sarafeigenbaum
Assessment
After reading chapter 3, I think it is important to understand the concept of readability in regards to both assessments. The term readability refers to when a reader can understand the written text. In both one-on-one literacy assessments and content area assessments, the materials have to be appropriate for the targeted students. In content area assessments, a teacher can assess the readability of classroom materials to figure out if it will be suitable for the students in the classroom. This relates to how teachers in a one-on-one setting assess their students reading levels. Teachers can match a book’s level of complexity with a students understanding of the text, whether it is comprehension or fluency, and then assign the students an appropriate leveled text. These two types of assessments compliment each other because they both examine the connection between the students reading ability and the readability of the text.
Assessment
After reading chapter 3, I think it is important to understand the concept of readability in regards to both assessments. The term readability refers to when a reader can understand the written text. In both one-on-one literacy assessments and content area assessments, the materials have to be appropriate for the targeted students. In content area assessments, a teacher can assess the readability of classroom materials to figure out if it will be suitable for the students in the classroom. This relates to how teachers in a one-on-one setting assess their students reading levels. Teachers can match a book’s level of complexity with a students understanding of the text, whether it is comprehension or fluency, and then assign the students an appropriate leveled text. These two types of assessments compliment each other because they both examine the connection between the students reading ability and the readability of the text.