Session 5
Getting to Know Your Students: Initial
Assessments and Procedures
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Letter Name/Letter
Sound
Writing Strokes
Test
Kindergarten
(Group based on trend of data
across first 5 Units)
First Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Second Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Unit 2
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Optional Pretest
For those children who fall below
benchmarks on all other Unit 1
Assessments
End of Unit 2
NA
NA
Given to all students
Word
Recognition/Word
Reading
Unit 3, 4, 5
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Given to all students; Expands to Word
Reading if child doesn’t pass
benchmark on Recognition
Word Recognition given to all students;
no Word Reading
Word Reading for students who fall
below benchmarks on story reading
assessments
Story
Comprehension
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Only for those children who score AT
OR ABOVE benchmark on Word
Recognition
All Students
OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Assessment
For probing placement of incoming K
students with very strong contextual
reading skills
Only given for those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
Only given to those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Pseudo Word
Reading
Code Diagnostic
Test
Only for those falling below benchmark
on Word
Recognition
and Pseudoword
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Managing Initial Assessments
First & Second Grade
Sample from Assessment Flowchart
Class Summary Form
Interpretation Guidelines
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Letter Name/Letter
Sound
Writing Strokes
Test
Kindergarten
(Group based on trend of data
across first 5 Units)
First Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Second Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Unit 2
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Optional Pretest
For those children who fall below
benchmarks on all other Unit 1
Assessments
End of Unit 2
NA
NA
Given to all students
Word
Recognition/Word
Reading
Unit 3, 4, 5
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Given to all students; Expands to Word
Reading if child doesn’t pass
benchmark on Recognition
Word Recognition given to all students;
no Word Reading
Word Reading for students who fall
below benchmarks on story reading
assessments
Story
Comprehension
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Only for those children who score AT
OR ABOVE benchmark on Word
Recognition
All Students
OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Assessment
For probing placement of incoming K
students with very strong contextual
reading skills
Only given for those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
Only given to those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Pseudo Word
Reading
Code Diagnostic
Test
Only for those falling below benchmark
on Word
Recognition
and Pseudoword
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Letter Sound
Sample Score sheet
Sample Protocol (for students)
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Letter Name
Sample Score sheet
Sample Protocol (for students)
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Writing Strokes
Sample Protocol (for students)
Sample Protocol (for students)
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Writing Strokes
Sample Scoring Guidelines
Sample Scoring Sheet
Score 0
Score .5
Score 1
Scoring Guidelines
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Letter Name/Letter
Sound
Writing Strokes
Test
Kindergarten
(Group based on trend of data
across first 5 Units)
First Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Second Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Unit 2
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Optional Pretest
For those children who fall below
benchmarks on all other Unit 1
Assessments
End of Unit 2
NA
NA
Given to all students
Word
Recognition/Word
Reading
Unit 3, 4, 5
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Given to all students; Expands to Word
Reading if child doesn’t pass
benchmark on Recognition
Word Recognition given to all students;
no Word Reading
Word Reading for students who fall
below benchmarks on story reading
assessments
Story
Comprehension
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Only for those children who score AT
OR ABOVE benchmark on Word
Recognition
All Students
OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Assessment
For probing placement of incoming K
students with very strong contextual
reading skills
Only given for those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
Only given to those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Pseudo Word
Reading
Code Diagnostic
Test
Only for those falling below benchmark
on Word
Recognition
and Pseudoword
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Word Recognition
Assessment
Sample items, K, Unit 4
Sample instructions, G1
Placement Assessment
Sample items, G1
Placement Assessment
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Word Recognition
Assessment
Scoring/Interpretation,
Kindergarten Unit 4
Scoring/Interpretation,
Grade 1 Placement Test
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Word Reading Assessment
Scoring/
Interpretation,
Grade 2
placement
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Letter Name/Letter
Sound
Writing Strokes
Test
Kindergarten
(Group based on trend of data
across first 5 Units)
First Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Second Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Unit 2
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Optional Pretest
For those children who fall below
benchmarks on all other Unit 1
Assessments
End of Unit 2
NA
NA
Given to all students
Word
Recognition/Word
Reading
Unit 3, 4, 5
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Given to all students; Expands to Word
Reading if child doesn’t pass
benchmark on Recognition
Word Recognition given to all students;
no Word Reading
Word Reading for students who fall
below benchmarks on story reading
assessments
Story
Comprehension
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Only for those children who score AT
OR ABOVE benchmark on Word
Recognition
All Students
OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Assessment
For probing placement of incoming K
students with very strong contextual
reading skills
Only given for those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
Only given to those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Pseudo Word
Reading
Code Diagnostic
Test
Only for those falling below benchmark
on Word
Recognition
and Pseudoword
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Story Comprehension
Assessment
First Grade Story
Comprehension Assessment
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Story Comprehension
Assessment
Second Grade Story Samples
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Story Comprehension
Assessment
Second Grade Sample Scoring
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Letter Name/Letter
Sound
Writing Strokes
Test
Kindergarten
(Group based on trend of data
across first 5 Units)
First Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Second Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Unit 2
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Optional Pretest
For those children who fall below
benchmarks on all other Unit 1
Assessments
End of Unit 2
NA
NA
Given to all students
Word
Recognition/Word
Reading
Unit 3, 4, 5
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Given to all students; Expands to Word
Reading if child doesn’t pass
benchmark on Recognition
Word Recognition given to all students;
no Word Reading
Word Reading for students who fall
below benchmarks on story reading
assessments
Story
Comprehension
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Only for those children who score AT
OR ABOVE benchmark on Word
Recognition
All Students
OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Assessment
For probing placement of incoming K
students with very strong contextual
reading skills
Only given for those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
Only given to those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Pseudo Word
Reading
Code Diagnostic
Test
Only for those falling below benchmark
on Word
Recognition
and Pseudoword
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Pseudoword Assessment
First Grade Example
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Your Cases
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