Assessment
NEW! Assessments to Ensure Literacy Competence
March 2017 DRAFT
Shanahan on Literacy Blog May 7, 2016
DIBELS What doesn’t belong here? On Teaching Nonsense Words
Cautionary Tale - "Is this really how we should test reading development in kids?" article
NEW! Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Michigan’s Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) is an authentic observational system for assessing children in the first 45 days of kindergarten. The KEA will provide teachers and parents with important criterion-based information about a child’s learning and development in five domains at the beginning of kindergarten so that teachers can inform individual instruction and parents can provide learning opportunities beyond the school day. The domains assessed include:
Early Literacy Assessments (List compiled by N. Duke, J. Lindsey, E. Brown
Free or Very Low Cost Early Literacy Assessments
MDE list of approved Initial and Extensive Early Literacy Assessments for 2018-19
Literacy Assessment Resources
Secondary Reading Assessments (Resources from CT SDE)
NEW! WorkKeys Prep Materials
March 2017 DRAFT
Shanahan on Literacy Blog May 7, 2016
DIBELS What doesn’t belong here? On Teaching Nonsense Words
Cautionary Tale - "Is this really how we should test reading development in kids?" article
NEW! Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Michigan’s Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) is an authentic observational system for assessing children in the first 45 days of kindergarten. The KEA will provide teachers and parents with important criterion-based information about a child’s learning and development in five domains at the beginning of kindergarten so that teachers can inform individual instruction and parents can provide learning opportunities beyond the school day. The domains assessed include:
- Mathematics
- Literacy and Language
- Approaches toward Learning
- Social and Emotional Development
- Physical Well-Being and Motor Development
Early Literacy Assessments (List compiled by N. Duke, J. Lindsey, E. Brown
Free or Very Low Cost Early Literacy Assessments
MDE list of approved Initial and Extensive Early Literacy Assessments for 2018-19
Literacy Assessment Resources
Secondary Reading Assessments (Resources from CT SDE)
NEW! WorkKeys Prep Materials