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Assess Now Intermediate is a formative literacy assessment with immediate, customized links to instruction for Grades 3-8 (covering reading levels L–Z).
Assess Now provides a snapshot of each student’s literacy strengths and areas in need of development. It’s quicker and easier than other formative literacy assessments so teachers have more time for instruction. Assess Now helps differentiate teaching and learning by providing strategies customized to the needs of individual students or groups of students.
In addition to determining each student’s instructional and/or independent reading level, Assess Now Intermediate assesses the following through a simple 5-step process:
- Knowledge of the Reading Process
- Oral Reading (including fluency and use of cues)
- Comprehension (literal, inferential, determining important ideas, synthesizing, visualizing, using context clues, using text features, and metacognition)
- Attitude Toward Reading and Writing
- Writing (fiction and nonfiction)
Also available:
Assess Now Primary Kit
Assess Now Intermediate Fold-out Recording Sheets Add-on Package
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The Assess Now Intermediate Kit includes:
- 30 Text Cards (Levels L–Z; one fiction and one nonfiction each per level)
- 150 Recording Quadfolds (5 each of 30 titles to match texts above) (consumable)
- 20 Sturdy Student Folders (consumable)
- 15 Level Finder Cards
- 1 Teachers' Resource Book with CD-ROM
- Data Management and Reporting System (kit purchase includes a one-year license for one teacher and one administrator)
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- Formative literacy assessment
- Differentiated teaching and learning
- Intervention
- RtI – Response to Intervention
- Title I
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- Teacher support materials included with each Assess Now kit (Teachers’ Guide, assessment instructions and examples, recording sheets with instructions)
- Teacher Guide sample pages
- Assess Now Implementation Training (online via webinar) – expert literacy consultant available with fee upon request
- Assess Now Implementation Training (onsite with professional consultant) – expert literacy consultant available with fee upon request
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Q: What is Assess Now?
A: Assess Now is a formative literacy assessment which helps teachers determine each student’s instructional reading and writing level, areas in need of improvement, and growth over time. The purpose of Assess Now is to collect information about reading and writing behaviors to inform and drive instruction.
Q: How long does it take to implement Assess Now in my classroom?
A: In general, it takes 20 minutes or less to conduct an assessment with each student. Some parts of the assessment may be conducted with a small group or whole class of students.
Q: What are the benefits of Assess Now?
A: Assess Now is quick to administer, informative, and data-driven.
Q: How does Assess Now differ from other assessments?
A: Assess Now takes less time per student than other formative literacy assessments. The "What Next" portion of Assess Now is also unique. It provides teachers with instant teaching strategies based on the particular needs of a student, group of students, or class. The benefit is that after the assessment is conducted teachers immediately receive suggestions for steps they can take to focus instruction on specific areas of need.
Use your STIMULUS Funds to supplement existing programs with Assess Now!
Race to the Top Funds: Contact us to customize a package to support your district's Race to the Top initiatives!
Federal Funding Opportunities:
- Title I, Part A (Improving Basic Programs)
- Title II, Part A (Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Program)
- Title III, part A (English Language Acquisition)
- Title V, Part A (Innovative Programs)
- IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
- Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT)
- Reading First
Download the complete Pacific Learning Funding Alignment Guide.
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