Great Websites for Assessment
http://www14.brinkster.com/readwrite/aboutsite.htm
- This website contains links to other reading and writing websites. It also has links within the website to an assessment calculator (which calculates running records scores), book level estimator (the teacher puts in the amount of errors made while a student reads a paragraph and it will tell you if the child is on the level of that paragraph), a book browser, crazy ad-libs, sight words, and so much more! It is very easy to navigate and full of easy tools for the teacher to use.
http://www.renlearn.com/starreading/
-This website has links to help better understand what STAR testing is and how to order it. There are links to find out how it works, read comments from educators that have used the product, see sample reports, ordering information, system requirements, and you can get a free cd demo. There is also a section that has related software, such as Accelerated Reader, that you can click on and get all the information for that program as well.
http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/teachers/frameworks/gridmenu/index.htm
- This website is based on the framework of the School District of Philadelphia. Under the Language arts link there are types of assessment for grades K-12, book lists for all grades, themed booklists for all grades, and themed websites for grades 9-12.
- This website is more for teachers of younger readers. It offers 30 free books for your first time on the website. You download the book onto your computer, then print it off, and then you can copy a full set on the copy machine. Each set of books come with lessons and worksheets. The books look very cute but also very easy to read.
http://www.sedl.org/reading/rad/
- This website is a free database to search for different types of assessment. You put in the criteria for what you are looking for into the search engine of the website then a list of any matching assessments will come up. With each assessment you will get the person to contact, the cost of the assessment tool, an explanation of how it works, the amount of time to administer the test, grade levels that the test will work for, skills tested, and any other things they think you would need or want to know about the product. I searched for a few types of assessment and many of them seemed very reasonable in price.
-This website is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization. There are options for kids, parents, or teachers to register to use the website. When teachers sign up they can create a class section for his/her students to use in the classroom or at home. The teacher can then click on the class report and see how the students are doing on the quizzes.
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/reading/7/sw_sum1.shtml
- This website allows you to look up reviews of educational computer software. For each type of software it gives you a score for the educational value, kid appeal, and ease of use. There are computer programs for ages 3-12 and you can search by title or subject. When you then click on a program it will give you a brief description of the program, system requirements, and an explanation of the values that were stated above.