Portfolio Exemplar Cover Sheet

Teacher Candidate: Donovan Martinez Cohort #: 414

Title of Exemplar: Standardized Diagnostic Reading Test

Portfolio Category: I II III x IV V

ACEI Standard: Assessment

ACEI Standard Element(s):

ACEI IV-Assessment for Instruction Candidates know, understand, and use formal and informal
assessment strategies to plan, evaluate, and strengthen instruction that will promote continuous
intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development of each elementary student.
Semester: Spring 2014 Date: February 12, 2014

1. Description of exemplar and how it demonstrates meeting this ACEI Standard and Element(s).

In this exemplar, I administered the Standardized Diagnostic Reading Test (SDRT) to two
of my 5
th
graders during my SPED placement at Waialae Public Charter School. The SDRT is a
group administered assessment of a childs overall reading level and is compared to the students
grade level, including month of instruction, to determine how the student is doing compared to the
expected reading level.
I used this assessment tool to assess my students vocabulary, comprehension, and
scanning skills. This exemplar demonstrates the standard elements to plan, evaluate, and strengthen
instruction that will promote continuous intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development
of each my students. Once results are determined, necessary steps were taken to adjust lessons to
address students needs accordingly.

2. Reflection on my professional growth in knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to this ACEI
Standard and Element(s).

My professional growth in knowledge was gained by administering this standardized test,
which I have never done prior to my SPED placement at Waialae PCS. I gained knowledge on how
the test is administered, scored, and interpreted.

Skills that I gained from administering the SDRT are how to proctor a standardized test,
correct responses, and interpreting the results. These are skills that will be valuable to me in the
future when administering the SDRT in my own classroom. This will help me assess reading levels
of my students.

A disposition I gained from through administering this standardized test is
professionalism. Being that this is a standardized test, there were to be no deviation or additional
instruction provided or that would skew the results. I read the steps to administer this test carefully
and when it came time administer the test; I followed each and every step accordingly.
Professionalism when administering a standardized test is extremely important.