Diagnostic Assessment in Reading

Description

This diagnostic assessment in reading tells you exactly what reading skills your struggling readers need help with. It is a great reading assessment to pinpoint any gaps and help guide where instruction and intervention should progress to. It tests phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary–from beginning up to advanced skills for elementary students.

**This corresponds with the free Reading Skills Step Ladder resource–it assesses EACH skill in the step ladder to tell you exactly where each student is!**

***Once you’ve figured out WHERE to intervene, check out these Reading Intervention Binders to help you figure out HOW to intervene!***

What is included in this Diagnostic Reading Assessment?

The Big 5 Areas –> Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension, & Vocabulary

• A quick screening version of the assessment (1 page for each of the Big 5 areas)

• A thorough comprehensive assessment for each of the Big 5 areas in depth

• A 1 page “at a glance” scoring sheet for an easy-to-read summary of student scores

• Whole Class Data Sheets for each assessment

• Reading Skills Step Ladder reference page to help plan interventions

• Reading Skills Step Ladder progress report to keep on file, send home, or use with Parent Teacher Conferences

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Classroom Use: How to Use a Diagnostic Assessment in Reading

• Print all assessment pages and place them in sheet protectors in a binder.

• Administer the quick screening assessment to the whole class to identify students who may have gaps in certain skills.

• Administer the comprehensive assessment to students who scored low in the quick screening, recording scores on the “At a Glance Scoring Sheet” for each student.

Levels of Reading Passages:

• The reading comprehension section has 2 passages, the first one is 330L (end of 1st grade/beginning of 2nd grade) and the second one is 660L (around 3rd-4th grade).

• There are 4 fluency passages: 190L (1st grade), 530L (2nd-3rd grade), 680L (4th grade), and 870L (5th grade).

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