Comments on: Assessments Are In For The Home Computer Project http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/assessment-are-in-for-the-home-computer-project/ ...For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christina Niven http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/assessment-are-in-for-the-home-computer-project/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Christina Niven Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:43:04 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/assessment-are-in-for-the-home-computer-project/#comment-241 Larry--What software are you providing? Are you giving homework to both groups? Do you collect assignments? I'm interested in learning more about your program from a teacher's perspective. Lastly, do the students have printers too? Hey, thanks for the Carnival invitation. I was a slug-bug this time and didn't get anything ready in time. I promise to sharpen things up and be ship-shape ready for the next one. Larry–What software are you providing? Are you giving homework to both groups? Do you collect assignments? I’m interested in learning more about your program from a teacher’s perspective. Lastly, do the students have printers too?

Hey, thanks for the Carnival invitation. I was a slug-bug this time and didn’t get anything ready in time. I promise to sharpen things up and be ship-shape ready for the next one.

]]> By: mrferlazzo http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/assessment-are-in-for-the-home-computer-project/comment-page-1/#comment-205 mrferlazzo Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:29:33 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/assessment-are-in-for-the-home-computer-project/#comment-205 Marco. Good question. All students read from the same two passages at the beginning and at the end of the quarter. They read each for a minute each, and their errors were subtracted and the two scores were averaged. All the students in both groups were Beginner English Language Learners, and the passages were at the first grade level. For the clozes, all the students read the same three clozes and the three were averaged. We use these kinds of reading fluency and cloze assessments in most of the English classes at our school -- both ESL and non-ESL. Obviously, though, the reading levels of the assessments differ according to the English ability of the classes. Larry Marco.

Good question. All students read from the same two passages at the beginning and at the end of the quarter. They read each for a minute each, and their errors were subtracted and the two scores were averaged. All the students in both groups were Beginner English Language Learners, and the passages were at the first grade level.

For the clozes, all the students read the same three clozes and the three were averaged.

We use these kinds of reading fluency and cloze assessments in most of the English classes at our school — both ESL and non-ESL. Obviously, though, the reading levels of the assessments differ according to the English ability of the classes.

Larry

]]> By: Marco Polo http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/assessment-are-in-for-the-home-computer-project/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Marco Polo Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:50:33 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/assessment-are-in-for-the-home-computer-project/#comment-203 How did you assess reading fluency? Obviously the score will be different depending on whether the text they are given is at, above or below their reading level. How did you assess reading fluency? Obviously the score will be different depending on whether the text they are given is at, above or below their reading level.

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