Literacy Skills Assessments
Focus: language, reading, writing and communication skills.
These assessments check what you already know about language, reading, writing and communication. They show what you're strong at and what you can improve. See the assessments available below:
Leveled Literacy Skills Assessments
Note: these assessments have related self-paced online learning modules. Based on your assessment results, you may be directed to them at the end of the assessment. You can also find them under “Online Learning” at the top of the page. Click on “Litearcy Skills.”
Coming
Very Soon
Beginning Literacy
Focus:
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Letter recognition (uppercase and lowercase letters)
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Letter discrimination (telling letters apart)
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Consonant sounds and vowel sounds
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Matching sounds to letters (sound–symbol matching)
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CVC words (simple 3-letter words with a consonant–vowel–consonant pattern, like cat or dog)
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Letter teams (groups of letters that work together to make sounds)
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Blending sounds to make words
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High-frequency word recognition (common words you see often)
Developing Literacy
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Expanding vocabulary (understanding word categories, synonyms, and antonyms)
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Understanding words in sentences (using context clues)
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Writing clear sentences (sentence structure, capitalization, punctuation)
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Reading short texts (finding main idea and key details)
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Reading smoothly (reading fluently with accuracy and understanding)
Advancing Literacy
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Understanding deeper meaning in reading (making connections and interpreting ideas)
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Combining ideas in sentences (using more complex sentence structures)
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Understanding purpose and audience (why you are reading and who it is for)
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Using reading strategies (to help understand and find information in texts)
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Improving sentences (using compound sentences and conjunctions)
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Reading comprehension (making inferences and predictions)
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Analyzing what you read (identifying purpose, audience, and fact vs. opinion)
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Reading skills and strategies (skimming, scanning, and summarizing)
Next Steps Literacy
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Writing paragraphs (organizing ideas into clear paragraph structure with topic sentences)
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Editing and revising writing (finding and correcting errors in writing)
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Using writing skills for real-life tasks (forms, workplace writing, everyday communication)
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Using writing skills for test-style tasks (short written responses and academic writing)
Additional Literacy Skills Assessments
Note: these assessments do not have related self-paced online learning modules. They may still be helpful in understanding and guiding your learning needs.
Vocabulary
Words
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Matching images with the correct word, with correct spelling
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Word definitions and meanings
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Synonyms (meaning: words that mean the same)
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Antonyms (meaning: words that mean the opposite)
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Homonyms (meaning: words that are spelled and sound the same but have different meanings)
Vocabulary
in Sentences
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Cloze sentences (filling in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word):
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Context clues and making inferences (meaning: knowing words or making logical guesses based on the surrounding words in the sentences)
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Grammar knowledge and sentence reading comprehension
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