She told the teacher giving her the practice test, "I don't need to look back. I know the answer." And maybe she did. I will know today when we start to score the Ohio Reading Achievement Assessment practice tests. She might have gotten a perfect score, but probably not.
The OAA doesn't test how smart you are. It doesn't test your reading. It doesn't show if you are a good student or not. It doesn't show if I am a good teacher or not. The OAA shows how well students can use test taking strategies. That's pretty much it. When the whole achievement test process is over, basically the student, the teacher, the school, and the district will be judged on how well students used test taking strategies.
Don't get me wrong, being a good reader and writer helps, but without using test taking skills, it won't get you a good score. Why else would a lot of teachers drill and kill all year using achievement test passages and questions? They want to get you "practiced up" so you can score well.
So back to this student. Do you think she scored well? If she didn't use the most basic strategy of going back in the passage to find/verify her answer, then I have to wonder what other strategies she ignored. And knowing this is a test of students' ability to use test strategies, I know she could score higher than she did if she had used all of the strategies she knows.
What about you Reading Workshop students? What strategies did you use? How did it work out for you?
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The Reading OAA test was a little hard to me. But some of the questions were easy to me. When I had trouble with a question I would go back into the passage and I found the answer to the question. I think the first passage was the hardest passage in the test. I would also underline something important too. When I went back into the passage it made the test a lot easier. When I was done with the test I was thinking that it wasn't to hard.
Some strategies I used were number my extended response 1 and 2.Some other strategies I used were going back in the passage and using specific details to support my answer.Another strategy I used was marking out the most obvious incorrect answers and circling the possible answer and checking it with details from the selection.
Some strategies I used were I went back into the passage to confirm my answer, and to give specific details. That strategy helps when a question asks for specific details.
Another strategy I used was cross out answers that don't make sense. That strategy helps by limiting it down to less answers so you get a better chance of getting the question right.
Another strategy I used was I read the questions first then read the passage and numbered where I found the answer so I could look back fast and easy to find the answer.
Those strategies worked out pretty good for me so far I know that because I got a pretty good grade on the multiple choice questions. It also worked out good by making it easier to answer the hard questions.
One strategy that I used when I took the test was I looked at the questions first, so I knew what stuff I would be trying to find. Another strategy that I used was I went back in the selection and underlined where I had found my answers. That helped me a lot on the extended response, because instead of flipping back and taking a long time trying to find where I found my answer, I could just find the number that I was on. That helped me find the information I needed much faster.
On the multiple choice questions, I re-read the question a couple of times to make sure I had read everything right. That helped me on one or two questions, because when I had first read it, I read something wrong. I would have gotten the wrong answer if I hadn't re-read the question! These strategies helped me out a lot during the test.
My test strategies I used were looking back in the passage for my answers. I also like to reading the questions after I finish the test. I like to make sure I have the questions answered. I like to do all of this, because it helps me a lot. The strategies teachers have taught me can be hard, but they work really well. The OAA is a huge test for our teachers in sixth grade, our math teacher taught us strategies all year.
The strategies worked really well for me. Like when some questions were hard and I didn't know the answer I would look back in the passage and find it. The test was not hard with the strategies, but sometimes the questions could be difficult.
I used many strategies. I would have to say the one that I used the most was crossing out answers that I knew couldn't be the correct answer. That was my number one strategy for this practice OAA test. Once I got rid of 2 answers, it made it easier to pick the correct one and because I had a 50/50 chance of getting the question right. I'd have to say this one worked well for me considering I didn't miss too many multiple choice questions.
Another strategy I used for the practice OAA was going back into the selection and finding key words to help me find the correct answer. This strategy worked pretty good too. Doing that gave me a pretty good idea about what the answer would be.
The best strategy I used though was taking my time, going over the whole thing multiple times, making sure my answers in the booklet matched the test document, making sure I knew where I found my extended response answers and making sure I backed my extended response questions up. I spent my whole last half hour doing all those things. I tried to do the best I could and to me, that's all that matters.
