Season 3 · Episode 5
A STORY ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF READING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS
The Reading Instruction Show · Dr. Andy Johnson
April 25, 20205m 42s
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Show Notes
When assessment looks different from instruction and practice, you will often get results that under-represent students’ actual ability. Removing a reading event from its meaningful context during assessment creates an artificial, non-reading event. A valid assessment for reading should look, to the greatest extent possible, like real reading