Acadience Reading Assessments for Early Literacy Skills

Acadience Reading K-3

The Acadience Reading measures are indicators of the skill area they are designed to assess.  Just as a pediatrician measures a child’s height and weight as a quick and efficient indicator of that child’s physical development, each measure is a quick and efficient indicator of how well a child is doing in learning a particular reading skill.  The measures are linked to one another and have been found to be predictors of later reading proficiency.

Measure of Phonemic Awareness

• Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF): Assesses a child’s ability to produce the individual sounds within a given word.

• First Sound Fluency (FSF): Assesses a child’s ability to identify initial sounds in words.

Measure of Alphabetic Principle and Phonics

• Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) Correct Letter Sounds and Whole Words Read: Assesses a child’s knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, as well as their ability to blend letters together to form unfamiliar “make-believe” words like nov,wub, zat etc.

Measure of Accurate and Fluent Reading of Connected Text

• Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Correct Words Per MInute and Accuracy: Assesses a child’s ability to read connected text in grade level material with fluency and accuracy.

Measure of Advanced Phonics and Word Attack Skills

• Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Accuracy: Assesses a child’s ability to read connected text in grade level material with accuracy.

Measure of Reading Comprehension

• MAZE: Assesses a child’s ability to construct meaning from text using word recognition skills,background knowledge and prior knowledge, familiarity with syntax, morphology and cause and effect reasoning skills
• Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Retell and Quality of Response: Assesses a child’s ability to comprehend through the retelling of a story previously read and the quality of the retell.

Acadience Measures

Why does MUSD use Acadience Reading?

• Our highest priority in reading instruction is to provide each child a successful experience to grow as a reader.

• The assessments help identify students who may be at risk for reading difficulties.
• The assessments help teachers identify areas to target instructional support.
• Teachers use these assessments to monitor the reading progress of students.
• Acadience Reading assessments provide reliable and valid data to help guide instructional decisions and strengthen the relationship between teaching and learning.

How can I support my student at home?

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If you have any questions regarding your child’s reading performance, please contact your child’s teacher or

principal.

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