administered prior to entering
the curriculum. These tests
give teachers a baseline
indicator of students' skills,
which can be used to measure
growth as students progress
through the curriculum.
mastery of the content,
concepts, and skills taught
in the curriculum ensures
that teachers have current
information about each
student in order to adjust
pacing or provide instructional
support activities for
individual students.
tests provide teachers with
a view of each student's
overall mastery of curriculum
content. The interpretation of
these results guides teachers'
decisions regarding whether
to move students to the next
book or to reteach particular
concepts and provide additional
practice for specific skills.
Progress Indicators monitor
growth in the critical skills of
literacy. These tests are the
same ones used for baseline
and are designed to provide
valid and reliable measures
of speed and accuracy
of word reading, reading
comprehension, spelling of
regular and irregular words,
and writing.
followed by baseline, ongoing, and summative assessments that drive instruction.
· Content Mastery
· Benchmark