Acadience Reading 7-8: Silent Reading
What is Silent Reading?
Silent Reading (SR) is a group-administered measure that assesses vocabulary, sentence comprehension (passage details), and inference. During the SR task, the student is presented with a triad of passages. Each passage is 350–400 words in length. The student is given 36 minutes to read the triad of passages and answer 10 multiple-choice questions for each passage (30 total). The multiple-choice questions cover passage vocabulary, details, and inference. Each SR triad is composed of one science, one social studies, and one prose passage. After assessment, Silent Reading is individually scored by the assessor using a scoring key.
Overview
| Literacy Skill | Reading Comprehension |
| Administration Time | Up to 36 minutes to read three passages and answer 30 multiple-choice questions |
| Administration Schedule | Beginning of seventh through end of eighth grade |
| Scores | Number of correctly answered comprehension questions |
| Wait Rule | None |
| Discontinue Rule | None |
Scoring Rules and Tips for Paper and Pencil administration (digital administration is scored automatically by the software)
The student receives 1 point for each correct response.
- A response is correct if the student filled in or otherwise indicated the correct response according to the Scoring Key.
- Mark incorrect responses by putting a slash through the correct answer. Incorrect responses include:
- Errors,
- Items with more than one answer marked, and
- Items left blank.
- If there are erasure marks, crossed out bubbles, or any other extraneous markings and the student’s final response is obvious, score the item based on that response. If the marking is ambiguous, score the item as incorrect.
For more information please see the Assessment Manual located on the Acadience Resource Hub.
