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Placing Students with the
SE 2.1 Placement Program

Read Naturally SE 2.1 includes a placement program that automates the process of determining what level and goal are appropriate for a student. The placement program's recommendations are only guidelines. You should select the goals and levels best suited for your students.

To place students using the SE 2.1 placement program, follow these steps:

  1. Log in with your teacher password. (Teacher assistants cannot place students.)
  2. Choose the Students tab.
  3. Select the student you want to place, and then click Place.
  4. Estimate the level at which the student is currently reading. You can base this estimate on test results, your own knowledge and experience, or a formal assessment tool, such as Read Naturally's Reading Fluency Benchmark Assessor. Select the placement testing level and click Next.
    If you have not purchased SE curriculum at the instructional level you selected, a warning is displayed. Click Yes to continue testing the student with the level your selected, or click No to select another level.
    A story at the level you selected opens.
  5. If desired, click the Reading Guide icon to turn the reading guide on or off. The reading guide can help the student follow along.
  6. When the student is ready to start reading, have him or her click Start.
  7. As the student reads, listen and silently count the number of errors he or she makes.
    Guidelines for Counting Errors
  8. When the bell sounds, click the last word the student read.
  9. Enter the number of words the student missed, and then click Next. The placement program analyzes the results and either recommends a level and goal or recommends that you test the student at a higher or lower level.
  10. Depending upon the situation, take one of the following actions:
If the placement program recommends a level and goal... Choose Select Level/Curriculum and Goal, select a curriculum for the student, and then click Next. Curriculum you have not licensed is dimmed.
If the placement program recommends testing the student at another level... Choose Continue Testing and click Next to test the student with another story, and then repeat the process.
Continue to test the student at additional levels until the placement program recommends a level and goal.
If you think you have enough information to place the student on your own without a recommendation...
  1. Choose Manually Set Level and Goal and click Next.
  2. Enter the level and goal in the student options.
  3. Click Save.