Reading Assessment - Part Two

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Source: National Right to Read Foundation
Instructions
Print two copies of Part 2. Have the student read aloud from his copy. As you listen, make a checkmark on your copy each time the student 1) Skips a word, 2) Substitutes a different word, even though it may have similar meaning, 3) Inserts a non-related word, or 4) Mispronounces a word (if the student corrects the mispronunciation, remove the check). Stop if the student receives five or more checks in any one group. To continue would only add to the student's sense of frustration.
1 “What is that?” said Lucy, as she came out on the steps. “Oh, it is a little boat! What a pretty one it is!” “I will give it to you when it is finished,” said John, kindly. “Would you like to have it?” “Yes, very much, thank you, John. Has grandma seen it?” checkmarks in group 1:


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2 Herbert worked away until he had made the beam and the post. Then he made a hole in the middle of the block, and put the post in. Next, he put the beam into a little groove at the top of the post, so that it would balance nicely. checkmarks in group 2:


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3 “Don’t you hate splitting wood?” asked Charlie, as he sat down on a log to hinder Rob for a while. “No, I rather like it. When I get hold of a tough old fellow, I say, ‘See here, now, you think you’re the stronger, and are going to beat me.’” checkmarks in group 3:


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4 In several parts of the world there are to be found large herds of wild horses. In South America the immense plains are inhabited by them, and it is said that ten thousand are sometimes found in a single herd. These herds are always preceded by a leader, who directs their motions. checkmarks in group 4:


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5 The bear, a ten–foot mass in tolerable proportion, seemed to be regularly beset by a pack of hungry little swells. First, one would take him on the haunch, then whip back into the sea over his tail and between his legs. Presently a bolder swell would rise and pitch into his back. checkmarks in group 5:


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6 It is a spacious and timbered room, with one large bull’s eye window—an overgrown lens. The thing is sort of a Cyclops. There are ropes, and chains, and a windlass. There is a bell by which the engineer of the first engine can signal the plowman, and a cord whereby the plowman can talk back. checkmarks in group 6:


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