[CALIBK12] AR quizzes for Brisingr and Identical

[Headley Vicki]

Hey, hey, hey - let's not keep knocking the housewife.
I don't do AR, so no serious comment ;-)
Vicki

On 10/8/08 1:10 PM, "ladewig" <shatz at verizon.net> wrote:

> Personally, I would like to know the credentials of the people who WRITE the
> "tests." Are they educators or former educators? Librarians? Or lonely
> housewives with no qualifying experience except they are able to read and
> make up a test? 
> 
> Are they testing to see if students read the whole book, or if they
> remembered specific things, or if they comprehended some of the higher-level
> concepts like theme, etc.?
> 
> Just out of curiosity, how many of us have read books and then taken an AR
> or RC (etc.) test to see if we could pass it, and at what level were the
> questions? Are the questions at about the same reading level as the book
> that's being tested on?
> 
> Anyway, why can't we have some books with NO tests, just to read for
> pleasure?????
> 
> Joanne Ladewig  (A.K.A. "Library Lady")
> Library Media Tech
> Lawrence Elementary, GGUSD
> Garden Grove, California
> shatz at verizon.net
>  
> Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark.
> Professionals built the Titanic.
> 
> Comments are my own and may not represent the views of GGUSD
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
> [mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Doyle_Tony
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:36 PM
> To: LM_NET; CALIBK12
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] AR quizzes for Brisingr and Identical
> 
> So far no hits on the teacher-made quizzes but I did receive an interesting
> bit of information about Renaissance Learning and Ellen Hopkins' books:
> 
> "They also refuse to write a quiz for Ellen Hopkins' book Impulse.  They
> replied to my emails stating that their research shows that quizzes  on
> books such as Hopkins' are difficult to pass - consequently, they are not
> writing any more quizzes on books written in poetic prose"
> 
> I think that stinks.  It is a fast growing genre and Renaissance Learning
> should figure out how to write quizzes for them.  Maybe if they received a
> couple hundred e-mails from us they might change their minds.
> 
> Something to think about,
> Tony
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> Anthony Doyle, Teacher Librarian
> Livingston High School
> Livingston, CA
> tdoyle at muhsd.k12.ca.us<mailto:tdoyle at muhsd.k12.ca.us>
> 
> "Play nice."
> Mrs. Young (my kindergarten teacher)
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> From: Doyle_Tony
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:54 PM
> To: LM_NET; CALIBK12
> Subject: SEC: AR quizzes for Brisingr and Identical
> 
> Does anyone have teacher made quizzes for Paolini's Brisingr or Hopkins'
> Identical that they are willing to share?  I am stunned that Renaissance
> Learning doesn't already have quizzes for these two.  Neither title is high
> on my "Must Read" list so I won't get around to writing a quiz for them any
> time soon.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tony
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> Anthony Doyle, Teacher Librarian
> Livingston High School
> Livingston, CA
> tdoyle at muhsd.k12.ca.us<mailto:tdoyle at muhsd.k12.ca.us>
> 
> "Play nice."
> Mrs. Young (my kindergarten teacher)
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