Assessment Tools Index

OCDSB Approved Assessment Index

OCDSB Approved Universal Screeners
Screener		Measures
Eng	Acadience Reading K-8 (Mandatory Year 2-Grade 2 September 2024)	Note: Paper and pencil administration testing materials are free from Acadience. See Acadience. K-2 Teachers will have access to digital administration and the Acadience Learning Online data management (September 2024) First Sound Fluency (FSF) Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) (Optional) Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) using familiar objects
Eng	DIBELS 8 Grades 3-8	Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) Word Reading Fluency (WRF) Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) MAZE
OCDSB Approved Assessment Tools - Word Recognition
Skill Area		Suggested tools + notes for consideration
Letter Naming/Sound Knowledge
Eng		Letter Name and Letter Sound Assessment an informal diagnostic tool assesses letter names separately from letter sounds assesses letter naming of upper case separately from lower case assesses consonant sounds separately from vowel sounds includes scoring tips but no benchmarks
Eng		Core Phonics Survey (see p. 41 Assessing Reading Multiple Measures book purchased for all schools) An informal assessment tool that measures: Letter names-uppercase and lowercase Consonant sounds Long vowel sounds Short vowel sounds
FSL		Évaluation de la connaissance des lettres et des sons simples an informal diagnostic tool of French letters and sounds separately assesses letter naming of upper case separately from lower case assesses consonant sounds separately from vowel sounds includes scoring tips but no benchmarks
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Eng		OCDSB Phonological Awareness Diagnostic (Draft) Informal assessment tool that can be used to screen or can be used diagnostically Streamlines assessment by providing start and stop guidelines throughout Includes assessment of more complex manipulation tasks for students working beyond the basics, as well as assessment at the phonological level (e.g. compound words & syllables) if required Includes optional visuals for students Has individual and class tracking sheets
Eng		Quick Phonological Awareness Screening (QPAS) an informal assessment tool that can be used to screen or can be used diagnostically while a script is included, it is not required that you follow it with fidelity if gathering data to inform instruction includes general benchmarks to highlight trends for whole class profile includes extra practice examples if needed assesses phonological skills along a progression of probable acquisition Tracking sheet
Eng.		Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Assessments Heggerty offers their own informal Phonemic Awareness Assessments that can be downloaded from their website.
FSL		Pratique Phonémique placement test Pratique Phonémique Intensive Placement Test An informal assessment tool that can be used diagnostically to help plan instruction using Pratique Phonémique and Pratique Phonémique Intensive for (gr 2+)
Eng		PAST Instructions Scoring and PAST Scoring Forms A, B, C, D PAST (because this tool assesses phoneme substitution and deletion only, we recommend using this tool beginning in Gr. 2) familiarization with and practice of the tools is suggested before administering to students all items are timed on this screening tool; it measures acquisition of skill and automaticity requires administrator to provide corrective feedback to student test script and scoring guidelines are included traditional normative scores have not yet been established for this tool but there is a guide for interpreting scores included
Eng		Really Great Reading Phonological Survey (downloadable) for Virtual Assessments - http://www.epanels.online/ an informal diagnostic tool that includes two versions so can be used for progress monitoring as well. assesses phonological skills separately from phonemic awareness skills, and separates phonemic skills by level of complexity requires some prep, as assessment of some skills are supported with the use of visuals includes a benchmarking system and suggested script downloadable package includes all materials needed
Phonics / Word Recognition
Eng		Core Phonics Survey (see p. 41 Assessing Reading Multiple Measures book purchased for all schools) K-12 assesses the phonics and phonics-related skills that have a high rate of application in beginning reading includes letters, words, and pseudowords for the student to identify or decode useful for planning instruction and creating instructional groupings instructions for administering each part of the survey are included on the Record Form UFLI Foundations starting points An informal assessment tool that measures: Letter names-uppercase and lowercase Consonant sounds Long vowel sounds Short vowel sounds Short vowels in CVC words Consonant blends with short vowels Short vowels, digraphs, and -tch trigraph R-controlled vowels Long vowel spellings Variant vowels Low frequency vowel and consonant spellings Multisyllabic words
Fr		Évaluation de la connaissance graphophonétique OCDSB FSL Team created diagnostic assesses the phonics and phonics-related skills that have a high rate of application in beginning reading includes words, and pseudowords for the student to identify or decode useful for planning instruction and creating instructional groupings instructions for administration are included this is a mastery assessment - all students are eventually expected to master all skills, but grade level expectations are not included Suggested for use with students in gr 2+
Eng		Really Great Reading Diagnostics download Beginning/Advanced Decoding Survey under Gr. 1 section for Virtual Assessments - http://www.epanels.online/ two informal diagnostic tools designed to quickly pinpoint decoding weaknesses in students intended to be used from mid-gr. 1 and on This download contains an explanation of how the survey results can be used to group students, and offers guidance on how to plan effective, efficient instruction. according to the package, the survey takes about 10 minutes per child to administer includes criterion-referenced benchmarks the package states: The Grouping Matrix is a web-based, password protected computer program that groups students according to the type and depth of their decoding abilities and weaknesses. The Grouping Matrix has direct online data entry, with immediate reports that group students and recommend instruction. - This feature is not supported by the OCDSB
NEW! Spelling / Phonics
Eng		LETRS Spelling Screeners The inventory will support educators to analyze a student’s ability to spell phoneme-grapheme correspondences and orthographic patterns. Basic Spelling Screener (K-2) Basic Spelling Screener Scoring Sheet Initial and final consonants Digraphs and trigraphs Blends Short and long vowels (VCe) Vowel teams/diphthongs Vowel-r Inflections Advanced Spelling Screener (Gr. 3+, or students who spell 20+ words on the Basic Spelling Screener) Advanced Spelling Screener Scoring Sheet Short and long vowels Blends Digraphs and trigraphs Other vowels Complex consonants Infections Syllable junctures Unaccented syllables Derivational suffixes Root or base words
Foundational Skills
Eng		Foundational Concept Survey OCDSB SLP Literacy Team created Assesses student knowledge of language concepts used within literacy instruction Provides information about foundational concepts and their importance as a foundation for learning Individual and class tracking sheets included
Eng		Really Great Reading Diagnostics Kindergarten Foundational Skills (download) for Virtual Assessments - http://www.epanels.online/ Foundational Skills (K): a package of assessments for: functional vocabulary phonological/phonemic awareness letter awareness decoding a downloadable package that includes multiple assessment tools listed above assessment tools can be used selectively - for example, one tool on multiple children and/or multiple tools on one child, etc.
Eng		Really Great Reading Diagnostics Gr. 1 Foundational Surveys (download) for Virtual Assessments - http://www.epanels.online/ Foundational Skills (Gr. 1): a package of assessments for: print concepts phonological awareness phonics and word recognition fluency a downloadable package that includes multiple assessment tools listed above assessment tools can be used selectively - for example, one tool on multiple children and/or multiple tools on one child, etc.
Fr		Évaluation des habiletés fondamentales OCDSB FSL Team created diagnostics Foundational Skills (Gr. 1): a package of assessments for: print concepts phonological awareness phonics and word recognition fluency a downloadable package that includes multiple assessment tools listed above assessment tools can be used selectively - for example, one tool on multiple children and/or multiple tools on one child, etc.