[SENco-forum] Assessment recommendations please

The one where a letter is shown and the student has to choose from a

I have a book,  "Standard Reading Tests" by J C Daniels and Hunter Diack
(Chatto & Windus)  which was the "bible" in our region in the 70s and
80s.  I still find it excellent.  It contains a series of tests on 
various skills involved in the reading process as well as one for 
overall reading skill and another for comprehension.  I found each of 
the tests easy to administer and relatively quick.

The one on visual discrimination  and orientation is simpler than the 
one you describe but I found it did pick up kids who had difficulty with 
these. (I have always been worried about offering kids lots of near-miss 
words to choose between-  seems to me to be likely to reinforce failure, 
or at least to be discouraging, if you see what I mean?)

I see Amazon has copies for about £5.  Worth a look.

Elizabeth

SEN at tringham.net wrote:
> The one where a letter is shown and the student has to choose from a
> selection of letters or rotated letters & as it gets harder - words
> 
> i.e.  b  / d     b    q   p
>  or laptop	/labtop   labtab  laptop
> 
> If it is not still available I might be able to disassemble my book, scan
> and send a copy.  There is no author printed on it so I don't know where
> else you might find it.
> 
> Sharon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Kelly [mailto:mary.kelly4 at ntlworld.com]
> Sent: 14 November 2007 19:02
> To: SEN at tringham.net; 'Laura Cosnett'; 'Becta Senco'
> Subject: RE: [SENco-forum] Assessment recommendations please
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> 
> Which is the visual discrimination one please Sharon?
> Thanks,
> mary
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