O'Bannon Elementary Reading Assessments
Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)
Grades 2-5
Administered 4 times a year
SCHOLASTIC READING INVENTORY™ (SRI) is a research-based, computer-adaptive reading assessment program for students in Grades K–12 that measures reading comprehension on the Lexile Framework® for Reading. The most powerful feature of the SRI is its ability to administer fast and reliable low-stakes assessment to inform instruction and make accurate placement recommendations. Aligned to state tests, SRI helps educators forecast student achievement to those important goals.
[Resource: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/sri_reading_assessment/index.htm]
A Lexile measure is a valuable piece of information about either an individual's reading ability or the difficulty of a text, like a book or magazine article. The Lexile measure is shown as a number with an "L" after it — 880L is 880 Lexile. The idea behind The Lexile Framework for Reading is simple: if we know how well a student can read and how hard a specific book is to comprehend, we can predict how well that student will likely understand the book.
[Resource: www.lexile.com]
End of Year Benchmark Goals for SRI:
Second Grade - 500 lexile Fourth Grade - 700 Lexile
Third Grade - 600 Lexile Fifth Grade - 800 Lexile
Acuity
Grades 3-5
Administered 4 times a year
The purpose of the Acuity assessments is to provide diagnostic measures for grade 3-8 students in English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Assessment reports provide standards-aligned performance data, which support an educator's ability to inform instruction at the student-, class-, school-, and corporation-level.
[Resource: http://www.doe.in.gov/assessment/purpose.html#ACUITY]
Reading Running Records
Grades K-5
Administered 4 times a year
The School City of Hammond uses Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System.
A running record allows a teacher to assess a student's reading performance as she/he reads from a benchmark book. Benchmark books are books selected for running record assessment purposes.
[Resource: http://www.readinga-z.com/guided/runrecord.html]
A running record is useful for the child's teacher in two ways. First, it gives the teacher an indication of whether material currently being read is too easy or too difficult for the child. Second, it serves as an indicator of the areas where a child's reading can improve—for example, if a child frequently makes word substitutions that begin with the same letter as the printed word, the teacher will know to focus on getting the child to look beyond the first letter of a word.
[Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_record]
End of Year Benchmark Goals for Running Records:
Kindergarten - Level C Third Grade - Level P
First Grade - Level I Fourth Grade - Level S
Second Grade - Level M Fifth Grade - Level V