[MOSAIC] Assessment of Middle and High School Readers

[David Hoh]

In middle schoool, reading assessment is almost entirely about 
comprehension, and that's what our NCLB state testing program is about. Read 
a passage, answer these questions, including the constructed response or 
open-ended question.

Typically, we assess with a simulated practice state test or testy reading 
passages with questions (as little as possible in my class), a lot of 
writing about reading, and in my class a lot of talking about reading with 
book groups or the more formal Socratic Circles structure. If the meaning 
isn't there, then I look for problems like reading too fast, book at too 
high a level, low interest, etc.

Dave Hoh / 6th / NJ