Part III: Reading Readiness Screeners
Statewide 4K Fundamental Skills Screening Assessment
- Pearson aimswebPlus (phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge)
-Screening dates:
○ Fall - no more than 45 days into the school year.
○ Spring - on or before the 45th day prior to the last day of school
Parent/Caregiver Communication
- Guardians can expect to receive a letter that will be sent within 15 days of the scoring of the statewide early literacy screener.
- Reports will be sent twice per year in the fall and spring.
- Please notify the school of your preferred language and mode of communication.
Statewide 5k-3 Universal Screener
-Pearson aimswebPlus (phonemic awareness, letter-sound knowledge, alphabetic knowledge, decoding and oral vocabulary)
- Screening dates:
○ Fall - no more than 45 days into the school year.
○ Mid-Year - Middle of the school year
○ Spring - on or before the 45th day prior to the last day of school
Parent/Caregiver Communication
- Guardians can expect to receive a letter that will be sent within 15 days of the scoring of the statewide early literacy screener.
- Reports will be sent three times per year in the fall, winter and spring.
- Please notify the school of your preferred language and mode of communication.
Diagnostic Literacy Assessments
Diagnostic assessments will be administered to students who score below the 25th percentile on the universal screener or who are referred for additional testing by a teacher or parent/caregiver. Act 20 requires that a diagnostic assessment include all of the specific literacy subskills enumerated in Act 20 and meets the technical specifications in Act 20 (i.e., a sensitivity rate of 70%, a specificity rate of at least 80%, and includes a growth measure).
The following assessment may be used for the diagnostic assessments.
Assessment Name:
● aimswebPlus
● Cubed
● LETRS
Students will be assessed with the diagnostic within 10 days after the screener results are posted.
Guardians will receive notification within 15 days following the screener results.
