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!Reading!Wonders!Assessments!

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Placement)&)Diagnostic)Assessment)

Reading)Comprehension)(Grades)3:6):))

The!comprehension!tests!provide!a!quick!screening!

measure!to!evaluate!a!student’s!instructional!

reading!level!(i.e.,!Approaching,!On,!Beyond)!!

For!upper!grades,!there!are!both!narrative!and!

informational!passages.!Each!passage!includes!

multiple!choice!comprehension!questions.!!

!*The!number!of!questions!increases!by!grade!level.!!

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Placement)&)Diagnostic)Assessment!PDF!FILE!–!Paper/Pencil!

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How!to!administer:!!

*Administer!the!onOgrade!level!assessment!!

*Make!copies!of!the!passages!and!questions!!!

*Test!is!not!timed!

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Grade)level) Passage)Titles:) Total)Number)of)Questions:)

3rd! The!Fox!and!the!Tiger!

Lighting!the!Way!

8!

4th! What!to!do?!

White!House!Pets!

12!

5th! City!Girl,!Country!Girl!

Elephant!Artists!

16!

6th! Phaeton!and!the!Chariot!of!the!Sun!

The!Mother!Goose!Mystery!

16!

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Reading!Comprehension!!

Scoring!Chart!!

Placement)&)Diagnostic)Assessment!

Interpreting!the!Scores:!

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91O100% ! ! ! !Beyond!

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80O90% ! ! ! !On!grade!level!!

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79%!and!below: ! !Approaching!

! ! ! ! ! !*Additional!assessments!should!be!

! ! ! ! ! !!done!to!see!where!students!are!at!

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Once!you!have!your!

Placement!and!Diagnostic!data!

for!your!students,!go!to!!

MANAGE!AND!ASSIGN,!then!

click!on!the!!

CLASS!DETAILS!TAB.!

*In!CLASS!DETAILS!TAB*!

(This!is!when!your!students!are!

assigned/a!part!of!your!class)!

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All!of!your!students!will!appear!

here.!!

Using!the!drop!down!box,!you!set!

each!student’s!reading!level!(ELL,!

Approaching,!On!or!Beyond)!

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Benchmark!Assessments!

*Available!in!PDF!and!eAssessment!format!!

*The!Benchmark!Assessments!can!be!used!to!measure!

a!student’s!knowledge!of!ELA!standards.!!

*Each!Benchmark!Assessment!has!2!parts:!

!OReading!(Multiple!choice)!

!OWriting!(Multiple!choice!and!1!constructed! ! ! !!!

!response!that!gets!assessed!in!4!different!areas!of!

!writing:!1)!Focus,!!2)Organization,! !3)Support!and!

!4)Conventions!)!

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BENCHMARK!ASSESSMENTS!1!&!2!

!Benchmark!1!Assessment:!!

OKindergarten:!Benchmark!1OAdministered!after!Units!1O!5!

taught!

OGrades!1O6:!Benchmark!1!O!Administered!after!Units!1O3!

taught!

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Benchmark!2!Assessment:!

OKindergarten:!Benchmark!2!OAdministered!after!Units! !6O10!

taught!

OGrades!1O6:!Benchmark!2!–!Administered!after!Units!4O6!

taught!

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Kindergarten!Overview!

O4!comprehension!selections!

O1!sample!item!

O10!items!assessing!Comprehension!Skills!

O10!items!assessing!Phonics!

O5!items!assessing!HighOFrequency!Words!

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1st!Grade!Overview!

O3!‘Cold!Read’!selections!

O15!multipleOchoice!assessing!Comprehension!Skills!

O5!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!HighOFrequency!Words!

!(Test!1)!

O5!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!Vocabulary!Strategies!

!(Test!2)!

O4!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!Structural!Analysis!

O10!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!English!Language!

Conventions!

O6!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!Phonics!

O1!Writing!Prompt!(Test!2)!

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2nd!O6th!Grade!Overview!

Part!1:Reading!

OLiterature!and!Informational!“Cold!Read”!tests!

*50O60!multiple!choice!items!(amount!differs!per!grade!level)!

*Items!assess!student!understanding!of!Comprehension!Skills,!

literary!elements,!text!features!and!vocabulary!strategies.!

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Part!2:!Writing!

OStudents!read!drafts!of!written!work,!cloze!passages!and!

writing!plans!

*40O50!multiple!choice!items!(amount!differs!per!grade!level)!!

*Items!assess!conventions!and!understanding!of!the!writing!

process!

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On!the!Digital!

Workspace,!

Go!to!ASSESS!tab.!

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Select!the!Online!

Assessment!Center!Tab!

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Choose!!

TEST!GENERATOR!

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At!this!screen,!you!will!be!using!the!TESTS!portion!at!the!

bottom!half!of!the!screen.!

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Click!on!the!READING!WONDERS!folder,!then!the!

BENCHMARK!ASSESSMENT!folder.!

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Choose!BENCHMARK!ASSESSMENT!1!(READING),!and!click!

and!drag!it!over!to!the!right!side!of!the!screen.!!

Once!the!Benchmark!

Assessment!1!(Reading)!

test!loads,!it!will!look!

like!this:!!

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After!assessment!has!

been!loaded,!!go!to!the!

top!where!it!says!!

