How do we assess reading so that it aligns with evidence-based instruction?  

The Reading Guarantee: How to give every child the best chance of success (2024, Hunter, Stobart & Haywood, p.56)

​K-2 Reading Snapshot - What are we currently doing?
InitiaLit Reading Assessment: 
- Screeners at the beginning of each year and progress monitoring - assessing reading of regular words, non-words, extension words, passage reading and tricky word reading. 

- WARN - Non-word lists - for Kindergarten (from the middle of the year) 
- WARL - Oral reading fluency word lists - for Year One 
- WARP - Oral reading fluency passages - for Year Two 

Fluency Assessment Tool 

This is an oral reading assessment. It should be administered in Years 3-6, OR when a student has mastered the phonetic code. 
Words correct per minute has been shown, in both theoretical and empirical research, to serve as an accurate and powerful indicator of overall reading competence, especially in its strong correlation with comprehension" (Hasbrouk & Tindal, 2006, p. 636).

Let's have a go at administering a fluency assessment!

Find a partner to work with. Take turns reading the fluency passage and assessing each other. 

So, what do we do with the data?

How will the data inform how you differentiate? 
- The fluency scale is a great tool to inform teaching 
- Second read of a text could be used to assess 
- Specific for reports
- How can we use this information to plan for Literacy Groups? Literacy sessions? 
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What are we still wondering about reading assessments?