Reading Assessments Grades K4-2

Assessment

Grade
Level

What does this

assessment tell me?

How Often?

Assessment Location

Concepts of
Print

Kindergart
en

Basic knowledge about

books, letters and words

September and
ongoing until
mastery

http://www.heinemann.com/ (assessment tools)

http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources
(assessments)

Letter-Sound
Identification

Kindergart
en and 1st
Grade

Letter Names and Sounds

September and
ongoing until
mastery

http://www.heinemann.com/ (assessment tools)

http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources
(assessments)

Spelling
Inventory

K2

Word knowledge and

spelling patterns

Fall and Spring

(Winter optional)

Words Their Way or

Fountas and Pinnell Phonics Kit

High
Frequency
Words

K2

High frequency words that

a student can recognize on
sight

September and
ongoing until
mastery -continue to

http://www.heinemann.com/ (assessment tools)

http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources
(assessments)

Running
Records*

K2

assess until student

maxes out, even if
beyond current grade
level

Details regarding accuracy,

fluency, behaviors for word
solving, ability to retell,
ability to answer literal and
inferential questions and
current reading level

Ongoing throughout
the year; Reading
level reported out at
the end of each
trimester

Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Kit

http://www.heinemann.com/ (assessment tools)
http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources
(assessments)
Teachers College Reading and Writing Project InBook Assessment

Reading Logs

35

Records of
Conferences,
Small Groups
and
Observations
PALS

35

MAP for
Primary

Reading volume, book

choice and reading rate
At-a-glance data of reading
behaviors including
stamina, engagement,
independence, partner
work, etc.

Ongoing throughout
the year
Ongoing throughout
the year

K4-2

Phonemic and Phonological

Awareness

Fall and Spring

(Winter optional)

https://wi.palsk8.com/index.cfm?
fuseaction=home.showLogin

K-2

Basic Reading Skills

Fall and Spring

Online Assessment Tool

Grades (MPG)
*Running Records are administered ongoing throughout the school year. Student levels are reported at trimester based on the
instructional reading level for fiction at that time (December, March, June). Teachers are encouraged to assess 5-7 students per
week using running records as a tool to note strengths in reading behavior, inform next steps for instruction and to set reading
goals with students. Please work with your instructional coach to establish an effective and efficient running record system in
your classroom.

Reading Assessments Grades 3-5

Assessment

Grade
Level

What does this

assessment tell me?

How Often?

Assessment Location

Spelling
Inventory
Learning
Progressions
and Student
Rubrics
Performance
Assessments

35

Word knowledge and

spelling patterns

Fall and Spring

(Winter optional)

Words Their Way

35

Reading skills and

strategies including selfassessment and goal
setting

Ongoing throughout
the Units of Study

Reading Pathways (Units of Study)

35

Before and after

each Unit of Study
(minimum of 4 per
year)

Reading Pathways
http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources
(assessments)

Reading Logs

35

Records of
Conferences,
Small Groups
and
Observations
Writing about
Reading

35

Evidence of students
thinking on various reading
skills and strategies, as well
as 21st century literacy
skills
Reading volume, book
choice and reading rate
At-a-glance data of reading
behaviors including
stamina, engagement,
independence, partner
work, etc.

Ongoing throughout
the year

Running
Records*

35

How the student is thinking

about the text and
comprehension strategies
that he/she is using.
Details regarding accuracy,
fluency, behaviors for word
solving, ability to retell,

3-5

Ongoing throughout
the year
Ongoing throughout
the year

Ongoing throughout
the year; Reading
level reported out at

Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Kit

http://www.heinemann.com/ (assessment tools)

ability to answer literal and

inferential questions and
current reading level

MAP

35

Basic Reading Skills and

Comprehension

the end of each

trimester

http://readingandwritingproject.org/resources
(assessments)

Fall and Spring

Teachers College Reading and Writing Project InBook Assessment

Online Assessment Tool

*Running Records are administered ongoing throughout the school year. Student levels are reported at trimester based on the
instructional reading level for fiction at that time (December, March, June). Teachers are encouraged to assess 5-7 students per
week using running records as a tool to note strengths in reading behavior, inform next steps for instruction and to set reading
goals with students. Please work with your instructional coach to establish an effective and efficient running record system in
your classroom.