This beginning of the year reading comprehension assessment probe is perfect for assessing special education students as you write IEP goals. You know that you have to baseline reading data in order to write an amazing present level or IEP goal, so grab these baseline reading assessments in order to help you! Administer this assessment at the beginning, middle and end of the year to show growth and progress. Use to determine areas of strength and weakness to help you write effective IEP goals. And, general education teachers can use this reading comprehension assessment, too! Easily give this reading test to all of your students to assess their reading skills!

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What is the purpose of this product?

• Determine strengths/weaknesses for basic reading comprehension skills
• Help write IEP goals
• Help progress monitor IEP goals and classroom progress

What task does my students start on? When do I stop assessing?

• This resource is progressive, you can start on task one.
• You can skip tasks if you feel a student already knows the skill.
• Tasks move from least difficult (characters/setting) to most difficult (text evidence)
• Stop assessments when student makes multiple errors on a tasks

What skills are included?

• Setting/Characters
• Problem and Solution
• Sequencing
• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast
• Main Idea and Details
• Summary
• Inferences
• Text Evidence

What is included with my purchase?

• With your purchase you are receiving PDF files of the books. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. NO PHYSICAL HARD COPY OF THE BOOKS WILL BE MAILED TO YOU.

Why are there different books?

• Book A and B:
  • Students write responses in this book
  • You will need one copy for each student you are assessing
  • Book A contains three versions (beginning middle and end of year assessments) for passages written at about the first grade level
  • Book B contains three versions (beginning middle and end of year assessments) for passages written at about the third grade level

• Book C and D:
  • Directions to read to students
  • Copy of student assessments so teacher can read the sentences for students who require a reading accommodation
  • You only need one copy regardless of how many students you are assessing.
  • Book C contains answer keys for the first grade passages
  • Book D contains answer keys for the third grade passages

What level are the passages written at?
There are two different levels included – beginning, middle, and end of year assessments for text written at about the first grade level and beginning, middle, and end of year assessment for text written at about the third grade level. In total, you are receiving 54 passages and question sets: 9 skills x 2 levels x 3 times of year = 54 passages.

In other words, you are receiving a first grade beginning of the year assessment, a first grade middle of the year assessment, a first grade end of the year assessment, a third grade beginning of the year assessment, a third grade middle of the year assessment, and a third grade end of the year assessment.

Please note: The grade levels are an approximation and you are not limited to using these only with students in first/third grade. My intent was to provide a resource for both lower and upper elementary students. I have used these assessments with students from kindergarten-5th grade.

How do I prep this product?

• Laminate covers
• Options to create books: staple pages, binders, paper clips, binder rings, binding machine

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• No, this resource is not editable. This includes, but is not limited to:
  • Fonts and Text
  • Images and Layout