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The essential cognitive elements of the reading process have been outlined in the Cognitive Framework of Reading. To assist educators in organizing their assessment practices around the cognitive framework, we've created a way to easily search for published early reading assessments that specifically test skills and knowledge outlined by the Cognitive Framework of Reading.

To find out more about the Reading Assessment Database, you can read the overview page for a description of the database and tips for using it effectively.


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This Assessment has already been added to your clipboard. Test of Kindergarten/First Grade Readiness Skills (TKFGRS)

Author: Karen Gardner Codding
Date Published: 1987


To Purchase this assessment, you must contact the publisher.
Psychological and Educational Publications, Inc.
P.O. Box 520
Hydesville, CA 95547-0520
http://www.psych-edpublications.com/readiness.htm#tkfgrs

800-523-5775  

Cost $70 for complete kit.
Time to administer 20 minutes
Administration Individual
Grades K, 1
Cognitive elements
supported
Reading Comprehension
Decoding
Letter Knowledge
Subtests and
skills assessed
Letter knowledge — This subtest consists of four separately scored assessments: upper- and lower-case letter matching, letter identification, complete a sequence of letters, and write letters from dictation.

Phonetic identification — Student must verbalize phonetic sounds.

Word identification — Student must correctly identify high-frequency words in graded lists.

Story comprehension — Student must read and answer specific questions about a passage.

Word writing — Student must correctly write words from dictation.

Language(s) tool can
be administered in
English
Score reporting
and test design data
Raw scores can be converted to age-equivalent scores, standard scores, percentiles, and stanines. Reliability and validity data were not reported by the publisher
Notes Reading readiness is one part of this test — it also tests for arithmetic readiness.
 

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