FastBridge earlyReading

The earlyReading assessment is used to monitor the progress of and screen students in grades PreK-1 but can be administered to students up to grade 3. The earlyReading tool can be used up to five times per year to screen students, and is available in both English and Spanish.

Content

Sub-Category
Domains
Reading,
Language
Subdomain

Concepts of Print; Onset Sounds; Letter Names; Letter Sounds; Word Rhyming; Word Blending; Word Segmenting; Sight Word Reading; Decodable Word Reading; Nonsense Word Reading- Sentence Reading; Oral Language (Sentence Repetition)

Grades
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Observer

Administration Information

Length
Composite (4 subtests): 5-10 minutes
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price

$7.50 per student

Contact

612-254-2534

Open Access
No

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring
Referencing
Criterion-referenced,
Norm-referenced
Psychometric References

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Additional resource:

Savage, C. (2022). Considerations for use of early grades reading assessments. EdInstruments Brief, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University. https://edinstruments.org/resources/early-grades-reading-assessments 

National Comparison
Yes

Psychometric Considerations

Psychometrics is the science of psychological assessment. A primary goal of EdInstruments is to provide information on crucial psychometric topics including Validity and Reliability – essential concepts of evaluation, which indicate how well an instrument measures a construct - as well as additional properties that are worthy of consideration when selecting an instrument of measurement.

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