Assessment Materials
The Reading Lions Center (RLC) of the Sacramento County Office of Education, well-known throughout California for its professional development materials, has developed monitoring tools to diagnose the effectiveness of classroom instruction. These assessments provide data that districts need to increase the academic progress of individual students.
Program Specific 6-8 Week Skills Assessments
Developed for the following State of California, board-adopted programs:
Houghton Mifflin Reading Medallion Edition (K-6)
Houghton Mifflin Reading (K-6)
Houghton Mifflin Lectura (K-3)
SRA Open Court Reading 2002 (K-6)
SRA Foro abierto para la lectura (K-3)
These assessments are curriculum-embedded and based upon the content addressed in each unit/theme or theme/unit. Each assessment consists of subtests in the following areas:
- Comprehension
- Vocabulary
- Checking Skills
- Writing Prompts
- Spelling
- Fluency
Comprehension and Fluency Assessments
These assessments are independent of any published reading/language arts curriculum, and can be used regardless of the curriculum adopted. They are written to reflect grade-level reading expectations and designed to help determine the effectiveness of instructional delivery at meeting student learning goals in the areas of comprehension and fluency.
Skills Assessment Supplements
Focused on Language Arts Standards, they are available in three forms per grade level and may be ordered and used independently of each other.
End-of-Year Fluency Assessments
A comprehension selection and two grade-level
fluency passages that measure the success of core curriculum instruction.
Educational Products
Instructional Program Charts
These seven charts (in English and Spanish) are a visual representation of seven different program specific reading/language arts concepts.
Publications and Other Instructional Materials
Scientific-based research publications that address how to teach reading, phoneme phones, and canvas totes that support teaching reading.
Teacher Modules
The Teacher Modules consist of short (1-3 hour) sessions focused on providing support to districts delivering ongoing professional development for K-6 teachers throughout the school year.
Training/Special Topic DVDs
The Reading Lions Center Instructional DVDs cover the following program and grade level concepts:
- Typical day of reading language arts instruction
- Components of lessons
- Lesson planning
- Best practices
- Implementation of core components
- Explanation of instructional practices
Have questions? Contact us at rlcsupport@scoe.net
