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Assessments in Your School

Handout #1

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Practice Session 1: Examiner Copy

Listen to this student read. Score the number of WRC and errors. The wolf pack ran all through the long night. The wolves sped across the snow and ice covered lakes. They raced through forests andfields that were covered with a sparkling frost. The hungry wolveshadn’t eaten for days. The leader of the pack was a huge, gray wolf with yellow eyes andsharp white teeth. All the wolves followed him because he was the swiftest, smartest wolf in the area. He understood the movement of thedeer herd. He could locate holes in the ice so he and his pack couldcatch fish. He knew how to catch field mice and gobble them down inone swallow.

Continues on to about 250-300 words.

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ORF Score: _________ wcpm

Errors: _________

Handout #2

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Practice Session 2: Examiner Copy

Listen to this student read. Score the number of WRC and errors. One day while Morgan was outside, she noticed a spider spinning aweb. The spider was nearly the size of a quarter. Its body was brightyellow with three black spots on it. The spotted design looked like aface. Morgan sat down on the sunny deck and watched the spider for awhile. Its web was about as large as Morgan’s hand. She watched thespider travel back and forth from the house to the deck.

Continues on to about 250-300 words.

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ORF Score: _________ wcpm

Errors: _________

Handout #3

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Practice Passage Answer Key

Practice Passage 1 was scored as 88 wcpm / 2 errors

Practice Passage 2 was scored as 25 wcpm / 6 errors

The wolf pack ran all through the long night. The wolves sped across the snow and ice covered lakes. They raced through forests andfields that were covered with a sparkling frost. The hungry wolveshadn’t eaten for days. The leader of the pack was a huge, gray wolf with yellow eyes andsharp white teeth. All the wolves followed him because he was the swiftest, smartest wolf in the area. He understood the movement of thedeer herd. He could locate holes in the ice so he and his pack couldcatch fish. He knew how to catch field mice and gobble them down inone swallow.

1223343852647691105107

One day while Morgan was outside, she noticed a spider spinning aweb. The spider was nearly the size of a quarter. Its body was brightyellow with three black spots on it. The spotted design looked like aface. Morgan sat down on the sunny deck and watched the spider for awhile. Its web was about as large as Morgan’s hand. She watched thespider travel back and forth from the house to the deck.

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Handout #2

Handout #3

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Math AssessmentScoring Digits Correct

Practice Materials/Directions

1. Circle the digits that are not correct.

2. Write the number of digits correct in each box

3. Divide the number of digits correct by the number of minutes to get digits correct per minute.

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Handout #4

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Answer Key

• A---35• B---3472• C---713• D---6• E---5• F---104480• G---27• H---18• I---402• J---7/11

• K---3/5• L---777

Handout #4 (cont.)

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Handout #5

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Answer Key

• A---106,190• B---14,945• C---3• D---170 R 1• E---9 15/11 =10 4/11• F---3• G---1/9

Handout #5 (cont.)

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Handout #5 (cont.)

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