of how others perform.
Criterion-Referenced
This screening tool is used to identify students who may need extra support or intervention. It is used to create groups.
Universal Screener
This question type may have multiple correct answers, but there is typically one best response.
Convergent
This type of reading is done with a timed challenge, often used to assess reading fluency at grade level.
Timed Reading
This technique involves breaking information into smaller chunks, making it easier to remember.
Chunking
This data shows where a student stands compared to others, such as the 55th percentile showing they did better than 55% of students.
Percentile Rank
This type of assessment is given at the start of a learning period to identify students' strengths and weaknesses.
Diagnostic
This question type allows for multiple possible answers, encouraging diverse responses.
Divergent
This type of reading involves the teacher reading aloud, demonstrating how to read fluently and with expression.
Modeled Reading
This strategy involves repeating information over and over until it sticks in your memory.
Internalization
These scores are ranked from 1 to 9, with 1 being the lowest and 9 being the highest.
Stanines
This type of assessment tracks a student’s progress toward achieving a specific goal or skill.
Progress Monitoring
This type of question asks for an opinion or judgment based on personal evaluation or perspective.
Judgment/Evaluative
This type of reading involves students and the teacher reading the text together, side by side, often for support and collaboration.
Shared Reading
Challenge Question: What is a mnemonic device that you know?
Answers Vary
This score adjusts for the difficulty of the test, allowing for a more fair comparison between different test versions.
Scaled Score
Challenge Question: This psychologist is known for classical conditioning, where learning occurs through the association of stimuli.
Pavlov
This question type requires the reader to recall specific information or facts from memory.
Cognitive