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Marie Clay Stones Assessment - Clay, M. C. (2002). //An observation survey of early literacy achievement//. 2nd ed. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
 * This book is designed for use with an observation survey determining a child's reading readiness and his/her concepts about print. Some pages have the words in strange order, some pages are upside-down, and so on, although superficially it looks like a "normal" book. It is illustrated and has big type, the illustrations facing the type pages. In line with the California Reading Initiative and the assembly bills requiring informed diagnosis of children's reading readiness and progress, and multiple assessments thereof, this is a valuable diagnostic tool for children entering school, to be used with the test script on page 47-48 of Marie Clay's An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement.

DIBELS Assessment - DIBELS Assessment (2008, December 01) Retrieved May 26, 2013, from []
 * The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are a set of procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of early literacy skills from kindergarten through sixth grade. They are designed to be short (one minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills. DIBELS were developed to measure recognized and empirically validated skills related to reading outcomes.

AIMS Web Assessment - []


 * AIMs web: AIMSweb is an assessment system that provides the framework for RTI implementations and tiered instruction. It offers multiple assessments for universal screening and progress monitoring, and web-based data management, charting, and reporting. Also provided are screening tools and interventions for behavior and social skills. For kindergarten it is administered twice a month to monitor growth in letter naming and sounds to see if they are ready to exit out of the program. The scores are put into the system and the data is distributed to the aides who are assisting the students in the learning center. They use it to guide their instruction