<html><body><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Marianne<br>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.<br><div><span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Brush Script MT';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt;"><font color="#4040ff"> Denise </font></span></div><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Brush Script MT';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt;"></span> <span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 9, 2012 5:13 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Pibe-division] Scholastic Reading Inventory<br> </font> </div> <br>
I agree with both of you but this is a very unusual situation. We<br>have parents who have lost all trust in the school system and have<br>refused all testing in the past. The student can't read print for<br>extended periods of time and does not have enough braille fluency to<br>complete the SRI. I think knowing his comprehension level will be a<br>good start and I will choose a braille passage to test braille reading<br>fluency. Sometimes we have to do what we can do.<br><br>On 8/9/12, <a ymailto="mailto:PersianPJ@aol.com" href="mailto:PersianPJ@aol.com">PersianPJ@aol.com</a> <<a ymailto="mailto:PersianPJ@aol.com" href="mailto:PersianPJ@aol.com">PersianPJ@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I agree with Kristen J. Sims that listening is not an accurate way to<br>> assess reading. The Johns is a good assessment. You might, also, contact<br>> the<br>> producer of the Scholastic Reading Inventory. They
might release the<br>> assessment, to you, so that you can put it into Braille. I have done this<br>> with<br>> other assessments and they are, usually, very cooperative. PJ<br>><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Pibe-division mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org">Pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a><br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Pibe-division:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/dmehlenbacher%40yahoo.com<br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>