learning assessment profile

Learner Assessment Profile (LAP)

Identifying Information

Student Background Data

Include reading/comprehension level, student and family reading habits, and personal information that may affect reading habits (e.g., personal interests, extracurricular activities, and student’s general health: hearing, vision, allergies, and medication). (150-250 words)

Home and Community

Include relevant home situation and community factors, including educational achievement, socioeconomic status, and cultural and linguistic context. (100-150 words)

School and Classroom Factors

School information should include the type of school (i.e., public, private, charter, Title I), grade range, and any other related, pertinent information. Classroom information should include grade level(s) present, general makeup of the class (e.g., gifted, ELLs, special education), reading approach adopted by the classroom/district (e.g., literacy assessments, reading programs). (100-150 words)

Observations and Insights During Instruction

State what was observed during the lesson (with an emphasis on reading specifically). Describe the activity, assessment, or related curriculum and instruction, as well as how the specific student related, interacted, and participated in the context of the lesson/activity/assessment, etc. (150-250 words)

Assessment Information

Assessment Title and/or Type

Date

Results or Findings (such as scores, description of outcomes, historical findings/outcomes/results of the same assessment)

Analysis of Assessment

Based on data from assessments and observations, identify student literacy needs. This may include an evaluation of student skills in other areas that affect reading assessment and achievement including spelling, grammar, fluency, application or misapplication of strategies during assessment. (150-250 words)

Analysis of Instructional Context

Effective methods and strategies: Instructional and assessment strategies that have assisted in improving student achievement in reading and literacy. (100-150 words)

Barriers to improvement: Factors in the instructional that have restricted student achievement in reading and literacy. (100-150 words)

Recommendations

Include specific recommendations to meet the literacy needs of the student (e.g.. it is recommended that the student work with a reading specialist for 30 minutes every day through the end of the semester), new or additional instructional and assessment strategies to be implemented that could improve student achievement in reading and literacy, and specific recommendations for associated skills, such as spelling, reading, fluency, and grammar. (150-250 words)