IPT Early Literacy English (K-1)
IPT Early Literacy English (K-1)

Purpose

  • To assess kindergarten and first grade students' early literacy of reading and writing in English
  • To provide placement information for instructional programs
  • To monitor progress and growth in English language and literacy development
  • To provide diagnostic information for program planning

Administration

  • Quick, accurate, and easy to administer
  • Group administered
  • Paper-based tests only; not available online
  • Provides practice for young students in taking standardized assessments

Features

  • Written and normed according to American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Up-to-date norms reflect current population of test-takers
  • Includes eight reading subtests and four writing subtests to assess the domains of reading and writing appropriate to kindergarten and first grade
  • Designed specifically for younger, less experienced test-takers

Scoring

  • Includes clear rubrics to make rating students' writing easy
  • Yields Pre-, Beginning, and Early Reading and Writing stages
  • Immediate results—no outside scoring necessary; no complicated formulas to compute