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<DIV>Hello Marianne,</DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Heather Field</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dmehlenbacher@yahoo.com
href="mailto:dmehlenbacher@yahoo.com">Dr. Denise M. Robinson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 10, 2012 8:55 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pibe-division@nfbnet.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pibe-division] Scholastic Reading
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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>
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<DIV>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. <BR>CEO, TechVision, LLC<BR><SPAN>Specialist
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Marianne Denning
<marianne@denningweb.com><BR><B><SPAN
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Division List <pibe-division@nfbnet.org> <BR><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 href="mailto:PersianPJ@aol.com"
ymailto="mailto:PersianPJ@aol.com">PersianPJ@aol.com</A> <<A
href="mailto:PersianPJ@aol.com"
ymailto="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.
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