http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 Teacher's Lounge - Fountas & Pinnell - How far to test kids beyond grade level? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:51:24 GMT Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:51:24 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:51:24 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:47:13 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600
If students go beyond the recommended year-end benchmark for their grade level, their comprehension must be satisfactory or excellent before moving on. Each school must decide how far to take such students above grade level in the assessment (assuming they are meeting the accuracy and comprehension requirements). As noted previously, Irene has said on some occasions that there are diminishing returns on testing more than a year above recommended grade-level goals. When a student is above grade level, teaching can continue to broaden the student's knowledge and understanding of all of the genre (both in reading and writing) so he or she will be reading age appropriate texts.]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:34:29 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:19:27 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:37:01 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:16:29 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:21:56 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:47:02 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=600 We have some teachers at our building who insist on testing kids using the BAS to their absolute ceiling, fall, winter and spring. What are your recommendations/guidelines to prevent over assessment? Should this benchmark be used to measure growth this way? What about test fatigue? ]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:03:08 GMT