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Sistema de evaluación de la lectura (SEL): Overview

A Companion to the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System.

From the authors of the bestselling Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) comes the much anticipated assessment system for Spanish-speaking students. Sistema de evaluación de la lectura is a one-on-one, comprehensive assessment to determine instructional and independent reading levels (A–N) and for placing students on the Fountas and Pinnell Text Level Gradient™.

With the Sistema de evaluación de la lectura (SEL) Grados K–2, Niveles A–N, Fountas & Pinnell are responding to the demands of teachers and administrators for a comprehensive Spanish language assessment system that is meaningfully linked to classroom instruction.

Features of the Fountas & Pinnell Sistema de evaluación de la lectura (SEL)

• 28 brand-new, original student books written in Spanish by native Spanish-speaking authors—not translations or adaptations from English
• Illustrated by Hispanic illustrators ensuring authentic, culturally relevant artwork
• Each student book carefully developed and leveled by an advisory panel of bilingual literacy experts, under the supervision of Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
• Spanish A-N leveling system developed to parallel the Fountas & Pinnell text gradient, incorporating text characteristics specific to Spanish for each level
• Parallel organization of Spanish student books with English system for genre and content area connections* Field tested by bilingual teachers working with Spanish-speaking students across the U.S.
• Optional assessments in Spanish to diagnose strengths and needs particular to Spanish-speaking students
• Online Data Management System to automate data collection and facilitate enhanced data sharing and progress monitoring
• Embedded training on the Professional Development DVD along with on-site and off-site support provided by Heinemann

The Fountas & Pinnell Sistema de evaluación de la lectura (SEL) enables teachers in dual language, bilingual, and immersion classrooms to:

• Determine a student's independent and instructional reading levels
• Group students for reading instruction
• Select texts that align with student instructional needs and goals
• Assess the outcomes of teaching
• Identify students who need intervention and extra help
• Monitor and report student progress across a school year and across grade levels.

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Explore the resources below to learn more about what the Fountas & Pinnell Sistema de evaluación de la lectura (SEL):

• New! Video Overview
• System levels and components
• SEL Student Books
• New! SEL Field Study Results & Advisory Panel
• SEL Overview presentation (.ppt)
• Fountas & Pinnell forum discussions
• Fountas & Pinnell Blog
• New! SEL Request a Sampler
• Ordering Information
  – Sistema de evaluacion de la lectura (SEL), Grados K–2, Niveles A–N