2025 Literacy Convening

If you are a secondary ELA teacher, odds are you have readers who need some extra support. However, you might not have the diagnostic data you need to drill down to the specific strands of reading that they need strengthening in. Diagnostic assessments are key because in the upper grades we may already know which students are struggling (which alleviates the need for a screener), but we do need to know specifics of what supports they need. In this session, we will explore diagnostic assessments that can be used with older students, and recommendations for how to intervene based on the diagnostic data. This session is intended for all 6-12 literacy educators to strengthen their current practices in assessment and intervention for older readers.

Participants will:
define assessment types in context of secondary ELA and adolescent literacy.
explore diagnostic assessments that can be used with older students.
explore recommendations for how to intervene based on the diagnostic data.

Participants will gain access to a digital repository of related resources, and will participate in collegial discussions and reflections about their own current system.