“SECTION”!–!!

A!drop!down!menu!

will!appear.!

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Click!on!CLASSES!AND!

ASSIGNMENTS!to!

assign!this!assessment.!

Once!“Classes!and!Assignments”!have!been!selected!in!the!

Section!box,!this!screen!will!appear.!

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You!should!see!your!Class!name!on!the!left!hand!column.!Click!

and!drag!your!class!to!the!right!hand!side.!

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You!class!will!appear!here!on!the!right!hand!side.!

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Press!the!“New!Assignment”!button!

STEP!1:!

Follow!the!prompts!on!this!screen:!

OName!this!Assessment!

OSelect!Source!test:!Press!the!“Select!Test”!

button!

OSelect!the!TYPE!!

OPress!NEXT!

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STEP!2:!

Select!who!you!want!to!have!access!to!this!

assessment.!

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Press!the!NEXT!button!!

Step!3:!

Follow!the!prompts!

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Press!the!NEXT!button!

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Step!4:!

Select!how!you!want!the!data!to!be!

presented!to!the!students!once!the!

assessment!is!done.!

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Press!the!NEXT!button!

This!is!a!summary!of!what!

was!chosen!for!Steps!1O4.!

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If!you!want!to!change!

anything,!press!the!BACK!

button!on!the!bottom.!

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When!done,!press!the!

FINISH!button!at!the!

bottom.!

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Students!now!have!access!

to!the!Assessment.!

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When!your!students!

log!into!their!

accounts,!they!will!

see!that!they!have!

unlinished!

assignments!in!their!

TO!DO!icon.!

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Click!on!the!TO!DO!

icon.!

Any!INC!assignments!will!be!listed!on!the!left!hand!

column.!NOTE:!if!completed,!they!will!have!a!GREEN!

check!mark!next!to!the!assignment!name.!!

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Highlight!the!Benchmark!1!Assessment,!then!press!

LAUNCH!ASSIGNMENT!button.!

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A!Caution!popOup!

screen!will!show!up,!

asking!if!the!student!is!

ready!to!begin!the!

Assessment.!

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Click!YES!if!ready!to!

begin.!

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Student!must!scroll!down!to!

read!entire!passage.!

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Each!question!is!at!the!

bottom!of!the!passage.!

Once!the!Assessment!is!done,!if!the!

teacher!selected!a!report!to!be!

shown!to!the!student,!it!will!then!

appear.!

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This!detailed!report!

includes!everything:!

OPassages!

OQuestions!

OSelected!Answer!

OCorrect!Answer!

OPoints!Possible!

Once!the!Assessment!is!complete,!a!GREEN!check!

mark!will!appear!next!to!the!assignment!name!on!

the!left!hand!column.!

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Benchmark!Assessment!!

WRITING!!

Instructions!

To!do!the!eAssessment,!Benchmark!

WRITING!Assessment:!

OSelect!ASSESS!tab!

OOnline!Assessments!

OTest!Generator!

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OOpen!BENCHMARK!ASSESSMENTS!

folder!(bottom!half)!!

Oclick!and!drag!BENCHMARK!

WRITING!ASSESSMENT!!

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OSECTION!(at!top)!bottom!

OSelect!CLASSES!&!ASSIGNMENTS!on!

drop!down!menu!

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Click!and!drag!class!from!“Classes”!on!

left!hand!column!(top!half)!

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Press!NEW!ASSIGNMENT!button!

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Complete!steps!1O4!to!set!up!

assessment!

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Check!that!everything!

was!set!up!how!you!want!

it!on!this!summary!

report.!

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Use!BACK!button!to!edit!

anything.!

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On!the!Student!Workspace,!under!their!TO!DO,!!

Select!the!correct!Assignment,!

Then!press!LAUNCH!ASSIGNMENT.!

Just!like!the!Benchmark!Reading,!in!the!

Writing!Assessment,!the!student!must!

scroll!down!to!the!bottom!to!read/

answer!the!question.!

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Press!NEXT!button!to!move!forward.!

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The!last!question!for!the!Writing!is!the!Writing!Prompt.!!

This!is!the!only!thing!the!teachers!need!to!grade!on!the!Benchmark!

Writing!Assessment!for!each!student!on!

The!eAssessment!format.!

How!to!grade!your!Writing!Prompt!

On!the!digital!workspace,!

Go!to!ASSESS,!Online!Assessment!

Center,!then!Reports.!

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!Click/drag/drop!the!class!on!the!left!to!the!right!side!of!the!screen.!

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Choose!the!ASSIGNMENT!tab!at!the!top.!

Select!EDIT!SCORES!from!the!drop!down!menu.!

Scroll!all!the!way!down!to!the!bottom.!

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The!writing!prompt!was!the!very!last!question.!

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There!should!be!a!“NO”!indicating!that!this!answer!was!not!checke!

yet.!

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Click!on!the!EDIT!button!on!the!right!hand!side.!

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A!rubric!for!4!criteria!will!then!show!up!one!at!a!time.!!

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Select!the!appropriate!score!to!give!the!response!at!the!

bottom!based!off!of!the!criteria.!

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Once!all!4!areas!have!been!given!a!score,!the!“NO”,!has!

now!been!changed!to!a!“YES”!for!the!last!question.!