Transcript Assess Now - Pacific Learning

Links your student data to classroom
instruction – instantly
What is Assess Now?
Comprehensive reading and writing formative
assessment for grades K–2/3
Assess Now
Enables you to assess students’
• Concepts of print
• Foundation skills
• Knowledge of the reading process
• Attitude toward reading and writing
• Oral reading, including fluency and cueing
• Comprehension – literal, inferential,
important ideas, and synthesis
• Writing – fiction and non-fiction
Benefits of Assess Now
• Provides instant comprehensive “what next” support for
teachers : with strategies for whole class, small
group and independent instruction
• Quick and easy to administer
• Includes a writing assessment
• Easy to understand layout for easy data recording and data
transfer
Assess Now Pack
• 30 leveled books –
fiction and non-fiction
• 30 quadfold assessment
and recording sheets
• 1 Teachers’ Guide
• 15 level finder cards
• 1 CD-ROM with reproducible material
• 1 Assess Now Software Package with
* data management software and reporting tools
* “What Next?” support – instant, customized
teaching strategies
Assess Now Books
• Carefully selected to facilitate
assessment process
• Offer fiction and non-fiction
text types with a variety of
graphic features
• Offer a high level of
illustrative support
• Include different
characters/ethnicities
• Provide authentic texts
LEVEL
FICTION
NON-FICTION
A
Sam
On the Go
B
The Guinea Pigs
I Can Read
C
My Cat
My Week
D
I Can’t Sleep
I Can Move
E
Mr. Noisy
Our Pumpkin
F
Woody’s Week
Let’s Go Shopping
G
Bert’s Band
When I Grow Up
H
I Think I’m in Trouble
A Foal Is Born
I
My Dad Watches Football
Come to the Circus
J
First Day
How to Speak Cat
K
An E-mail for Sam
How to Talk Dog
L
Grandpa’s New Room
At the Pond
M
Tony Tries
How to Make a Plant Sandwich
N
The Sock Gremlin
Our Feelings
O
Hamburger the Duck
Snow
Assess Now Leveling
Levels selected to take students into early Grade 3
• Linked to Fountas and
Pinnell levels A – O
• Intervention Level
levels 1 – 24
• DRA levels A – 38
Grade
Assess
Now
DRA
Fountas &
Pinnell
Intervention
Level
K
A
A-1
A
1
K
B
2
B
2
K
C
3-4
C
3-4
K
D
6
D
5-6
1
E
8
E
7-8
1
F
10
F
9-10
1
G
12
G
11-12
1
H
14
H
13-14
1
I
16
I
15-16
2
J
20
J
18
2
K
20
K
18
2
L
28
L
20
2
M
28
M
20
3
N
30-34
N
22
3
O
38
O
24
Assess Now
Teachers’ Guide
Includes four additional
assessment sheets
1. Foundation Skills Assessment
2. Concepts of Print Assessment
3. Reading Interview
4. Writing Interview
Assess Now
• Provides both formative and summative data
• Determines appropriate reading and writing
levels
• Establishes students’ instructional needs
• Determines the move to another level of text
• Provides data software for
recording standardized test
results
Assess Now
• Five assessments per year can be given
• Reports are provided for
– Teachers
– Parents
– School principals
– School districts
• Data can be collected
on paper and digitally
Assess Now
Assessment is an easy five-step process
Step 1. Reading Process Knowledge Record
(5 minutes)
Step 2.
Step 3.
Step 4.
Step 5.
Oral Reading Record (3 minutes)
Comprehension Record (2 minutes)
Writing Task (10 minutes)
Data Collection and Literacy
Assessment Summary (5+ minutes)
Five-Step Process
Where to Start
• Establish approximate level using
level finder cards, then select appropriate
text.
1. Reading Process
Knowledge Record
2. Oral Reading Record
3. Comprehension Record
4. Writing Task
5. Literacy Assessment
Summary
The teacher completes the Literacy
Assessment Summary and identifies
the student’s reading and writing
levels, and learning needs.
What Next? – Reading
What Next? – Writing
Assess Now Software
Enables teachers to:
•link student data to
instruction
•customize and differentiate
instruction based on student
needs
•View and print individual
student reports
Assess Now Software
View a class or group of
students to:
•Identify areas in need of
improvement
•Generate teaching strategies
report based on areas of need
Assess Now Software
View individual student
reports to:
•Monitor progress.
•Identify areas in need.
•View and print strategies to
meet individual student
needs.
Assess Now Excels
It enables teachers to
• determine students’ reading and writing
strengths and weaknesses
• plan effectively for targeted individual and
group instruction
• easily document students’ progress over time
• store, manage, and report on students’
growth and development using an effective
data management system
Assess Now
Need more info?
Contact Customer Service at 800-279-0737 or visit our
website to find your local representative.
www.pacificlearning.com