Phonics Reading Assessment

Our Free Phonics Reading Assessment (PRA) is a quick and easy tool designed to help teachers identify students' strengths and gaps in phonics knowledge. By pinpointing which phonics patterns students have mastered and which they need more practice with, the PRA makes it easier to target instruction and accelerate reading growth. As your trusted literacy partner for over 25 years, Pioneer Valley Books is committed to providing educators with high-quality, research-based tools to support every step of the reading journey.

Before doing the Phonics Reading Assessment you may want to first assess your student's knowledge of letters and sound using the Letter-Sound Assessment.

There are two parts to the PRA that the student must complete. Part One involves reading words. The words are a combination of decodable words and high frequency words. Part Two involves reading a few decodable stories. At the end of the assessment, we will provide you with suggestions of books to use with your student.

You will have the option to run the assessment on two devices, for example on a phone and laptop. There will be both a QR code or a link to set this up. The benefit of using two devices is your student will not see the scoring as this can be distracting to some students.

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