Understanding reading comprehension assessment: what every teacher should know

Chapter 1: Overview 0:00 Chapter 2: What am I testing? Types of reading 1:26 Chapter 3: What am I testing? Cognitive processes during reading comprehension 11:51 Chapter 4: How am I testing? Reading comprehension text types 22:04 Chapter 5: How am I testing? Reading comprehension task types 29:18 Chapter 6: How am I scoring? 39:43 Chapter 7: Q&A 43:21 We will start this webinar by exploring what reading comprehension consists of and what we do in real life when we read. This will be the basis for addressing key questions such as: Which aspects of reading comprehension should we test? What kind of texts and tasks should be used? How should responses be scored? We will also consider the role that language proficiency of the intended test takers plays in answering these questions. Presenters: Ivana Vidakovic and Dennis Carr The slides can be downloaded here: https://camengli.sh/3rZXJaw The handout can be downloaded here: https://camengli.sh/3fzyozd Register for future webinars: https://camengli.sh/3iyFdDr Other teacher support materials: https://camengli.sh/2WT3o6U