[Pibe-division] Scholastic Reading Inventory

[Marianne Denning]

Yes, for the fluency part he is going to take the six minute reading test. That way we will know his reading speed at the beginning.


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On Aug 10, 2012, at 9:55 AM, "Dr. Denise M. Robinson" <dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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