Assessment Options for Reading-Related Component Skills
Most of the assessments presented in the Guide are available at the SERC Library and can be borrowed for review. To find a specific assessment click on the Complete A-Z Listing.
Letter/Word Recognition (real words)
AIMSweb Tests of Early Literacyor Reading*
- Letter Naming Fluency
- Oral Reading Fluency
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early LiteracySkills, 6th Edition (DIBELS)*
- Letter Naming Fluency
- Oral Reading Fluency
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills Next (DIBELS Next)*
- Oral Reading Fluency
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
- Isolated Word Reading Fluency
Gallistel-Ellis Test of CodingSkills
Gray Dignostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)
- Letter/Word Recognition
- Reading Vocabulary
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
- Letter and Word Recognition (both timed and untimed subtests)
Test of Word ReadingEfficiency, 2nd Edition (TOWRE- 2)
- Sight Word Efficiency (timed)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Word Reading(timed)
Wide Range Achievement Test, 4th Edition (WRAT-4)
- Word Reading
Word Identification and SpellingTest (WIST)
- Word Identification
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)
- Letter Identification
- Word Identification
Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)
- Letter-Word Identification
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement, 4th Edition (WJ-IV)
- Letter-Word Identification (untimed)
Word Decoding (pseudowords)
AIMSweb Tests of Early Literacyor Reading*
- Nonsense Word Fluency
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early LiteracySkills, 6th Edition (DIBELS)*
- Nonsense Word Fluency
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early LiteracySkills Next (DIBELS Next)*
- Nonsense Word Fluency
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
- Nonsense Word Decoding
Gallistel-Ellis Test of CodingSkills
Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)
- Phonetic Analysis
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
- Nonsense Word Decoding (timed and untimedsubtests)
PhonologicalAwareness Test 2 (PAT-2)
- Decoding Section (untimed)
Test of Integrated Languageand Literacy Skills(TILLS)
- Nonword Reading
Test of Word ReadingEfficiency, 2nd Edition (TOWRE- 2)
- Phonetic Decoding Efficiency (timed)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Pseudoword Decoding (timed)
Word Identification and SpellingTest (WIST)
- Word Identification
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)
- Word Attack
Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)
- Word Attack
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
- Word Attack(untimed)
Phonological Processing (phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming)
AIMSweb Tests of Early Literacyor Reading*
- Letter Sound Fluency
- Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, 2nd Edition (CTOPP-2)
- Phonological Awareness, Phonological Memory, and/or Rapid Naming quotients
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early LiteracySkills, 6th Edition (DIBELS)*
- Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early LiteracySkills Next (DIBELS Next)*
- Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Dynamic Screening for Phonological Awareness (DSPA)
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
- Phonological Awareness
- Positioning Sounds
- Rapid Automatic Naming
- Verbal Fluency
Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)
- Phonological Awareness
- Rapid Naming
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
- Phonological Awareness
Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test, 3rd Edition (LAC-3)
PhonologicalAwareness Test 2 (PAT-2)
- Phonological Awareness Section
Rapid Automatized Naming and Rapid Alternating Stimulus (RAN/RAS)Tests
Test of Auditory Processing Skills, 3rd Edition (TAPS-3)
- Word Discrimination
- Phonological Segmentation
- Phonological Blending
Test of Early Reading Ability, 4th Edition (TERA-4)
- Alphabet
Test of Integrated Languageand Literacy Skills(TILLS)
- Phonemic Awareness
- Nonword Repetition
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, 4th Edition (TACL-4)
- Grammatical Morphemes
Test of Phonological Awareness, 2nd Edition (TOPA-2+)
The Phonological Awareness Profile
Word Identification and SpellingTest (WIST)
- Sound-Symbol Knowledge
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)
- Phonological Awareness
- Rapid Automatic Naming
Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)
- Incomplete Words
- Sound Blending
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of CognitiveAbilities(WJ-IV)
- Phonological Processing
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Oral Language (WJ-IV)
- Rapid Picture Naming
- Retrieval Fluency
- Segmentation
- Sound Awareness (rhyming and deletion)
- Sound Blending
- Rapid Picture Naming
- Retrieval Fluency
Yopp-Singer Test of Phonological Awareness
Text Reading Accuracy (oral)
AIMSweb Tests of Early Literacyor Reading*
- MAZE Fluency
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
- Oral Reading Fluency
Gray Oral Reading Test, 5th Edition (GORT-5)
- Accuracy
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Oral Reading Fluency– Accuracy Score
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
- Oral Reading
Text Reading Fluency/Rate (oral or silent)
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
- Oral Reading Fluency
- Irregular Word Reading Fluency
- Silent Reading Fluency
Gray Oral Reading Test, 5th Edition(GORT-5)
- Rate (oral)
- Fluency (oral)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Oral Reading Fluency-Rate Score(oral)
- Oral Reading Fluency Composite (oral)
Test of Integrated Languageand Literacy Skills(TILLS)
- Reading Fluency(oral)
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)
- Oral Reading Fluency
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
- Sentence Reading Fluency (silent)
Reading Comprehension (sentence and text level)
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early LiteracySkills Next (DIBELS Next)*
- DAZE Fluency
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
- Silent Reading Comprehension (comprehension score)
Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)
- Meaningful Reading
Gray Oral Reading Test, 5th Edition (GORT-5)
- Comprehension (passage reading and question answering)
Gray Silent Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GSRT-2)
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
- Reading Comprehension (match word to picture/passage reading and question answering)
- Reading Comprehension (passage reading and question answering)
Oral and Written Language Scales, 2nd Edition (OWLS-II)
- Reading Comprehension
Test of Early Reading Ability, 4th Edition (TERA-4)
- Meaning
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
- Reading Comprehension
