[Pibe-division] Scholastic Reading Inventory

[Heather Field]

Hello Marianne,
If the student is listening to a computer read to him and then answers questions about what he has heard, then this is a test of his listening comprehension. Clearly, he has not read anything himself so his ability to comprehend what he has read is not being tested by this process. It is important to make this clear to his teachers. Listening is not reading. Furthermore, with regard to actually learning, it is much more difficult to learn by listening than it is to learn by reading and studying for one’s self. You don’t want parents or teachers expecting your student to start doing his studying from audio books if he can become fluent in braille and use braille textbooks.

Regards,
Heather Field




From: Dr. Denise M. Robinson 
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 8:55 AM
To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List 
Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Scholastic Reading Inventory

Marianne
When you test, just be very clear with parents and school this is comprehension only.....and reading skills need to be worked on to gain grade level performance---you do want the starting points of reading speed, accuracy, fluency also....just let them know there is a difference in all these.


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  From: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
  To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List <pibe-division at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2012 5:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Scholastic Reading Inventory


  I agree with both of you but this is a very unusual situation.  We
  have parents who have lost all trust in the school system and have
  refused all testing in the past.  The student can't read print for
  extended periods of time and does not have enough braille fluency to
  complete the SRI.  I think knowing his comprehension level will be a
  good start and I will choose a braille passage to test braille reading
  fluency.  Sometimes we have to do what we can do.

  On 8/9/12, PersianPJ at aol.com <PersianPJ at aol.com> wrote:
  > I agree with Kristen J. Sims that listening is not an accurate way to
  > assess reading. The Johns is a good assessment.  You might, also,  contact
  > the
  > producer of the Scholastic Reading Inventory.  They might  release the
  > assessment, to you, so that you can put it into Braille. I have done  this
  > with
  > other assessments and they are, usually, very cooperative.  PJ
  >
  >

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