Mastering Assessments | Key Strategies for When, Where, and How to Use Assessments (VIDEO) In Structured Literacy

Assessments help know where a student is in the learning process and cater to a student’s needs. They also identify strengths and weaknesses in a student’s skills to tailor instruction effectively.

Assessments are usually conducted one-on-one, allowing the tutor or teacher to observe how a student interacts with assessment tasks. This ensures that instruction directly addresses a student’s areas of need.

When working with students, I almost always start from the beginning of my scope and sequence. Many students will not be aware that letters can make more than one sound or be familiar with keywords, so I think it’s important to start there. For older students, this goes quickly.

I’ve started with letter sounds and gotten an, “ah ha” moment, and watched a student go much faster learning everything else I taught because I started with letter sounds and keywords. Then, introducing syllable types really accelerates learning. In my experience, these are the two concepts that improve spelling and reading the most.

However, assessments are very important to identify strengths and weaknesses, to know where a student is on their learning path, to create individualized lessons, and more.

Full Article with more helpful links: https://ogforall.com/skills-spotlight-how-assessments-identify-strengths-and-needs/

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