READ Act Resource Bank of
Approved Diagnostic and Summative Assessments
On March 12, 2013, the State Board voted to approve lists of approved diagnostic and summative assessments per requirements of the Colorado READ Act. The charts below include a list of approved diagnostic and summative assessments and information related to the components of reading that each diagnostic assessment tests.
Approved K-3 Diagnostic and K-2 Summative Assessments (PDF)
Approved K-3 Diagnostic Assessments |
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Oral
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Phonemic
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Phonics |
Fluency |
Vocabulary |
Comprehension |
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Curriculum
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x | x | x | x | ||
Pearson Aimsweb |
x | x | x | x | ||
Pearson Aimsweb Spanish Reading CBM (Spanish
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x | x | x | x | ||
PALS Marketplace Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) |
x | x | x | x | ||
Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening Espaņol (PALS Espaņol) |
x | x | x | x | ||
Renaissance STAR Early Literacy Assessment |
x | x | x | x | ||
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Children's Progress Academic Assessment (CPAA) |
x | x | x | |||
Pearson Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test |
x | x | ||||
Test de Covabulario en Imagenes Peabody (TVIP) |
x | x | ||||
Pearson Woodcock Reading Mastery Test, 3rd edition (VRMT-III) |
x | x | ||||
Cambium Education, Inc. d/b/a Sopris Learning DIBELS Deep: PA (Phonemic Awareness) WRD (Word Reading Decoding) |
x | x | ||||
Wireless Generation Burst Reading Assessments: Vocabulary, Advanced Phonics/Decoding, and Comprehension |
x | x | x | x | x | x |
Approved K-2 Summative Assessments
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