A focused assessment helps identify patterns of strength and difficulty so families can make informed decisions about instruction and next steps.
Assessment may be helpful when a student is struggling to develop foundational skills, progress has slowed, or parents need more specific information to guide support.
Specific measures are selected based on the student's age, concerns, and available information.
Word reading and decoding skills used to identify familiar and unfamiliar words.
How the student attends to, remembers, and works with spoken information during language tasks.
Accuracy, rate, and efficiency when reading connected text aloud.
Application of sound-symbol knowledge, orthographic patterns, and word structure.
Awareness and manipulation of sounds within spoken words.
The efficiency of retrieving and naming familiar visual information in sequence.
Important: This educational assessment examines reading-related performance. It does not diagnose auditory processing disorder; that diagnosis requires an appropriately qualified audiologist.
The process begins with your questions and ends with information you can use.
Discuss concerns, history, prior support, and the purpose of the assessment.
Complete selected measures designed to examine the identified areas of concern.
Review the results, instructional implications, and recommended next steps.
No. This is an educational assessment of reading-related skills. The consultation will clarify the scope of the assessment and whether another qualified professional may be needed for a different type of evaluation.
No. Assessment can help clarify a pattern of reading difficulty whether or not the student already has a diagnosis.
Results are explained in parent-friendly language, including observed strengths, areas of difficulty, instructional implications, and recommendations for next steps.
Start with a consultation to discuss your concerns and determine whether an educational reading assessment is appropriate.