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WHICH READING ABILITIES DOES CELE ASSESS? May13th, 2015

1READING NATUREthe process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with written language (Snow, 2002)the way we relate the old with the new, how we make sense of the new information and how we accommodate that new piece in our previous knowledge (Smith, 2004)READING

Purposeful activity

Construct meaning Scaffolding process

TAXONOMY TO ASSESS READING Blooms Taxonomy. Bloom et al. (1956)

Blooms TaxonomyThree domains: Affective, Psychomotor, CognitiveCognitiveDescribes the skills involved in various types of reading questions Defines and measures reading comprehension abilities.Offers a wide range of elements to identify what questions intend to measure in reading.Controls what needs to be assessed or tested in reading.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the reading abilities in the CELE English examsAnalysis Scheme A condensed table based on Blooms first two levels:

Knowledge and Comprehension.

Six CELE exams (nine reading passages, fifty-five items)

RESULTING READING ABILITIESREADING ABILITIESLevel 1KnowledgeAbility to distinguish referents for words from others.The pronoun it in line 12 refers toKnowledge and mastery of vocabulary and terms of fine arts, science, accounting, geometry and quantitative thinking.The author of the passage describes atherosclerosis as:

Recognition and Recall of facts about cultures, biology chemistry, and physics processes, society, health, natural resources, nutrition.According to the passage what was the effect of the appearance of stoves in Cape Cod Cottages?

READING ABILITIESLevel 2Comprehension-Ability to translate non-literal statements (metaphor, symbolism, irony, exaggeration) to ordinary English.The phrase reigns supreme in line 7 is closest in meaning to-Ability to comprehend the significance of words in their context.The word dallied in line 14 is closest in meaning to-Ability to grasp the thought of a work as a whole at any level of generality.What does the passage mainly discuss?

-Ability to deal with conclusions in terms of inferences.We can infer from the passage that bees are well suited to collecting pollen because of CELE READING ABILITIESEmerging AbilitySpring 2012Summer2012Fall2012Spring 2013Summer2013Fall2013Abilities and Percentages 1Ability to distinguish referents for words from others.10%2Knowledge and mastery of vocabulary and terms of fine arts, science, accounting, geometry and quantitative thinking.10%3Recognition and Recall of facts about cultures, biology chemistry, and physics processes, society, health, natural resources, nutrition.10%20%50%100%20%4-Abstract into concrete or less abstract. in your own words40%10%5-Ability to translate non-literal statements (metaphor, symbolism, irony, exaggeration) to ordinary English.10%10%6-Ability to comprehend the significance of words in their context.10%20%10%7-Ability to grasp the thought of a work as a whole at any level of generality.10%20%40%8-Ability to comprehend and interpret with depth and clarity.20%9-Ability to deal with conclusions in terms of inferences.10%10%10-Ability to draw and state conclusions.10%10%11-Interpolate where there are gaps in data.50%50%30%RESULTSCELEs reading abilities differ in frequency occurrence extent. The assessment is inaccurate.

11RECOMMENDATIONSA fixed format =Adapt CELE format = To redo test procedures and policies.

Reading sections to be recycled.Test construction: friendlier, less constrained, more reliable and valid.

12Thanks!