Informal Assessments
WORD ATTACK!
- http://www.idealconsultingservices.com/forms/wordattackskillstest.pdf
- The Word Attack Skills test is an assessment of a student’s ability to correctly sound out letters and/or words to determine specific phonics elements the student may be struggling with. Once the initial assessment is conducted, the student is retested on both words he/she missed and additional words that have similar skill components (CCVC, th, -er, ea, oo, etc.). This follow-up assessment allows one to confirm whether a student has difficulty decoding words that contain a particular phonics element. Increased instruction in specific areas of difficulty can then be designed and implemented.