Understanding What Works in Oral Reading Assessments: Recommendations from donors, implementers and practitioners
2016
Although there are many types of learning assessments, this report focuses on standardised measures that are designed, administered and scored in a consistent manner and are criterion referenced.In essence, they measure what children are expected to know and be able to do.The assessments are individually administered one child at a time and are direct assessments of foundational skills for learning.We refer to them as oral assessments because children respond orally-usually to written stimuli.Administering an assessment orally is more inclusive as this method