Different types of assessment

Letter Identification-
This assessment is used to determine the letters that a students knows as well as their sounds. Also to see if they can recognize the capitals and lowercase lettering.

Concepts of Print-
This assessment tells you if the student can handle a book properly. Do they know the right side to hold it, where is the front, where is the back. Where is the author? Where do we begin to read (right to left).

Running Records-
This type of assessment helps evaluate the types of mistakes a student makes while reading. Its not about how many mistakes but what kind they are. And this way the teacher can help them work on that problem.

6 +1 trait evaluation-
Simply taking a writing sample of the students and using an evaluation rubric to score that child's writing.

Observation Records-
Observing what they child is doing in the classroom. Taking note on what their strengths and weaknesses are. How they learn best and in what kind of environment.


*tools that can be put together to make a child assessment portfolio