The Lexia Comprehensive Reading Test is an assessment program that analyzes kindergarten readiness (including phonological awareness), phonics and decoding skills, sight words, reading comprehension, rate, and fluency using miscue analysis. The 20 to 30 minute test, which a teacher or other adult administers, also categorizes the student’s performance in each skill area as Independent, Instructional, or Frustration Reading Level.
The computer generates detailed reports for each individual student that provides the teacher with a clear understanding of the student’s strengths and weaknesses and prescribes practice activities in Lexia’s skill development software that will benefit the particular individual.
In addition to individual reports, the computer can produce classroom, school and district level reports, giving teachers and administrators the ability to assess not only the students’ improvement from year to year, but also the performance of a specific group in comparison to another. The reports evaluate according to skill levels, rather than grade levels. Once a student has taken the 20 to 30 minute Lexia Comprehensive Reading Test once, he only needs to take a 5 to 10 minute test to determine his progress.
The thorough feedback and easy monitoring of progress that Lexia Comprehensive Reading Test provides helps teachers more effectively plan lessons and develop the curriculum to meet the needs of their students. Similarly, the test helps administrators track their school’s improvement, ultimately helping their students reach their full potential.
Skills Assessed:
- Kindergarten readiness (including phonological awareness)
- Phonics and decoding skills
- Sight words
- Reading comprehension
- Rate
- Fluency
Benefits and Features
- Quickly evaluates where practice and instruction are needed in 20 to 30 minutes
- Follow-up testing to assess improvement takes only 5 to 10 minutes allows for easy monitoring of progress
- Detailed reports present the student’s strengths and weaknesses in a thorough manner that is easy to understand
- Group reports show improvement at the class, school and district levels
- The program can track an unlimited number of students, and the report contents can be exported to a tab-delimited text file
- Extensive reports support lesson development and curriculum development