Get the Scoop on Literacy Assessments with Rachel Beiswanger
Description
Rachel Beiswanger serves as a K-12 reading specialist. She works directly with students as an interventionist and also leads literacy initiatives to implement evidence-based practices at her school. She holds a master of education in reading and has been an educator for 12 years. Rachel is passionate about helping educators bridge research to practice and believes that prevention is the key to ending the literacy crisis.
In this episode we chat about:
-What a universal screener is and what specific ways that that gives us an overall view
-How to move from a universal to more of a diagnostic assessment
-The possible red flags that come up possible red flags that come up in an assessment
-How to support specific literacy skills
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Reading comp comprehension blueprint by Nancy Hennessy
Amazon Canada affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3TzmzMa
Amazon US affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3KGSxSA
Teachers top 10 tools by Dr. Deb Glaser: https://www.tools4reading.com/top-10-tools
Universal Screener: https://acadiencelearning.org/acadience-reading/
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