Consortium on Chicago School Research

Items that compose the measure Traditional literacy practices

ElementaryHigh School
Individual Separation: 1.65 .
Individual Level Reliability: 0.73 .
School Level Reliability: 0 .
2005 Item Code
Item Text
Item Difficulty
Item Fit
rdg52q05 When students are working independently at their seats, how often do you have students answer questions at the end of a story?
-0.5
3.27
rdg57q02 As part of reading/language arts instruction, how often do you ask students to write short answers to questions about what they have read?
-0.41
1.49
rdg63q01 About how often did you use the following practices this year in your TARGET CLASS? Have students write a story or essay based on a prompt you gave (e.g., "Write about the last time you cried").
-0.1
1.13
rdg63q02 About how often did you use the following practices this year in your TARGET CLASS? Have students follow a required structured format to write papers (e.g., Power Writing).
0.56
1.2
rdg69q05 About how often did you use the following literacy practices this year in your TARGET CLASS? Read a story as an entire class with students taking turns reading aloud (Round Robin).
0.45
1.85

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