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Archived READ Interim Assessments

Archived READ Approved Interim Assessments

The department engaged practitioners from the field with literacy expertise to assist with the review through an open application process conducted in September 2013. Fourteen English and 8 Spanish reading assessments were reviewed; 7 English and 3 Spanish reading assessments were recommended and approved. The final approved list as voted on by the State Board of Education on December 11, 2013 can be found in the table below. Cut scores for determining a significant reading deficiency were arrived at through work with each test publisher. Those cut scores as well as other resources can be found in the table below:

2022-2023 READ Act cut scores and resources

The following interim assessments were approved for use to meet the requirements of the READ Act through the end of the 2022-2023 school year.

Please visit READ Act Approved Assessments to access the most current list of READ Act Interim Assessments. 

Please note: For access to historical cut score documents, please contact READAct@cde.state.co.us.

English Interim Assessments

Spanish Interim Assessments

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Aimsweb Plus

  • Aimsweb Plus cut scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023
  • Aimsweb cut scores for fall reading competency per HB 15-1323

Aimsweb Plus Spanish

  • Aimsweb Plus Spanish Cut Scores  for Determining and SRD updated 2022-2023

 

 

 

 

Acadience Reading

  • Acadience Reading Cut Scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023
  • Acadience Reading cut scores for fall reading competency per HB 15-1323

 

Indicadores Dinámicos del Éxito en la Lectura (IDEL)

  • IDEL cut scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023
  • IDEL cut scores for determining fall reading competency per HB 15-1323

FastBridge

  • FastBridge resources
  • FastBridge cut scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023
  • **Updated Scores Coming Soon**FastBridge cut scores for fall reading competency per HB 15-1323

 

FastBridge Guidance:

i Ready

  • i-Ready Resources
  • iReady cut scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023
  • iReady cut scores for fall reading competency per HB 15-1323

 

iReady Guidance:

 

ISIP ER, Istation

  • Istation Resources
  • Istation cut scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023
  • Istation cut scores for fall reading competency per HB 15-1323

ISIP ER Spanish, Istation

  • ISIP ER Spanish cut scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS)

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening Español

  • PALS Español cut scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023

STAR Early Learning

  • STAR Early Learning cut scores for determining SRD updated 2022-2023
  • STAR Early Learning cut scores for fall reading competency per HB 15-1323

 

STAR Guidance:

Districts had until July 1, 2016 (as allowed in statute, C.R.S. 22-7-1209) to transition to the approved interim assessments. Both DIBELS 6th edition and DRA2 were only able to be used through July 1, 2016.

READ Act and Students with Disabilities

All K-3 students in Colorado public schools are to be screened as a part of the READ Act. This includes students with disabilities. For more information about the READ Act and students with disabilities, please see the Differentiated Pathways and Students with Disabilities webpage.

2022 READ Act Advisory List of Assessment Review Process


Resources

Interim Assessment Implementation Resources

  • How to select an effective screening tool? Dr. Nadine Gaab explaining important factors to consider when selecting the right screener to identify children at risk in your school or district.
  • Conducting Universal Screening A literacy coach at an elementary school discusses the purpose, scheduling, and administration of universal screening (interim assessment use). She explains how the use of screening data has changed instruction at this school.

Archived Assessment Review Resources: