Language Arts Assessments
Reading assessments are tools used to evaluate and monitor a child's reading skills and development. These assessments provide valuable insights into a child's reading abilities, strengths, and areas that may need improvement. Reading assessments are conducted to gauge a child's reading proficiency, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. The primary goal is to identify any challenges the child might be facing and to provide tailored support to enhance their reading skills.
K-6 Reading Assessments at LTPS
Kindergarten: AIMSweb
AIMSweb is used to monitor and track students' progress through early literacy benchmark assessments delivered three times a year. The assessments are done one-on-one with each Kindergarten student and are administered by the district reading specialists.
Students in kindergarten take the Test of Early Literacy for Reading. This test has has 4 parts. Click on the blue link for each test part and you can see a sample of the test.
Tests for Early Literacy:
Print Concepts- Show understanding of purpose, use, and contents (letters, pictures) of a book.
Initial Sounds- Look at four pictures and either point to the one that begins with a given letter sound or make the sound that begins the word
Letter Naming Fluency- Say the names of visually presented letters
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency- Say the phonemes* of orally presented words
Letter Words Sounds Fluency- Say the sounds of visually presented letters
Word Reading Fluency- Read a word list aloud
Auditory Vocabulary- Point to the one of four pictures that matches an orally presented word
Nonsense Word Fluency- Say the sounds of visually presented nonsense words
*Here is a short explanation of what phonemes are:
A phoneme is the sound associated with each letter of the alphabet. Some letters have more than one sound. For example, the letter C can sometimes sound like an S, as the C in lace. Or the letter C can sometimes sound like a K, as the C in cat. Children who know about the connection between a letter and its phoneme have an easier time learning to read.
1st-6th grade: I-Ready
The i-Ready Diagnostic is administered to all students in grades 1st through 6th grade, 3 times a year.
The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier questions. The purpose of this is not to give your student a score or grade, but instead to determine how best to support your student’s learning.
One the assessment is complete, students move into i-Ready Personalized Instruction. This provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and needs, so your student can learn at a pace that is just right for them. These lessons are fun and interactive to keep your student engaged as they learn.
Understanding Your Student's Diagnostic Results- English
Conozca los resultados de la evaluación diagnóstica de su estudiante
