6th Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment: Start the Year With a Plan
1. 6th Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment: Start the Year With a Plan, Not a Guess
1. Use Fifth-Grade Data as Context, Not Your Entire Plan
2. Spending a Little Time Diagnosing Can Save a Lot of Time Guessing
3. Sixth Grade Has to Bridge Fifth and Seventh Grade
4. What Should a 6th Grade Reading Diagnostic Actually Assess?
5. Don't Let One Percentage Tell the Whole Story
1. Start With the Individual Student
2. Then Look Across the Class
3. Finally, Look at the Questions
6. A Low Score May Be Telling You More Than “Reading Gap”
7. Remember What the Beginning of Middle School Feels Like for Students
8. Give Students Useful Feedback, Not Just Their Score
9. Parents Need the Skill Story Too
10. Let the Data Tell You How Much Reteaching You Need
11. Turn the Results Into Your First-Semester Skill Map
1. Priority Skills
2. Developing Skills
3. Secure Skills
12. Your Classes May Not Need the Same Route
13. Support Students Now While Building the Independence They Will Need Later
14. A Good Diagnostic Should Change What You Do Next
15. Want the Assessment and Follow-Up Plan Already Built?
16. Sources & Research
6th Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment: Start the Year With a Plan
Debra Shepherd
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