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Running Records: Stacey Dahmer & Dana Grant12/4/20081Running RecordsStacey DahmerDana GrantWhat is a running record?• An assessment tool• To assess a student’s oral reading proficiency• Used in early stages of literacy development\•May be used with older students with reading•Maybeusedwitholderstudentswithreadingdifficulty• RR are one of the 3 key elements of the diagnostic procedure – RR, Retelling, Questions to check for understanding2•RR provide an opportunity to observe children's difficulties in self-monitoring and self-correcting•Should be implemented by the end of the first year with all children •At least with the lowest 50% of learners3In a nutshell:Running records show what a student saidand didwhile reading a specific text4Pros•RR can identify approaches to reading that are not readily identifiable by other means of assessment•They can provide early intervention•They are quick and can be done within the classroomTheyarequickandcanbedonewithintheclassroom5Cons•RR can be subjective and rely too heavily on the accuracy of the administrator recording the notes•Can decrease the reliability of the assessment •Calculating the results can be time consumingCalculatingtheresultscanbetimeconsuming•Take practice to administer6
Running Records: Stacey Dahmer & Dana Grant12/4/20082Use RR to inform your teaching• Help select appropriate level texts• Monitor student progress• Plan for instruction•Communicate information•Communicateinformation7Results of Running Records• Determines the % Accuracy Rate• Determines the Self Correction Ratio (SC)8% Accuracy RateIndependent level≥ 95%Instructional level90-94%Frustration level< 90%9SC Ratio (MSV)• Shows insight into student’s reading process• A proficient reader will watch for words that do not make sense (M), do not sound according to their structure (S) or do not look right (V visual) and then ()g ()go back to try to make everything match.10Understanding SC Ratio•1:2 student self corrects every miscue•1:3 student self corrects ½ of miscues•1:4 student self corrects 1/3 of miscues•1:5 student self corrects ¼ of miscuesGood•1:5studentselfcorrects¼ofmiscues• 1:6 student self corrects 1/5 of miscues• 1:7 student self corrects 1/6 of miscues• 1:8 student self corrects 1/7 of miscuesBad11• A SC ratio of 1:4 or better, indicates student is effective in noticing errors•1:5 (6,7,8...) or greater is bad.1:5(6,7,8...)orgreaterisbad.• (If student makes no errors, there will be no SC ratio.)12