Reading Measures (Fiction vs. Nonfiction)

When we created the easyCBM system, our reading measures were all fictional. With the addition of the Deluxe version, we added a whole array of nonfiction reading to our system in the form of the Basic Reading as well as the Vocabulary measures. These non-fiction measures have been intermixed with the fictional ones and are not offered as separate assessments. Both Deluxe and District users have access to them.

To assess students’ inferential and evaluative comprehension with multiple alternate forms of comparable difficulty, we have found that the fictional narrative genre works extremely well. The key is that the types of questions we are asking assess students’ literal, inferential, and evaluative comprehension skills. Fortunately, these skills transcend genre.

For more details about Reading Measures, please see: Reading Measures