Reading Essential Skill and Work Sample Resources

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The Essential Skill of Reading 08/13/2012 (261.03 KB)
A brief summary of the Essential Skill of Reading and key implementation resources available.

DISCS
The Dynamic Integrated Scoring Calibration System (DISCS) is an online scoring guide training tool designed to aid educators in calibrating to the Oregon Official State Scoring Guides in the Essential Skills of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics.
Reading Work Samples for Grades 6-8
This link will take you to the Gresham-Barlow SD Secondary Instructional Coaches web page. From here you can select Reading and then Reading Work Samples. You may also want to explore other sections such as Writing Workshop.
Reading Work Sample Resources for High School - Multnomah ESD
Multnomah ESD has posted several new resources for reading work samples on their website, including additional practice work samples for classroom use.
Guidelines for High School Reading Work Samples 08/15/2012 (23.17 KB)
Reading Work Sample Feedback Form 03/12/2010 (161.76 KB)
- Word version 03/12/2010 (33.50 KB)

Directions for Using Reading Work Sample Task Template 06/15/2010 (26 KB)
The Many Uses of the Reading Scoring Guide
This QuickTime video provides an overview of the various uses of the Reading Scoring Guide as an instructional, formative assessment or summative assessment tool.