Concepts of Print

• 10-item assessment for concepts about print  http://teams.lacoe.edu/reading/assessments/print/concepts.html

Phonemic Awareness

• Yopp-Singer Phoneme Segmentation Test  http://teams.lacoe.edu/reading/assessments/yopp.html
• Various tools for assessing phonemic awareness  http://teams.lacoe.edu/reading/assessments/assessments.html

Decoding:

• Any phonics inventory from a reputable source (e.g., Houghton Mifflin, portions of the Lexia or Basic Literacy Test)
• DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) https://dibels.uoregon.edu/measures/materials.php
• McKenna & Stahl phonics inventory http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/reading/projects/garf/Informal%20Phonics%20Inventory.doc

High-Frequency Words:

• Dolch Word List  http://gemini.es.brevard.k12.fl.us/sheppard/reading/dolch.html
• Fry’s Instant Words http://www.uen.org/k-2educator/word_lists.shtml

• Other lists of high-frequency words

Comprehension:

• Houghton-Mifflin Leveled Reading Passages (every school has at least 2 kits; schools that purchased HM received a kit for every classroom set purchased)

• Lexia comprehension passages (Burns & Roe inventory)
• Basic Literacy Test comprehension passages
• Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)
• Any other Informal Reading Inventory (Silvaroli, Johns, etc.)

* These are suggestions.  There are many, many diagnostic assessments that can be utilized.