Pre-assessment
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Grade 1
Vocabulary
Basic Reading Inventory
by Jerry Johns
(comprehension questions)
Beginning-of-Year
Oral Vocabulary Assessment (Appendix C)
Conduct informal checks
for understanding of the
weekly vocabulary
Spelling
Spelling Assessment
(Appendix C, Appendix D)
Beginning-of-Year
Phonological/Phonemic
Awareness Assessment
(Appendix D)
Collect a sample of each
student’s first-draft writing
and analyze the errors
Weekly Pretest
Day 1 Independent
Sort Activity
Reading
Basic Reading Inventory
by Jerry Johns
Reading A–Z
Benchmark Assessment
(Running Reading Record)
Close Reading Scoring Guide
(Teacher Manual)
Reading Interest Inventory
(Teacher Manual)
Writing
Writing Benchmark Assessment (Appendix C, Appendix D)
Collect a sample of each student’s first-draft writing and use a writing scoring guide
Differentiate instruction
as needed
Grade 4
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Inventory
(Appendix C, Appendix D)
Generating Words with
Prefixes and Suffixes activities
(Appendix C, Appendix D)
Basic Reading Inventory
by Jerry Johns
(comprehension questions)
Conduct informal checks
for understanding of the
weekly vocabulary
Spelling
Spelling Assessments
(Appendix C, Appendix D)
Collect a sample of each student’s first-draft writing
and analyze the errors
Weekly Pretest
Day 1 Independent
Sort Activity
Reading
Basic Reading Inventory
by Jerry Johns
Close Reading Scoring Guide
(Teacher Manual)
Reading Interest Inventory
(Teacher Manual)
Writing
Collect a sample of each student’s first-draft writing
and use the grade-level appropriate Writing Benchmark
Scoring Guide (Appendix D)
Differentiate instruction
as needed
Grade 7
Vocabulary
Basic Reading Inventory
by Jerry Johns
(comprehension questions)
Conduct informal checks
for understanding of the
weekly vocabulary
Spelling
Spelling Pre-assessment
(Appendix C, Appendix D)
Collect a sample of each student’s first-draft writing
and analyze the errors
Weekly Pretest
Day 1 Independent
Sort Activity
Reading
Basic Reading Inventory
by Jerry Johns
Reading A–Z
Benchmark Assessment
(Running Reading Record)
Close Reading Scoring Guide
(Teacher Manual)
Reading Interest Inventory
(Teacher Manual)
Writing
Collect a sample of each student’s first-draft writing and use a writing Scoring Guide
Writing Benchmark
Scoring Guide (Appendix D)
Differentiate instruction
as needed
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Pre-assessment gives students the opportunity to demonstrate prior knowledge, skills, attitudes, perceptions, and interests. It allows teachers to understand learners individually and as a class.
Data collected from pre-assessments informs instructional decisions. The emphasis given to pre-assessments is a major shift in Pathways 2.0.
