FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Formative assessment includes selected and constructed response items.  A reading passage is required.  Select any passage you wish the students to read and use during the assessment.

 

Formative Assessment Scoring Guide Lesson One

Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension

 

ASSESSMENT ITEMS

SCORING

 

1.        Which of the following is a pre-reading strategy?

a.        previewing

b.       predicting

c.        determining a purpose and a rate for reading

d.       all of the above

 

 

Depth of Knowledge: Knowledge

 

Correct answer: d

 

2.        What does accessing prior knowledge mean?

a.        using what you know to connect to the text

b.       reading an encyclopedia article

c.        watching a movie about the topic

d.       highlighting key words in a text as you read

 

 

Depth of Knowledge:  Knowledge

 

Correct answer: a

 

3.        List two strategies a reader can use before reading to increase understanding of a text.

 

1)       ___________________________________________

 

2)       ___________________________________________

 

 

Depth of Knowledge:  Knowledge/ Comprehension

Score

Criterion

2

TWO correct responses.  Correct responses could include descriptions of strategies that access prior knowledge, preview, predict, or set a purpose for reading.

1

ONE correct response.

0

Other

 

 

4.        Skim the reading passage provided and complete the graphic organizer.

 

Title:

 

Author:

Clues about the topic:

Clues about the author’s viewpoint:

 

Purpose for Reading:

 

 

 

Depth of Knowledge:  Application

 

Score

Criterion

2

Accurate responses in ALL sections of the graphic organizer.

1

Accurate responses in at least THREE sections of the graphic organizer.

0

Other