Reading Assessments
Kindergarten Reading Assessments
Kindergarten Foundational Skills Surveys
The Kindergarten Foundational Skills Surveys are a complimentary set of assessments used:
In Kindergarten or with older students who perform well below expectations on the Beginning Decoding Survey or Beginning of Year 1st Grade FSS
As a one-on-one assessment of pre-decoding and early decoding skills, including:
Functional Vocabulary
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Letter Knowledge
Decoding
High-Frequency Word Reading
1st Grade Reading Assessment
1st Grade Foundational Skills Surveys
The 1st Grade Foundational Skills Surveys are a complimentary set of assessments used:
In 1st grade or with older students who perform well below expectations on the Beginning and Advanced Decoding Surveys
As a one-on-one assessment of 1st-grade foundational literacy skills, including:
Simple and complex single-syllable words (with short vowels, digraphs, blends, closed syllables, and various long vowel spellings)
Decodable two-syllable words
Select sight words
Optional assessments for sight words, letter-sound knowledge, and letter-name knowledge
2nd-12th Grade Reading Assessments
2nd-12th Diagnostic Decoding Surveys
The Diagnostic Decoding Surveys are two complimentary assessments used in 2nd-12th grade:
Beginning Decoding Survey assesses:
Simple and complex single-syllable words (with short vowels, digraphs, blends, and closed syllables in real and nonsense words)
Select sight words
Advanced Decoding Survey assesses:
Complex single-syllable words (with short, long, r-controlled, variant vowels, complex consonant constructions like trigraphs, and 3-sound blends in real and nonsense words)
Decodable two- and three-syllable words (real and nonsense)
