Academic Screening Tools Chart

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Universal screening can be used to identify which children will need the most intensive intervention. In some cases, children with the weakest initial skills may bypass Tier 2 intervention and move directly into intensive intervention. The tools on the academic screening tools chart can be used to identify students at risk for poor academic outcomes, including students who require intensive intervention.

This tools chart has three tabs that include ratings on the technical rigor of the tools: (1) Classification Accuracy, (2) Technical Standards, and (3) Usability Features.

Last updated: June 2018

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Classification Accuracy

Technical Standards

Usability Features

Title	Area	Grade	Criterion 1 Fall	Criterion 1 Winter	Criterion 1 Spring	Criterion 2 Fall	Criterion 2 Winter	Reliability	Validity	Bias Analysis Conducted	Admin Format	Admin & Scoring Time	Scoring Format	Types of Decision Rules	Evidence Available for Multiple Decision Rules
Children’s Educational Services, Inc. (CES)	Standard Reading Passages	1		^d					^d	No	Individual	15 minutes	Manual	None	No
Children’s Educational Services, Inc. (CES)	Standard Reading Passages	2		^d				^d	^d	No	Individual	15 minutes	Manual	None	No
Children’s Educational Services, Inc. (CES)	Standard Reading Passages	3		^d			^d	^d	^d	No	Individual	15 minutes	Manual	None	No
Children’s Educational Services, Inc. (CES)	Standard Reading Passages	4		^d			^d	^d	^d	No	Individual	15 minutes	Manual	None	No
FAST	Adaptive Reading (aReading)	1								No	Individual	15-30 minutes	Automatic	None	No
FAST	Adaptive Reading (aReading)	2								No	Individual	15-30 minutes	Automatic	None	No
FAST	Adaptive Reading (aReading)	3								No	Individual	15-30 minutes	Automatic	None	No
FAST	CBMReading - English	1								No	Individual	1-5 minutes	Automatic	None	No
FAST	CBMReading - English	2								No	Individual	1-5 minutes	Automatic	None	No
FAST	CBMReading - English	3								No	Individual	1-5 minutes	Automatic	None	No
FAST	CBMReading - English	4								No	Individual	1-5 minutes	Automatic	None	No
FAST	earlyReading Composite	K								No	Individual	5-10 minutes	Automatic	None	No
FAST	earlyReading Composite	1								No	Individual	5-10 minutes	Automatic	None	No
Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)	Reading	3								No	Group	60 minutes	Automatic	None	No
Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)	Reading	4								No	Group	60 minutes	Automatic	None	No
i-Ready Diagnostics	Reading	K						^d		Yes	Individual Group	30-60 minutes	Automatic	None	No
i-Ready Diagnostics	Reading	1						^d		Yes	Individual Group	30-60 minutes	Automatic	None	No
i-Ready Diagnostics	Reading	2						^d		Yes	Individual Group	30-60 minutes	Automatic	None	No
i-Ready Diagnostics	Reading	3						^d		Yes	Individual Group	30-60 minutes	Automatic	None	No
i-Ready Diagnostics	Reading	4						^d		Yes	Individual Group	30-60 minutes	Automatic	None	No
Istation's Indicator's of Progress (ISIP)	Early Reading	3	^d	^d	^d					Yes	Individual Group	30 minutes	Automatic	None	No
MAP Growth	Reading	2	^d	^d	^d			^d	^d	Yes	Individual	45 minutes	Automatic	None	No
MAP Growth	Reading	3	^d	^d	^d			^d	^d	Yes	Individual	45 minutes	Automatic	None	No
MAP Growth	Reading	4	^d	^d	^d			^d	^d	Yes	Individual	45 minutes	Automatic	None	No
MAP Growth K-2	Reading	K	^d	^d	^d			^d	^d	Yes	Individual	45 minutes	Automatic	None	No
MAP Growth K-2	Reading	1	^d	^d	^d			^d	^d	Yes	Individual	45 minutes	Automatic	None	No
mCLASS	Reading: 3D-Text Reading & Comprehension (TRC)	K						^d	^d	Yes	Group Individual	5-8 minutes	Automatic	None	No
mCLASS	Reading: 3D-Text Reading & Comprehension (TRC)	1						^d	^d	Yes	Group Individual	5-8 minutes	Automatic	None	No
mCLASS	Reading: 3D-Text Reading & Comprehension (TRC)	2						^d	^d	Yes	Group Individual	5-8 minutes	Automatic	None	No
mCLASS	Reading: 3D-Text Reading & Comprehension (TRC)	3						^d	^d	Yes	Group Individual	5-8 minutes	Automatic	None	No
mCLASS	Reading: 3D-Text Reading & Comprehension (TRC)	4						^d	^d	Yes	Group Individual	5-8 minutes	Automatic	None	No
Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement	Reading	1	^d			^d		^d		No	Individual	15-45 minutes	Manual	None	No
Star Reading	Reading	1								Yes	Individual Group	18 minutes	Automatic	None	No
Star Reading	Reading	2								Yes	Individual Group	18 minutes	Automatic	None	No
Star Reading	Reading	3								Yes	Individual Group	18 minutes	Automatic	None	No
Star Reading	Reading	4								Yes	Individual Group	18 minutes	Automatic	None	No
TPRI Early Reading Assessment	Reading	K						^d		No	Individual	2-6 minutes	Manual Automatic	None	No
TPRI Early Reading Assessment	Reading	1						^d		No	Individual	2-6 mintues	Manual Automatic	None	No
TPRI Early Reading Assessment	Reading	2						^d		No	Individual	2-6 minutes	Manual Automatic	None	No
TPRI Early Reading Assessment	Reading	3						^d		No	Individual	2-6 minutes	Manual Automatic	None	No

The National Center on Intensive Intervention publishes this chart to assist educators and families in becoming informed consumers who can select academic screening tools that best meet their individual needs.

The Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC) on Academic Screening independently established a set of criteria for evaluating the technical adequacy of academic screening tools. The TRC rated each submitted tool against these criteria but did not compare it to other tools on the chart. The presence of a particular tool on the chart does not constitute endorsement and should not be viewed as a recommendation from either the TRC on Academic Screening or the National Center on Intensive Intervention.

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