Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement (OSELA)
Reading

Summary

Descriptive Data

An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement comprises six systematic, standard ascertainment tasks developed in research studies. The tasks yield a blended and comprehensive assessment of the literacy performance of immature learners. All tasks have the qualities of audio cess instruments with reliability and validity and discrimination indices established in research. Children are assessed individually past a specially trained teacher. The Observation Survey tasks are designed to allow children to piece of work with the complexities of written language and allow the examiner to be confident of characteristics of good measurement instruments: a standard task; a standard way of administering the task; means of knowing when we can rely on our ascertainment and make valid comparisons; and a task that relates to existent-world tasks (content validity). Considering immature children begin literacy learning and instruction in early grades with individually unique knowledge and confusions, assessment of starting time reading and writing should inform the examiner of literacy behaviors forth several dimensions of learning. Therefore, early assessments must be wide-ranging, with tasks to notice • Concepts about impress (how print encodes data) • The reading of continuous text • Letter of the alphabet noesis • Reading vocabulary • Writing vocabulary • Phonemic sensation and sound-symbol relationships Information technology is of import to know how learning is proceeding in each of these areas and to identify problems early. No one chore should be used in isolation because it may assess only one aspect of early on literacy behavior. Therefore, all six tasks of the Observation Survey are considered every bit a composite when screening and selecting children for Reading Recovery (a literacy intervention for offset graders who are struggling). Considering of the comprehensive nature of the assessment of each individual, results are used for screening, to guide teaching, and to monitor progress

Acquisition & Cost

Where to Obtain:
Marie Clay/ Heinemann
Heinemann, P.O. Box 6926, Portsmouth, NH, 03802-6926
800-225-5800
www.heinemann.com
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Included in Price:
Costs associated with An Observation Survey of Early on Literacy Achievement are per teacher. No boosted costs are required per student. Preparation costs are part of Reading Recovery implementation budgets. Reading Recovery sites employ a teacher leader who is trained in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Observation Survey. That teacher leader is responsible for preparation teachers to use the tool for screening, selecting children for intervention, for monitoring progress, and for making Reading Recovery exit decisions. Reading Recovery teachers are also trained to use outcomes of the Ascertainment Survey to inform their teaching of each individual child. The following information is included within the book: 1. Theoretical information nearly observing and recording early literacy behaviors ii. Theoretical information nearly the processes of reading and writing 3. Information about early detection of literacy difficulties and early intervention 4. A chapter on each chore of the Observation Survey that provides (a) rationales for the task; (b) procedures for administering, scoring, and interpreting the task; (c) educatee protocols; and (d) scoring sheets/ tape sheets. The tasks within the Observation Survey book include • Letter of the alphabet Identification • Concepts About Print • Ohio Give-and-take Examination • Writing Vocabulary • Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words • Running Record of Text Reading 5. A chapter on how to summarize, interpret, and utilize the results of all 6 tasks half-dozen. Forms to testify change over fourth dimension (progress monitoring) 7. Appendices which include • New Zealand norms (including stanines and percentile ranks, inter-correlations, and validity and reliability reports) • Assistants and Score Sheets • U. S. Norms (including stanines and percentile ranks) and correlations
Because the Ascertainment Survey measures accurate literacy cognition and is administered individually, accommodations are made based on instructor observations of each child

Training & Technical Support

Training Requirements:
iv-8 hours of training
Qualified Administrators:
Professional
Access to Technical Support:
trained leaders

Administration

Cess Format:
  • One-to-i
Scoring Time:
  • 15 minutes per student
Scores Generated:
  • Raw score
  • Percentile score
  • Stanines
Administration Time:
  • xxx minutes per student
Scoring Method:
  • Manually (by hand)
Accommodations:
Because the Observation Survey measures accurate literacy knowledge and is administered individually, accommodations are made based on teacher observations of each child