About the Downloads About the Authors Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) Language and Reading Comprehension Purposes of the ASC and Curriculum-Based Measurement Technical Adequacy Organization of the ASC Manual Chapter 2: Overview of the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) What is the ASC? ASC Stories ASC Questions Chapter 3: Administering the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) Qualifications and Training of Examiners Frequency and Timing of the ASC Materials and Setting Building Rapport and Managing Behaviors Specific Administration Guidelines Chapter 4: Scoring the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) Terms to Know General Rules and Scoring Tips Scoring Tips by Item Frequently Asked Scoring Questions Establishing and Maintaining Scoring Reliability Appendix: Extended Scoring Guides Chapter 5: Using the Results of the ASC Interpretation of ASC scores Special Populations Sharing Results Linking to Intervention Appendix A: Basic Scoring Guides Appendix B: Fidelity Checklists Appendix C: Practice Sets 1 and 2 References
The Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC) is used to measure preschool children's story comprehension. It was developed using a general outcome measurement framework so that it can be used for progress monitoring throughout the preschool year. There are six individual ASC forms, and each form includes a teacher script with a brief story followed by a series of eight comprehension questions about the story, including one vocabulary item. Child responses are recorded and scored on a 0-1-2 scale (except for the vocabulary item), with 0 indicating incorrect and 2 indicating correct, complete, and clear. The ASC form takes about 3 minutes to administer and 1 minute to score. While the ASC was designed to measure comprehension gains following intervention, it can also be used to monitor comprehension for any preschooler exposed to classroom curriculum across the pre-K year. It can also serve as a useful tool for monitoring the English language growth of English-language learners.