Assessment - Reading Comprehension
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Access to free grade-level diagnostic reading assessments for Grades 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and High School can be found at Learning Express Library.
MEL, Michigan eLibrary, available through Michigan.gov, offers many free resources for educators to help in their instruction and assessment. Once you access the site www.mel.org, locate the Featured Resources section located in the top right-hand corner.
- Choose the tab “Tests and Tutorials.”
- Log in or register as a new user, if this is your first visit to the site.
- To find information on assessment resources, locate the appropriate link.
- For this module, scroll to Middle School Skills Improvement and choose 6th/7th/ or 8th
Grade Reading Diagnostic Tests.
- Decide if you’re evaluating student’s narrative or expository reading skills and open the
appropriate link to preview the text.
- In order to evaluate individual student’s progress, each student will need to create a
username and password.
- Once he/she has completed an assessment, it will be necessary to report these results to
the teacher. This can be done by having the student print his/her results page after
completing an assessment.
- Results are stored online and can be opened/printed at any time by accessing individual
accounts.
Grade Level Reading Passages - North Carolina Public Schools
Sample Items Grades 3-8
K-12 Grade Level Reading Passages and Question Sets from ReadWorks.org
Lexile-Leveled passages, vocabulary, paired texts, standards codes
Access to the Red Flag Screening Test
The Red Flag Reading Screening is an informal means by which you can evaluate student's level of reading accuracy from grade level materials. The handout provides the steps to complete a Red Flag Screening.
Access to DRP and Sample Questions
The Degrees of Reading Power Program is the basis of a highly regarded line of reading comprehension tests for students in grades 1 -12+. DRP assessment resources are available on Data Director (District or ISD registration required).
Support of Various Reading Assessments
TASALiteracy Online
Attached below is an analytic six point rubric for the Seven Comprehension Strategies.
Comprehension Strategies Rubric
Eight Strategies to Help Students Read Difficult Text
Reading Apprenticeship Student Interests and Reading Survey
MEL, Michigan eLibrary, available through Michigan.gov, offers many free resources for educators to help in their instruction and assessment. Once you access the site www.mel.org, locate the Featured Resources section located in the top right-hand corner.
- Choose the tab “Tests and Tutorials.”
- Log in or register as a new user, if this is your first visit to the site.
- To find information on assessment resources, locate the appropriate link.
- For this module, scroll to Middle School Skills Improvement and choose 6th/7th/ or 8th
Grade Reading Diagnostic Tests.
- Decide if you’re evaluating student’s narrative or expository reading skills and open the
appropriate link to preview the text.
- In order to evaluate individual student’s progress, each student will need to create a
username and password.
- Once he/she has completed an assessment, it will be necessary to report these results to
the teacher. This can be done by having the student print his/her results page after
completing an assessment.
- Results are stored online and can be opened/printed at any time by accessing individual
accounts.
Grade Level Reading Passages - North Carolina Public Schools
Sample Items Grades 3-8
K-12 Grade Level Reading Passages and Question Sets from ReadWorks.org
Lexile-Leveled passages, vocabulary, paired texts, standards codes
Access to the Red Flag Screening Test
The Red Flag Reading Screening is an informal means by which you can evaluate student's level of reading accuracy from grade level materials. The handout provides the steps to complete a Red Flag Screening.
Access to DRP and Sample Questions
The Degrees of Reading Power Program is the basis of a highly regarded line of reading comprehension tests for students in grades 1 -12+. DRP assessment resources are available on Data Director (District or ISD registration required).
Support of Various Reading Assessments
TASALiteracy Online
Attached below is an analytic six point rubric for the Seven Comprehension Strategies.
Comprehension Strategies Rubric
Eight Strategies to Help Students Read Difficult Text
Reading Apprenticeship Student Interests and Reading Survey