Summary Chart for ___________________________(student’s initials)

 

Investigator: ______________________________________________  (your name)

 

Grade: _____________               Reading level recommended by teacher: ___________

 

Date of assessment: ___________________

 

 

 

Word Recognition Inventory

   Oral Reading (Passages)    
Level Flash Untimed Accuracy Rate (WPM)   Comprehension
PrePrimer     ------------------ ------------------ ----------------------
Primer          
1st          
2nd          
3rd          
4th          
5th          
6th          
7th     ----------------- ------------------ -----------------------
8th     ----------------- ------------------ -----------------------

 

 

 

 

Based on the assessment scores, I think __________________’s (student’s name)

 

Independent reading level is_____________________,

 

Instructional reading level is _____________________,

 

Frustration reading level is ____________________.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interpretation of Reading Assessment

 

Write an interpretive summary of the reading assessment using the following questions as a guide:

 

  1. What seemed to make a passage difficult for the student to read?

 

  1. What do you notice about the student’s reading rate as the passages become more difficult?

 

  1. What do you notice about the student’s accuracy as the passages become more difficult?

 

  1. What is the relationship between rate and comprehension? 

 

  1. What is the relationship between accuracy and comprehension? 

 

  1. What is the student’s instructional grade level for reading accuracy?  That is, at what grade level did the student read 95-97% of the words correctly?

 

  1. What is the student’s reading rate at the instructional level?  Is this rate above or below the expected rate at that grade level?

 

  1. What grade level books would this student be able to read independently?

 

 

 

 

 

Application of Reading Assessment

 

Use the leveled books resources on our class Web site to find lists of grade appropriate texts.

Given the assessment information (independent and instructional reading levels) list books that would be appropriate for this student to read. 

Leveled Book List   http://home.comcast.net/%7Engiansante/

 

6 books the student could read independently (title/author)

6 books the student could read in an instructional situation (title/author)