Full Description
The Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) is used to measure preschool children's story comprehension. It was developed using a general outcome measurement framework so that it can be used for progress monitoring throughout the preschool year. There are six individual ASC forms, and each form includes a teacher script with a brief story followed by a series of eight comprehension questions about the story, including one vocabulary item. Child responses are recorded and scored on a 0-1-2 scale (except for the vocabulary item), with 0 indicating incorrect and 2 indicating correct, complete, and clear. The ASC form takes about 3 minutes to administer and 1 minute to score. While the ASC was designed to measure comprehension gains following intervention, it can also be used to monitor comprehension for any preschooler exposed to classroom curriculum across the pre-K year. It can also serve as a useful tool for monitoring the English language growth of English-language learners.
Contents
About the Downloads
About the Authors
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC)
Language and Reading Comprehension
Purposes of the ASC and Curriculum-Based Measurement
Technical Adequacy
Organization of the ASC Manual
Chapter 2: Overview of the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) What is the ASC?
ASC Stories
ASC Questions
Chapter 3: Administering the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) Qualifications and Training of Examiners
Frequency and Timing of the ASC
Materials and Setting
Building Rapport and Managing Behaviors
Specific Administration Guidelines
Chapter 4: Scoring the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) Terms to Know
General Rules and Scoring Tips
Scoring Tips by Item
Frequently Asked Scoring Questions
Establishing and Maintaining Scoring Reliability
Appendix: Extended Scoring Guides
Chapter 5: Using the Results of the ASC Interpretation of ASC scores
Special Populations
Sharing Results
Linking to Intervention
Appendix A: Basic Scoring Guides
Appendix B: Fidelity Checklists
Appendix C: Practice Sets 1 and 2
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