Links your student data to classroom instruction

– instantly

What is Assess Now?Comprehensive reading and writing formative

assessment for grades K–2/3

Assess NowEnables you to assess students’• Concepts of print• Foundation skills• Knowledge of the reading process• Attitude toward reading and writing• Oral reading, including fluency and cueing• Comprehension – literal, inferential,

important ideas, and synthesis• Writing – fiction and non-fiction

Benefits of Assess Now

• Provides instant comprehensive “what next” support for teachers : with strategies for whole class, small group and independent instruction

• Quick and easy to administer

• Includes a writing assessment

• Easy to understand layout for easy data recording and data transfer

Assess Now Pack• 30 leveled books –

fiction and non-fiction• 30 quadfold assessment

and recording sheets• 1 Teachers’ Guide• 15 level finder cards • 1 CD-ROM with reproducible material• 1 Assess Now Software Package with * data management software and reporting tools * “What Next?” support – instant, customized

teaching strategies

Assess Now BooksLEVEL FICTION NON-FICTION

A Sam On the Go

B The Guinea Pigs I Can Read

C My Cat My Week

D I Can’t Sleep I Can Move

E Mr. Noisy Our Pumpkin

F Woody’s Week Let’s Go Shopping

G Bert’s Band When I Grow Up

H I Think I’m in Trouble A Foal Is Born

I My Dad Watches Football Come to the Circus

J First Day How to Speak Cat

K An E-mail for Sam How to Talk Dog

L Grandpa’s New Room At the Pond

M Tony Tries How to Make a Plant Sandwich

N The Sock Gremlin Our Feelings

O Hamburger the Duck Snow

• Carefully selected to facilitate assessment process

• Offer fiction and non-fiction text types with a variety of graphic features

• Offer a high level of illustrative support

• Include different characters/ethnicities

• Provide authentic texts

Assess Now LevelingLevels selected to take students into early Grade 3

• Linked to Fountas and

Pinnell levels A – O• Intervention Level

levels 1 – 24• DRA levels A – 38

Grade Assess Now

DRA Fountas & Pinnell

Intervention Level

K A A-1 A 1

K B 2 B 2

K C 3-4 C 3-4

K D 6 D 5-6

1 E 8 E 7-8

1 F 10 F 9-10

1 G 12 G 11-12

1 H 14 H 13-14

1 I 16 I 15-16

2 J 20 J 18

2 K 20 K 18

2 L 28 L 20

2 M 28 M 20

3 N 30-34 N 22

3 O 38 O 24

Assess Now Teachers’ Guide

Includes four additional

assessment sheets

1. Foundation Skills Assessment

2. Concepts of Print Assessment

3. Reading Interview

4. Writing Interview

Assess Now

• Provides both formative and summative data• Determines appropriate reading and writing

levels• Establishes students’ instructional needs• Determines the move to another level of text• Provides data software for

recording standardized test results

Assess Now

• Five assessments per year can be given

• Reports are provided for– Teachers

– Parents

– School principals

– School districts

• Data can be collected on paper and digitally

Assess Now

Assessment is an easy five-step process

Step 1. Reading Process Knowledge Record (5 minutes)

Step 2. Oral Reading Record (3 minutes)

Step 3. Comprehension Record (2 minutes)

Step 4. Writing Task (10 minutes)

Step 5. Data Collection and Literacy Assessment Summary (5+ minutes)

Five-Step Process

Where to Start

• Establish approximate level using

level finder cardslevel finder cards, then select appropriate text.

1. Reading Process Knowledge Record

2. Oral Reading Record

3. Comprehension Record

4. Writing Task

5. Literacy Assessment Summary

The teacher completes the Literacy Assessment Summary and identifiesthe student’s reading and writinglevels, and learning needs.

What Next? – Reading

What Next? – Writing

Assess Now Software

Enables teachers to:

•link student data to instruction

•customize and differentiate instruction based on student needs

•View and print individual student reports

Assess Now Software

View a class or group of students to:

•Identify areas in need of improvement

•Generate teaching strategies report based on areas of need

Assess Now Software

View individual student reports to:

•Monitor progress.

•Identify areas in need.

•View and print strategies to meet individual student needs.

Assess Now ExcelsIt enables teachers to

• determine students’ reading and writing

strengths and weaknesses

• plan effectively for targeted individual and

group instruction

• easily document students’ progress over time

• store, manage, and report on students’

growth and development using an effective

data management system

Assess Now

Need more info?

Contact Customer Service at 800-279-0737 or visit our website to find your local representative.

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