Assessments for Word Knowledge
Spelling/Orthographic Knowledge Inventories
Spelling inventories are words specially chosen to represent a variety of spelling features or patterns at increasing levels of difficulty. The lists are do not include all spelling features, only those that are useful for determining where students should begin instruction.
Spelling inventories are administered in the same way as a spelling test. The teacher calls out the word, uses it in a sentence, and says the word again as the students spell the words. The list is then scored and analyzed for what students know and do correctly and what they are not yet sure of.
Included below are two spelling inventories: the Developmental Spelling Inventory (DSA) and the McGuffey Spelling Inventory.
Spelling inventories are words specially chosen to represent a variety of spelling features or patterns at increasing levels of difficulty. The lists are do not include all spelling features, only those that are useful for determining where students should begin instruction.
Spelling inventories are administered in the same way as a spelling test. The teacher calls out the word, uses it in a sentence, and says the word again as the students spell the words. The list is then scored and analyzed for what students know and do correctly and what they are not yet sure of.
Included below are two spelling inventories: the Developmental Spelling Inventory (DSA) and the McGuffey Spelling Inventory.
DSA Article 1 | |
File Size: | 1251 kb |
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DSA Article 2 | |
File Size: | 1251 kb |
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DSA Article 3 | |
File Size: | 1265 kb |
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DSA Scoring Guide | |
File Size: | 54 kb |
File Type: | doc |
McGuffey Spelling Inventory | |
File Size: | 353 kb |
File Type: | doc |
PALS Spelling Quickcheck | |
File Size: | 359 kb |
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PALS Kindergarten Spelling Quickcheck | |
File Size: | 122 kb |
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Sight Word Assessments
Sight Word inventories give a measure of how many words students know automatically (by sight) without needing to spend an extraordinary amount of time decoding. Below are several sight word inventories or links to other sites with inventories.
Fry Sight Word Inventory | |
File Size: | 1010 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Dolch PrePrimer Assessment | |
File Size: | 75 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Dolch Primer Assessment | |
File Size: | 87 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Dolch First Grade Assessment | |
File Size: | 76 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Dolch Second Grade Assessment | |
File Size: | 82 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Dolch Third Grade Assessment | |
File Size: | 76 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Decoding Assessments
Below are assessments for understanding students' decoding skills.
Below are assessments for understanding students' decoding skills.
PALS Psuedoword Decoding Quickcheck | |
File Size: | 568 kb |
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PALS Letter Sound Knowledge Quickcheck | |
File Size: | 122 kb |
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