Addison And Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System

Addison read a narrative and an expository passage at Level P, “Plenty of Pets” a narrative passage and then an expository passage, “Animal Instincts”. Addison read both passages with 96% and 99% accuracy respectively. She scored satisfactory on both passages. When reading Level Q, she read a nonfiction passage, “Not Too Cold for a Polar Bear” with 97% accuracy and excellent comprehension. At Level R, she read with 95% accuracy and satisfactory for comprehension, although it is deliberate and arduous. However, when Addison read a narrative and expository text Level S, “Could Be Worse” and “Amazing Animal Adaptations”, reading both passages below 95% accuracy. When considering a fluency score, Addison primarily reads in three and four word groups, however it is not smooth and lacks expression with a slow rate most of the time. Aimweb progress monitoring data were considered to determine Addison’s correct word per minutes. According to the data, Addison’s word recognition skills significantly impacts her ability to read fluently, thus causing frustration. She is currently being progressed monitored at a third grade level, indicating she falls near the thirty third percentile when compared to third grade students nationally, reading a median of 109 correct words per minute.

One assessment that I did with my student was three running records. I did a Level J book, a Level I, and a Level H book. For the first book, Level J, she got an 85% which was not high enough to be her reading level. I then went to a Level I book and she got an 92% which was still not high enough to be her reading level. The last book I did in my running records assessment was the Level H book and with that book she got a 95% which was high enough to be her reading level and she does a great job reading books at that level.

We take benchmarks so we can prepare for STAAR. We take them so our teachers know what to help us on and help us improve. We have benchmarks on February 1st and 2nd. 8th grade takes the reading benchmark on the 1st and math on the 2nd. If you haven’t checked what room you check right outside of the cafeteria. If you walk out on either side of the doors from the cafeteria you can see that on the bulletin boards it has paper with 7th and the 8th grade names on them. You can find your name and what room number you are in. Some people have different room numbers for different days, but most people have the same for both days.

Alfie Kohn states in the book “The more we learn about standardized testing, the more likely we are to be appalled. And the more appalled we are, the more inclined we will be to do what is necessary to protect our children.” Kohn discusses how fixated the education system is on grades and test scores, and that standardized testing should be eliminated from schools. He discusses the experiences he has had with standardized testing as a former teacher. Alfie Kohn continues by stating that many of the standardized tests used in school systems now were not meant to test teaching and learning, standardized testing is “damaging” to students who do not have equal opportunities as others, and there are a vast majority of other solutions to better

Addison’s mother feels that Addison is not a proficient reader. She feels that Addison is a slower reader. Addison’s mother stated Addison sometimes struggles with longer word and can’t keep the flow of the sentence, but acknowledges Addison’s comprehension is a strength when mom does a read aloud with Addison. She frustrates easily when reading multisyllabic words because she lacks decoding skills. Addison enjoys reading books to herself and to her younger siblings, but often lacks the motivation to read independently. Typically, Addison reads 10-20 minutes every day at home. Addison’s parents are very supportive and stress the importance of reading. Addison has a public library card and the home has a wide variety of reading materials in the house.

A few years ago, the U.S. Army designed a program to improve health and decrease diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity by improving sleep, physical activity, and nutrition (Teyhen, Aldag, Centola, Edinborough, Ghannadian, Haught, & Parramore, 2014). This program is known as the Performance Triad. As a way to fully support this program, the Tennessee Adjutant General sent a memorandum to all the full time Tennessee National Guardsmen, allowing each full time guardsman an hour on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to exercise during working hours. This hour of exercise can be used during the first hour of the work day, lunch, or the last hour of the work day. A co-worker and I took advantage of this great opportunity

She was able to answer 85% of the questions correctly. She answered the questions using the information from the story with 100% of accuracy. And even more, she expended her thinking outside of the story. She had some difficulty answering vocabulary questions. When I asked her what word “string” means, she was not able to answer. She was feeling very strong retelling the story, but she missed to mention a father as a character of the story. She has a high level of comprehension: she remembers what she read, but has a hard time reading it. I gave her a listening comprehension assessment to identify what she would able to do while listening to a story. I started from one level low, and she was bale to answer all the questions correctly. It meant for me that Alexandra’ comprehension would not be the major concern for

Discuss benchmark standards. Benchmarks are just a solution that is implemented to improve school performance in federal and state requirements in education. Benchmarks are used to achieve AYP change from year to year. AYP development models can be applied to make the accomplishment projection of individual students, considering every students' accomplishment level at the beginning stage and accomplishment rate previously (Öztürk, 2014). These projections can then be used to figure out if a student displays the accomplishment level expected of him/her at diverse focuses on time. Students can be followed exclusively in developmental models.

One the keys to maintaining ready teams are through gratitude. We ask you Servicemembers and by default, their families to sacrifice their time often. Despite however frequent we ask and they respond we must never take their sacrifice for granted. With in this in mind, I would like to share a couple of strategies we a leaders can apply toward our performers to ensure their selfless service is valued.

The purpose of the grade level passage assessment is to assess all the areas a reader with good fluency should be able to do. The assessment measures how long a student read for (rate), how many words the student read correctly (accuracy), the number of miscues a student read, accumaticity, and comprehension. All these areas of fluency help the reader understand what they are reading, but also anyone listening to student read could understand what the story is about. It is important to assess all of these skills, because it helps the teacher see the “whole picture” of a child’s fluency ability. Fluency is more than just reading fast, fluency is thought to be the bridge between decoding words to comprehension of the

Benchmarking generates a comparative and valuable data that help the hospital mastering the best patient’s outcome (Gargalianos, 2017). Using internal benchmarking will assist in evaluating the existed practice and analyze its function to perform the standard outcome accordingly. Moreover, it will identify the best practice within one department and compare it to other departments throughout the hospital (Gargalianos, 2017). On the other hand, the external benchmarking compares the quality of care and patient safety in the organization with other competitors. According to Gargalianos (2017), the manager can adapt some of the successful methods of performance to improve own department and meet the high expectation of the organization.

Farrah’s independent level was determined to be grade 1, while her instructional level was grade 2, and her frustration level grade 3. Additionally, Farrah’s independent level of grade 1 was one level above her oral reading independent level of pre-primer, suggesting that Farrah was able to use context to decipher meaning from the text although she may not have accurately decoded each word, as confirmed by the analysis of oral reading.

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Performance metrics enable the company to analyze their growth. It provides concrete evidence regarding the company’s goals. Performance metrics allows the company to determine the factors of the marketing mix need to be adjusted to improve productivity and performance (Crawford & Di Benedetto, 2011). The selection process of the metrics to be used is a challenging one because it takes into consideration all department functions. This paper will examine 5 metrics used to measure innovation and marketing strategy. The paper will conclude with recommendations that can be used by Alexander Mann Solutions.

Throughout history, PMS clearly have a considerable contribution to evaluate the success of organisations. According to Neely et al. (2002), performance measurement is "the process of quantifying the efficiency and effectiveness of past actions". Moullin (2003) indicates that "PM is evaluating how well organisations are managed and the value they deliver for customers and other stakeholders". The modern accounting framework can be traced back to the Middle Ages and since that time appraisal of performance has primarily been ground on financial criteria (Bruns, 1998).