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Placing Students

Once a student has been enrolled in Read Live and assigned a license for Read Naturally Live, you must place the student. Read Naturally Live includes a placement program that automates the process of determining what instructional level, reading-rate goal, and curriculum type are appropriate for a student. The placement program's recommendations are only guidelines. You should select the goal, level, and curriculum type best suited for each student.

For more information about placing students:
pointer Video: Placing students in Read Naturally Live
pointer Placing Students in Read Naturally Strategy Programs
pointer Read Live User Guide

To place students using the Read Naturally Live placement program:

  1. Log in, and click the Students tab.
  2. Click Read Naturally Live.
  3. Locate the student's name in the list. If the list is long, use filters to reduce the length of the list.
  4. In the Action column for the student, click Place.
  5. Estimate the level at which the student is currently reading, and select that level in the Placement Testing Level column. You can base this estimate on benchmark assessment results (such as from Benchmark Assessor Live), other test results, or your own knowledge and experience regarding the student.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Seat the student at the computer, and explain how the placement process will work. Conduct a one-minute timing by performing these steps:
    1. Read the title of the story to the student.
    2. Tell the student to click Start Timing when he or she is ready to begin reading.
    3. As the student reads, count his or her errors.
      pointer Guidelines for Counting Errors
    4. If the bell sounds, tell the student to click the last word read. If the student finishes the story before the bell sounds, tell the student to click Finished.
    5. Under Timing Results, enter the number of words the student missed.
    6. Click Next.
  8. Look at the test results and the software's recommendation. Then, under How to Proceed, select an option:
    • Click Select series, level, and goal, select one of the recommended series/level/goal combinations, and click Next.
    • Click Continue testing, and click Next. On the Read Naturally Live Placement screen, repeat the steps for conducting a placement test using a different level.
    • Click Manually set series, level, and goal, and click Next. On the Read Naturally Live Assignment screen, select the series and level, and enter the goal for the student. Click Save.