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Introducing the Record of Decision‐Making: A New Formative Assessment for Oral Reading.

In this "Teaching and Learning in Practice" article, we introduce the record of decision‐making (RODM), a formative assessment of decoding while reading that measures the frequency of a student's use of backup strategies while reading aloud. We first explain backup strategies and then share validati...

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Published in:Reading Teacher Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors: Rodgers, Emily M., D'Agostino, Jerome V.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2026
Subjects:
Oral reading
Reading strategies
Formative evaluation
Decoding algorithms
Teaching aids
Educational evaluation
Statistical reliability
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:In this "Teaching and Learning in Practice" article, we introduce the record of decision‐making (RODM), a formative assessment of decoding while reading that measures the frequency of a student's use of backup strategies while reading aloud. We first explain backup strategies and then share validation and reliability evidence for the backup strategies that we include on the RODM. We also describe how to administer and interpret the results. At the end of the article, we provide a link to free, asynchronous training materials.