4- Concepts of Print
First Assessment – "Concepts about Print Assessment"
Source: Reading and Writing Project. Teachers College – Columbia University. http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources/assessments/running-records
This assessment is based on the research on concepts of print by Marie Clay. It is a formative assessment that evaluates kindergarten children’s level of understanding of print and its concepts. I like the fact that the assessment is provided along with the implications for instruction of print, a scoring guide for the test and the benchmark for scores based on the month of evaluation (from September to June). It helps teachers in keeping track of progress and students still struggle to grasp.
The test is oral and it is administered individually: the teacher reads a book with illustrations and text to the student. After finished reading, the teacher asks questions on the eight topics to be assessed: orientation or layout of text, print, not pictures, carries the message, direction of print, page sequencing, difference between letter and word, return sweep, one-to-one correspondence and punctuation. Points are assigned to each answer and then tallied and compared to a benchmark. The evaluation takes about 20-25 minutes.
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Second Assessment – Concepts of Print – "Teacher’s words."
Source: Michigan Literacy Progress Profile. Macomb Intermediate School District Early Literacy Committee http://www.misd.net/MLPP/assessments/default.htm
This is a formative assessment, administered individually to kindergarten and first grade level students. The test is performed orally, with a teacher reading the book and prompting the child to answer questions about specific concepts (22 in total) to be scored. While both evaluations selected are based on Marie Clay’s research as well, this assessment offers more print concepts to be evaluated, such as letter framing, while it also details punctuation marks scoring.
There is not average time listed on the instructions for administering this test, the teacher will determine if the student has provided all the answers to the best of his or her ability and make notes on the findings. My estimate is that this test would take an average 25-30 minutes to complete.
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