Assessing Reading Apprenticeship How to Measure Student Growth and Performance Zoe Fisher, Assistant Professor Pedagogy & Assessment Librarian University of Colorado Denver Auraria Library Metacognition & Mindfulness Conference Renton Technical College March 11, 2017

About Me Reference & Instruction Librarian at Pierce College, 2012-2016 Completed Reading Apprenticeship training at WestEd in Oakland, Ca. in June 2013 Pedagogy & Assessment Librarian at the University of Colorado Denver, July 2016 to Present Image courtesy of Auraria Library

Today’s Outcomes By the end of today’s session, you will be able to… Use the Curriculum-Embedded Reading Assessment (CERA) to measure progress with student literacy goals Develop a rubric for any RA routine by determining criteria and performance indicators relevant to course context Identify Reading for Understanding as a source of supplemental materials for assessment

This is the right session for you if… You’ve never used the CERA before You have some (or no) experience with RA routines You would like to get some supported practice with creating rubrics

Introductions

Introductions In pairs or groups of 3, introduce yourself & include: Your role & where you work Your experience with RA Any assessment/grading strategies you’ve used with RA routines Any struggles/challenges you’ve had with assessing RA Image courtesy of Unsplash.com

Curriculum-Embedded Reading Assessment (CERA)

CERA Summary (1-2 sentences) Process Self-Assessment What kinds of things were happening in your mind as you were reading? What did you do to help you understand the piece? What questions/problems do you still have? Self-Assessment How easy or difficult was this piece for you? How well did you understand it? Comprehension Questions (determined by text)

More about the CERA Often used as a pre-/post-test to gauge progress over an entire course CERA questions can be used for any reading assignment at any time to generate conversation about the student reading process

Practicing with the CERA Let’s take the next 15-20 minutes to read & answer the CERA questions. I’ll let you read for a few minutes, then I’ll bring around the CERA questions.

Practicing with the CERA With your partner, compare… What kinds of things were happening in your mind as you read this? What questions or problems do you still have with this piece?

Practicing with the CERA How did it feel to answer these questions? How could you use this with your students?

Student Samples

Student Samples from Spring 2014 April 7 May 23 (7 weeks later)

Assessing the CERA Let’s take a few minutes to look at the CERA rubric. Can you score your own work using the rubric?

Assessing RA Routines

In order to assess RA routines… You need to know what you want students to do. You need to clearly define what it will look like when expectations are met.

The basic components of a rubric Criteria Performance Indicators What are your outcomes? What should students be able to do? Example: Write a 25-word summary of a piece. How do you know those outcomes were done well? What are your expectations for different levels of performance? Example: Summary is exactly 25 words.

Example Rubric Template Unsatisfactory Developing Satisfactory Criteria 1 Criteria 2

Examples from Reading for Understanding

Reading for Understanding, page 165

Creating Our Own Rubric

Assessing Metacognitive Reading Logs How would you know that a Reading Log had been done well? What are some things that you look for in your students’ work with Reading Logs?

How would you design a rubric for a reading log? Working in pairs or groups of three, design your own rubric for a Reading Log. Your rubric must have at least two criteria and three performance levels for each criteria (unsatisfactory, developing, sufficient, etc.).

That’s it! Thank you! Zoe Fisher Pedagogy & Assessment Librarian University of Colorado Denver zoe.fisher@ucdenver.edu