Test of Reading Comprehension, 4th Edition (TORC-4)
Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)
- Passage Comprehension
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
- Passage Comprehension
Oral Language – Receptive Vocabulary and Morphology
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)
- Receptive Vocabulary
- Synonyms
- Grammatical Morphemes
Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test, 3rd Edition (CREVT-3)
- Receptive Vocabulary
Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)
- Listening Vocabulary
Montgomery Assessment of Vocabulary Acquisition (MAVA)
Peabody PictureVocabulary Test, 4th Edition (PPVT-4)
Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, 4th Edition (ROWPVT-4)
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, 4th Edition (TACL-4)
- Grammatical Morphemes
- Vocabulary
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Receptive Vocabulary
Oral Language – Expressive Vocabulary and Morphology
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)
- Antonyms
- Expressive Vocabulary
- Grammatical Morphemes
- Grammaticality Judgment
Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test, 3rd Edition (CREVT-3)
- Expressive Vocabulary
Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, 4th Edition (EOWPVT-4)
Expressive Vocabulary Test, 2nd Edition (EVT-2)
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
- Semantic Concepts (synonyms and antonyms)
Language Processing Test, Elementary (LPT)
Montgomery Assessment of Vocabulary Acquisition (MAVA)
The Word Test – Elementary, 3rd Edition The Word Test – Adolescent, 2nd Edition
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Expressive Vocabulary
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills (TILLS)
- Vocabulary Awareness
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)
- Word Comprehension
Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)
- Oral Vocabulary
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-IV)
- Oral Vocabulary
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Oral Language (WJ-IV)
- Picture Vocabulary
Oral Language – Broad Comprehension Skills (sentence and text-level)
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition (CELF-5)
- Receptive Language Composite (varied formats)
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition, Metalinguistics (CELF-5 Metalinguistics)
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)
- Sentence Comprehension
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
- Listening Comprehension
Oral and Written Language Scales, 2nd Edition (OWLS-II)
- Listening Comprehension
Test of Adolescent and Adult Language, 4th Edition (TOAL-4)
Test of Early Language Development, 4th Edition (TELD-3)
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
- Listening Comprehension
Test of Language Development - Primary, 4th Edition (TOLD-4)
- Listening Composite
Test of Language Development - Intermediate, 4th Edition (TOLD-I-4)
Test of Narrative Language, 2nd Edition (TNL-2)
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, 4th Edition (TACL-4)
- Elaborated Phrases and Sentences
The Listening Comprehension Test, 2nd Edition The Listening Comprehension Test, Adolescent
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Oral Discourse
- Comprehension
Wide Range Achievement Test, 4th Edition (WRAT-4)
- Sentence Comprehension
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)
- Listening Comprehension
Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)
- Listening Comprehension
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
- Oral Comprehension (cloze)
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Oral Language
- Oral Comprehension
- Understanding Directions
Oral Language – Broad Expressive Skills (sentence and text-level)
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition (CELF-5)
- Expressive Language Composite (varied formats)
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition, Metalinguistics (CELF-5 Metalinguistics)
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)
- Double Meaning
- Idiomatic Language
- Inference
- Meaning from Context
- Nonliteral Language
- Sentence Expression
Language Processing Test, Elementary, 3rd Edition (LPT-3)
Oral and Written Language Scales, 2nd Edition (OWLS-II)
- Oral Expression
Test of Adolescent and Adult Language, 4th Edition (TOAL-4)
Test of Early Language Development, 4th Edition (TELD-3)
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
- Story Retelling
- Delayed Story Retelling
Test of Language Competence, Expanded Edition (TLC-E)
- Ambiguous Sentences
- Figurative Language
- Listening Comprehension: Making Inferences
Test of Language Development - Primary, 4th Edition (TOLD-4)
- Speaking Composite
Test of Language Development - Intermediate, 4th Edition (TOLD-I-4)
Test of Narrative Language, 2nd Edition (TNL-2)
The Expressive Language Test, 2nd Edition
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-IV)
- Story Recall
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Oral Language
- Sentence Repetition
Oral Language – Pragmatics
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition (CELF-5)
- Pragmatics Profile
- Pragmatics Activity Checklist
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition, Metalinguistics (CELF-5 Metalinguistics)
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)
- Pragmatics
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
- Social Communication
Social Language Development Test – Elementary Social Language Development Test - Adolescent
Test of Language Competence, Expanded Edition (TLC-E)
- Oral Expression: Recreating Speech Acts
Test of Pragmatic Language, 2nd Edition (TOPL-2)
Spelling
Gallistel-Ellis Test of Coding Skills
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
- Spelling
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
- Nonword Spelling
Test of Written Language,4th Edition (TOWL-4)
- Spelling
Test of Written Spelling, 5th Edition (TWS-5)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Spelling
Wide Range Achievement Test, 4th Edition (WRAT-4)
- Spelling
Word Identification and Spelling Test (WIST)
- Spelling
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
- Spelling
Written Expression
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
- Written Expression
Oral and Written Language Scales, 2nd Edition (OWLS-II)
- Written Expression
Test of Early Written Language, 3rd Edition(TEWL-3)
Test of Written Language,4th Edition (TOWL-4)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
- Written Language Subtests
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
- Sentence Writing Fluency
- Writing Samples
*Screening measures listed in this guide include research-based reading assessments identified by the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and published as the Approved Menu of Research-based Grades K-3 Universal Screening Reading Assessments.