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Reading Assessments

A K–12 literacy diagnostic covering foundational skills through rhetorical analysis, built on an original MAAT skill framework and original passages.

Domains covered

  • Alphabet knowledge, phonological and phonemic awareness
  • Phonics and decoding, including vowel teams
  • High-frequency word recognition
  • Vocabulary, context clues, synonyms and antonyms, figurative language
  • Morphology: prefixes, suffixes, Greek and Latin roots
  • Reading comprehension: literal, main idea, inference, text structure, evidence, central idea, argument
  • Grammar and syntax, academic language
  • Secondary: evaluating reasoning, evaluating sources, rhetorical analysis

Age-appropriate delivery

Younger students see large answer buttons, minimal on-screen reading for non-reading constructs, and a read-aloud button for directions. Older students get a clean, exam-style layout with passages beside the question.

Oral reading fluency

Intervention specialists record teacher-scored oral reading probes. The platform calculates words correct per minute and accuracy from words attempted, errors, and time — a human always scores the reading.

What the results mean — and don't

Reading results are released as an Instructional Beta: item difficulties are expert-assigned and not yet calibrated against pilot data. Use them to plan instruction and gather more evidence, not for placement, eligibility, or comparison with national norms.