Approximate Testing Time: 3 Min

Comprehension Screening

(CORE Manual pp. 150-180)

Overview:  Administration: Group or Individual  Approximate Testing Time: 3 min.  Silent reading  Modified cloze  Uses graded passages

Materials Needed:  Teacher instructions (pp. 150-157)  Student record forms and keys (pp. 166-180)  Pencil  Timer

Administration:  Make copies of Form A Passage for students’ current grade level.  Use Passage 10-A for Jr. or Sr.  Use Teaching Passage if needed, (pp. 155-156).  Distribute appropriate MAZE passage, use the passage for the students current grade.  Have student write name & date on passage & turn face down.  Follow script (pp. 151-152)  Allow 3 min. NO extended time.

Scoring:  Use appropriate scoring key, (pp.178-180)  Count any correct answer that is circled, underlined, or otherwise indicated.  Put a check (ü) next to a correct response; mark a line through each incorrect one.  Record Number Correct at bottom of page.  Record score on Data Capture Tool, top right table.

12/2010 WCPSS Adolescent Literacy Assessment Comprehension Screening

(CORE Manual pp. 150-180)

Interpretation of Scores:  Use Scoring Table below, also found on p. 153  Find row for student’s grade. Use Grade 8 for HS.  Locate appropriate column: FALL, WINTER, or SPRING. (use month designation chart below for WCPSS calendar)  Determine Performance Level based on Number Correct.

MAZE Comprehension Interpretation

Grade Performance Fal Winter Spring l 6 Benchmark 16 18 21 Strategic 10 13 14 Intensive 7 9 10 7 Benchmark 17 19 22 Strategic 13 14 15 Intensive 9 10 12 8 Benchmark 18 20 22 Strategic 14 15 17 Intensive 10 11 13

CORE Reading Assessment Month Designations for FALL, WINTER, and SPRING in WCPSS Time of Traditional Calendar Year-Round Calendar Modified Year-Round Calendar School Year First Four Months of FALL Mid-August – November Late July - October School Year Second Four Months of WINTER December – February November - January School Year

12/2010 WCPSS Adolescent Literacy Assessment Last Four Months of SPRING March – Mid-June February - May School Year

12/2010 WCPSS Adolescent Literacy Assessment