Week 3

Assignment #2:

Reaching multiple levels of students can be difficult for a teacher. With Common Core (despite it's negative view for many) allows students to approach topics in many different ways. The idea of Common Core is to be all inclusive to accommodate the modern student in the twenty-first century classroom. Assessments are going above and beyond a paper and pencil test. Teachers can measure students abilities with presentations. The creative approach gives students the opportunity to express the material in the way they understand. In the school I work in, students are presented with an article. The article is read several times though out the week. With each time when reading students are given a task to perform. Whether its finding the main idea, or answering short answer question, students get a chance to experience questions in all the facets Common Core encourages students to exercise when using their skills.

Assignment #3

• What is QRI5?
• QRI5 Is a form of assessment used to gauge students on their proficiency levels and give students reading levels. Like a running record students must identify and read text. The student is then scored based on errors the students make. If they are below a certain level the educator must act accordingly.
• What is the purpose of using QRI5?
• The purpose to the QRI5 is to measure the students ability to understand and comprehend text.  When performing the assessment, teachers are able to see how the students may be struggling (pronunciation, letter sounds, comprehension)
• Have you seen similar assessment activities like QRI5? What are they?
• The running record is very similar to this assessment. They measure the same abilities of the student with reading and comprehension.
• What is your impression of QRI5?
• I have done this assessment in my undergrad studies. It will be exciting to revisit this method and to see what results I would receive giving the Common Core standards and my years of experience since the last time.