[LIT] Running Records/IRI/Miscue Analysis/NWEA

[Lori Jackson]

Would you describe the NWEA for me?  I am so unfamiliar with the range of assessments available for middle school students and would appreaciate the opportunity to know more.

Lori

lbrazell at comcast.net wrote:

> Lori Jackson <ljackson at gwtc.net>wrote:
> Part of the process
> is the valueing of errors which do not impact meaning.  I have only done a
> couple, but one thing that really hit me hard was
> that when a child makes a sophisticated susbstitution, it is a an act of
> comprehension -- that the child must have an
> understanding of the text to make this substitution.
>
> I just read what Lori wrote.  When working with struggling middle school students, initially, I just want to know if they have strategies for both decoding and for comprehending.  A modified IRI/miscue analysis helps me do this.  It is not a formal test and I usually do it in the classroom during Independent reading when the classroom teacher is also conferring with students. It is more like a conversation about reading:  "Show me a part you really liked/didn't understand/confirmed your prediction.  Can you read me this page?"  And then our conversation about the book is founded on textual evidence...helpful for me if I haven't read it.  I may or may not make a copy of the text...I usually do only if I think it will help the classroom teacher understand the student's reading difficulty better.
>
> For formal reporting we use the DRA with our below grade level readers.  Also, this is the second year our students were given the NWEA but I have not used the results to inform my instruction.  Has anyone else done this with NWEA?  I know using the data will be a focus for us next year.
>
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Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach & Mentor
Todd County School District
Mission, South Dakota

2006 Literacies for All Summer Institute
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July 13-16, 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina