Assessment

I read through the book Running Records For Classroom Teachers by Marie M. Clay for this week's reading.  I thought it was a good tool for a beginner teacher to use when assessing readers of all levels.  It states that records are taken to see what progress the students are making, an essential part of the child's education.  It also shows that as a teacher it is important to compare running records of a student with others to see that different students are going to need different kinds of instruction and ways to assess learning.
In chapter two, "Taking a Running Record", Clay states that as a teacher one should stay away from trying to assess with printed text, due to lack of space to take adequate notes.  I thought this was very vital information to talk about as new teachers may not think about that until they are trying to do an assessment, and they are writing in any space available on the page, and it creates disorganization.
I noticed that some examples throughout the reading looked like similar tools used when assessing students who are deaf and hard of hearing, so I believe that recording like that of on pg. 11 would be beneficial for all types of readers and learners.  I think that as a teacher though, one must pick out an assessment that will be on the student's level so that it is actually going to benefit their learning and progress.  The reading also states that recording can be done for individual and group progress, in which one may be better for one student than another.  Overall, I believe that accurate and reliable observation is the key!

This is a video giving an example of a running record.

Source:  Clay, M. M. (2000).  Running records for classroom teachers.  

What types of running records can you think that would be beneficial and time efficient in the classroom?