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Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, Revised 2nd Edition provides a collection of various tests for skills related to reading. The assessments below can help identify why a student is having reading difficulty, determine what the next step in instruction should be to remediate that difficulty, and monitor progress throughout the course of instruction.
What do the results mean?
A student's level of performance is compared to end-of-year scores for each grade and are compiled by denoting test items correct. Phonological awareness is the understanding of the sound structure of language, including recognizing that sentences consist of words, words consist of syllables, and syllables can be broken into smaller units, such as phonemes. pg 9, The New Jersey Literacy Framework, May 2025.
CORE Phonological Segmentation Test: The assessment for grades K–1, is a phonological segmentation assessment that contains three parts: Sentences into Words, Words into Syllables, and Words into Phonemes.
Part A: Sentence Segmentation:
Spring of K level of performance at benchmark: Test Items Correct 5
Spring of Grade 1 performance at benchmark: Test Items Correct 5
Spring of K performance at the strategic level: Test Items Correct 4
Spring of K performance at the intensive level: Test Items Correct 0-3
Spring of Grade 1 performance at the intensive level: Test Items Correct 0-4
Part B: Syllable Segmentation:
Spring of K level of performance at benchmark: Test Items Correct 7-8
Spring of Grade 1 level of performance at benchmark: Test Items Correct 8
Spring of K performance at the strategic level: Test Items Correct 5-6
Spring of Grade 1 performance at the strategic level: Test Items Correct 7
Spring of K performance at the intensive level: Test Items Correct 0-4
Spring of Grade 1 performance at the intensive level: Test Items Correct 0-6
Part C: Phoneme Segmentation:
Spring of K level of performance at benchmark: Test Items Correct 5-10
Spring of Grade 1 level of performance at benchmark: Test Items Correct 9-10
Spring of K performance at the strategic level: Test Items Correct 3-4
Spring of Grade 1 performance at the strategic level: Test Items Correct 6-8
Spring of K performance at the intensive level: Test Items Correct 0-2
Spring of Grade 1 performance at the intensive level: Test Items Correct 0-5
CORE Phoneme Deletion Test: This assessment for Grades 2-3 includes phoneme deletion tasks arranged in order of difficulty. Phonemic awareness, the understanding of the individual sound units in spoken words, is essential for linking phonemes to letter or letter combinations in printed words. pg 9, The New Jersey Literacy Framework, May 2025.
Test Items Correct 11-13 Fall of Grade 2
Test Items Correct 14-15 Spring of Grade 2
Test Items Correct 16-18 Fall of Grade 3
Test Items Correct 19-20 Spring of Grade 3
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