Reading Testing

o Recording Students reading execution.

- Correct response

walk
walking
____
park
walk
walking

- Incorrect response. Note the word said.

- No response
- Incorrect response. Note the word said.

walk
SC
word, then corrects it.
walking

- Self Correction . This is when the student says an incorrect

_____
He is walking in the park

pick
and then self-corrects the
He is walking in the park

R SC

- Reruns Reads it again a second time.

- Reruns Reads it again a second time

error.

o Reading Levels
Independent reading - 96% - 100%

Can read the text easily with 100% understanding.

Instructional reading 90 95%

Can read with teachers guidance at 75% plus understanding.

Frustration level Below 90% with no or little understanding.
o Determining the Accuracy Rate.
Correct Words x 100%
Running Words
Eg for 100 words, 8 errors.

o Determining - Self Correction Rate

SC + E
SC

Running words Errors

Running Words
100 8 x 100%
100
0.92 92%

4+8
4

x 100%
92 x 100%
100

SC Rate: 1: 3

for 8 errors
4 self corrections.

o Further Information
http://www.scholastic.ca/education/movingupwithliteracyplace/pdfs/grade4/runningrecords.pdf