Running Records for Classroom Teachers

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"When running records are used in standard ways with standard recording and scoring procedures they will provide a reliable and valid assessment of text reading. Classroom teachers use Running Records from time to time to: record what progress children are making, compare and group children, check how well texts are matched to the child's need for challenge... This book introduces key ideas about using Running Records and shows how to take, score and interpret reliable records. Teachers have two options for scoring the record. For quick appraisal the teacher can rely on counting errors and self-corrections and recording the accuracy of the reading. A second analysis of how the reader is working on text allows teachers to monitor changes in the ways children problem solve on text." -- back cover.