{"id":3657,"date":"2014-11-02T19:17:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T00:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp\/wordpress\/?page_id=3657"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:42:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:42:28","slug":"reading-assessments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/tools-for-struggling-readers\/reading-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment.png 979w, https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment-100x28.png 100w, https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment-150x42.png 150w, https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment-200x56.png 200w, https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment-450x126.png 450w, https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment-600x168.png 600w, https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/assessment-900x252.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a niggling feeling that all might not be well with your child&#8217;s schooling, use this easy tool to check whether or not your child is working at grade level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you already know that your child is several grades behind in reading, then don&#8217;t bother with this assessment. &nbsp;Move directly to the &#8216;Blending&#8217; program and start training, you will quickly know whether it is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool will assess your child&#8217;s skills in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Phonological Awareness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blending \/ Segmenting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phonics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sight words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Latin\/Greek roots and affixes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comprehension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not a replacement for a professional assessment, but it will walk you through the key elements of reading and give you an idea of what your child can actually do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that &#8216;Reading&#8217; and &#8216;Spelling&#8217; are not independent skills. Children with terrible spelling often are missing&nbsp;the critical skills of segmenting and blending, they can&#8217;t figure out the sounds in a word. Less awful&nbsp;spelling often means that the child needs to learn phonics. Plausible but &#8216;non-traditional&#8217; spelling often&nbsp;indicates a lack of understanding of affixes and perhaps a lack of reading practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"large\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"blue button xlarge\" href=\"http:\/\/communityreading.org\/phonics\/202?request=assessment\"><em style=\"font-size: 60%;\">Click here for<\/em><br>Assessment<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a niggling feeling that all might not be well with your child&#8217;s schooling, use this easy tool to check whether or not your child is working at grade level. If you already know that your child is<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/tools-for-struggling-readers\/reading-assessments\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3649,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"toolsForStrugglingReaders.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7386,"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3657\/revisions\/7386"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityreading.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}