Session 9
Getting to Know Your Students:
Initial Assessments and Procedures
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Objectives
We will be able to articulate the assessment
procedures and the purpose of tools they will
encounter in the first 60 days of instruction.
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Second Grade TG,
Unit 1, Page, 45
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Replacement Packets
Some materials have been revised and have replacement
pages for Teacher’s Guides and Student Workbooks in the
following units:
Kindergarten:
• Unit 2 Teacher Guide, pages 51–59
• Unit 2 Student Workbook: worksheets
4.1, 4.3, 5.2, 7.2, 10.1, 10.2, and PP2
First Grade:
• Unit 1 Teacher Guide, pages 50–77
• Unit 1 Student Workbook. Worksheets:
6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
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Managing Initial Assessments for
Kindergarten
Teacher’s Guide
Student Workbook
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Copy of individual assessment
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Individual student record sheets
Instructions
Assessment
Class Record Summary Sheets
Analysis, scoring and interpretation
Answer Key
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Initial Kindergarten Pretests
Pretests are given to all students to establish a
baseline against which to determine progress
Unit 1/Lesson 4: Oral Blending
Unit 1/ Lesson 6: Writing Strokes
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Optional Kindergarten Pretests
Letter Sound and Letter Name
Sample Protocol and Score
sheets
Unit 2,
Appendix B
Unit 2,
Appendix C
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Managing Initial Assessments
First & Second Grade
Sample from Assessment Flowchart
• Flow charts are
provided to help you
visualize the order of
placement assessments
• Assess to define
strengths for grade
preparation
• Problem solve to
uncover earliest points
of weakness in a
students’ code
knowledge
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Letter Name/Letter
Sound
Writing Strokes Test
Kindergarten
(Group based on trend of data across
first 5 Units)
First Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Second Grade
(Group based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Unit 2
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Optional Pretest
For those children who fall below
benchmarks on all other Unit 1
Assessments
End of Unit 2
NA
NA
Given to all students
Word
Recognition/Word
Reading
Unit 3, 4, 5
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Given to all students; Expands to Word
Reading if child doesn’t pass benchmark on
Recognition
Word Recognition given to all students; no
Word Reading
Word Reading for students who fall below
benchmarks on story reading assessments
Story
Comprehension
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Only for those children who score AT OR
ABOVE benchmark on Word Recognition
All Students
OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Assessment
For probing placement of incoming K
students with very strong contextual
reading skills
Only given for those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
Only given to those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Pseudo Word
Reading
Code Diagnostic
Test
Only for those falling below benchmark on
Word Recognition and Pseudoword reading
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Word Recognition Assessment
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Administered whole group in k and
Grade 1.
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In K, used as an end-of-unit test in most
units to assess letter patterns taught
within unit.
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In Grade 1, this is the first placement test
administered.
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In Grade 2, is only administered as a
placement test if students fall below
benchmark on story comprehension
tests. (administered individually)
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Grades 1 and 2 Word recognition
assessments contain words with letter
patterns taught in previous grade.
K, End-of Unit
G1, G2, Placement Tests
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Word Recognition Assessment
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Use individual score sheets to collect
data
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Score sheets match the assessments line
for line for diagnostic evaluation
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CKLA provides explicit guidelines for
evaluating results
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Use results to plan targeted instruction
and for grouping
Scoring/Interpretation
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Story Comprehension
Assessment
First Grade Story with
comprehension
questions
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In first grade, given to students
who score AT OR ABOVE
benchmark on Word
Recognition test
In second grade, students begin
with the story reading
assessment.
If student reaches benchmark,
they move on to more complex
story selections.
20-30 minutes
Additional worksheets provided
for students to complete
individually after they finish
assessment
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Story Comprehension
Assessment
Second Grade Story Samples
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Pseudoword Assessment
First Grade Example
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Administered individually
For probing placement of
incoming K students with very
strong contextual reading skills
In grades 1, and 2 only given for
those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word
Recognition
Purest test of student’s code
knowledge in segmenting and
blending words
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Code Diagnostic Test
• Pinpoints specific lettersound correspondences
students have not yet
mastered
• Administered one-on one
• Students are asked to
identify 35 isolated sounds
• A detailed record sheet
identifies specific errors
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Letter Name/Letter
Sound
Writing Strokes Test
Word
Recognition/Word
Reading
Story
Comprehension
Pseudo Word
Reading
Code Diagnostic
Test
Kindergarten
(Study based on trend of data across
first 5 Units)
First Grade
(Study based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Second Grade
(Study based on Formal Placement
Assessment)
Unit 2
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Optional Pretest
For those children who fall below
benchmarks on all other Unit 1
Assessments
End of Unit 2
NA
NA
Given to all students
Unit 3, 4, 5
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Given to all students; Expands to Word
Reading if child doesn’t pass benchmark on
Recognition
Word Recognition given to all students; no
Word Reading
Word Reading for students who fall below
benchmarks on story reading assessments
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Only for those children who score AT OR
ABOVE benchmark on Word Recognition
All Students
OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
Unit 1 Assessment
For probing placement of incoming K
students with very strong contextual
reading skills
Only given for those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
Only given to those who score BELOW
benchmark on Word Recognition
NA for initial test battery
Unit 1 Placement Assessment
NA
Only for those falling below benchmark on
Word Recognition and Pseudoword reading
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Case Studies
1. Find a Partner.
2. Find a grade level case study packet (K,1, 2)
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Case Studies
Kindergarten: Evan
Grade 1: Ella
Grade 2: Enrique
End-of-Units 3,4, 5
Unit 1, Lessons 6-10.
Unit 1 Lessons 6-10
a) guiding questions
b) planning and
grouping sheet
c) instructions for word
reading assessment
d) scoring and analysis
interpretation for
assessments
e) Evan’s actual word
reading assessments
f) Evan’s score sheets
for Units 3 and 4
a) guiding questions
b) placement planning
c) assessment flowchart
d) Ella’s word recognition
test and scoring sheet
e) Ella’s Story
Comprehension test
f) Psuedoword Reading
test and scoring sheet
g) guidelines for
Interpreting Assessment
scores
a) guiding questions
b) placement planning
c) assessment flowchart
d) Enrique’s Story
Comprehension tests
and answer sheets
f) Enrique’s word
reading assessment with
instructions and word
reading evaluation
guidelines
g) placing and grouping
guidelines
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Your Cases
Take 2 minutes to review the contents of the
case study
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Your Cases
1. Review the questions on page 2.
2. Select 1 focus question.
3. Examine case study and record answer to
your selected focus question
4. Share findings with a partner.
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Reflection:
Assessment Tools & Procedures
Administrators/Coaches
Teachers
How would you support
your staff so they have
the tools they need to
promote data-driven
instruction?
• What key takeaway do
you most want to
remember?
• What do you feel you
need to gain more
familiarity with before
the start of school?
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Materials/time
Assessment procedures
Purpose of tools
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