I thought the OAA practices test was a little hard
If we had a real test I would look back. Because you would have a better chance on getting the answer. If it is like an extended response I would look back and see if the answer is in it. Then I would put a one beside it so I no were the answer is.
What I do for my test strategies is before I read I look at the question and read them before I read the passage. Then after I read the passage I read the question over and then I look back in the passage and look for the answer. After I think I find the answer I look at the choices and get rid of two that is not the answer the it is a lot easier to pick the answer. In the OAA test I take my time to finish I try not to rush because I want a good score on it.
When I read the passage I try to remember what the answer is in my head and then I go back and find the answer in the selection. The strategies I used worked out really good because and they where real easy to do when I take the OAA test. The question is not hard when you use them.
I used a lot of strategies. The main one I used was going back in the passage and finding the answer. I think that is the most helpful strategy. It worked out a lot for me. I found most of my answers by going back and finding them. I like this because then you know for sure what the answer is.
Another strategy that I used is process of elimination. I think it is a very helpful strategy. It helped me on the questions that ask for the meaning of a word. You can get rid of bad answers, so then you have a better chance of getting the question right. It only helped me on some because on most of those questions it gave a paragraph that had information in it.
Also on the extended responses I underlined in the question what it was asking and then numbered it. This helped me because then I knew what the question is asking and then you can answer the question correctly.
MY strategies were to use stuff that was easy to think about and that I remembered.
I thought the OAA practice test would be a little bit harder but the test was pretty easy. I think it was easy because all you had to do is go back in the passage and wright what you see the only thing that was a little hard was the extended response because sometimes it would take you like ten minutes just to do one.
On the OAA reading test I think I did really good because of the strategies I used. These are some of my strategies. First I would read the questions and then read the passage. Then I will try and get rid some of my answers at least 2 so I can get a 50/50 chance getting the question correct. I used these strategies throughout the whole test.
The extended responses were kind of hard because of trying to find the information. So I looked at the question for a while so I can get a clue about what the question is asking. Then I will go back in the passage and find the answer. Once I check the test at least three times I will turn in my test.
I am a hard worker and I don't goof off like the people did on the other test. I would never goof off on a test even if it wasn't a real test. I try my best to get my work finished. I am going to try my best to pass the OAA. I think the OAA is the most important thing of the year because we have to work had for it and and spend all day learning about it.
I think the OAA was hard. One of the strategy's I us was if I could not read a weird I would go to the question and ask my teacher to read the word. 2. I would cross out the bad answers. 3. I had the teacher read the question first and then she read the questions over. 4. The other thing I do is go over the OAA three times and make sure I have all the questions done. 5
MY strategies were to use stuff that was easy to think about and that I remembered. I used my notes that I made at my house and studied them at my house. I tried to remember everything that I put on my notes.
The strategies I used are looking back,crossing out bad answers, underlining what is important,Searching for foot notes, finding Key words and reading carefully. If I didn't use any of these strategies I would have been very disappointed in my Grade on the Practice OAA.
The strategie's worked very well for me and it the score turned out swell. I liked my grade on the test.I loved how much time we had on the test.
The strategies that I used on the practice OAA really helped me out. One that I used was looking back in the passage for key words. This is the one everyone should do because you can get the correct answer right away if you just look back. A strategy that I also used was going back in the passage and numbering where you found your answer for each question. With this strategy, you can easily find where you found the answer to a question when you double-check to make sure you got it right.
Another strategy that I used was crossing out answers that I knew were wrong. This one is very helpful because if you cross out two, then you have a 50 / 50 chance of getting it right. Considering that's more than what you need to pass, this is a really good strategy. Also reading the question out loud to yourself will help you understand it better.
The last strategy I used was looking over my answers however many times I could. Just to double-check to make sure I filled in all the circles I needed to. Plus taking my time on the test is a really big strategy to use!
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