Reading Skills Competency Tests : competency tests for basic reading skills

Each level unit provides a sequential Reading Skills Checklist of the skills to be mastered at that grade/reading level for easy individual record keeping, plus 40-70 short, reproducible informal Reading Skills Competency Tests for measuring students' mastery of each skill on the Checklist at that level. Each also includes a Group Summary Profile for recording class progress and a separately printed wall chart that maps out the entire reading skills progression from Readiness through Advanced levels.

• About the Competency Tests for Basic Reading Skills p. 3
• How to Use the Competency Tests and Check List p. 9
• Begin at the Beginning p. 9
• Recording on the Check List p. 10
• Conferencing with the Pupil p. 10
• Conferencing with Parents p. 11
• Conferencing with Professional Staff p. 11
• Providing Check Lists to the Next Grade Level Teacher p. 11
• Making a Group Summary Profile from Individual Check Lists p. 11
• Ensuring the Sequential Presentation of Skills p. 11
• Using the Sequential Skill Plan Chart p. 12
• Reading Skills Check List--Readiness Level p. 13
• Group Summary Profile--Readiness Level p. 15
• Reading Skills Competency Tests: Readiness Level p. 19
• I. Vocabulary
• A. Word Recognition p. 20
• 1. Interested in Words and Symbols p. 20
• 2. Recognizes Own Name in Print p. 22
• 3. Names Upper-case Letters p. 24
• 4. Names Lower-case Letters p. 28
• 5. Matches Upper-case and Lower-case Letters p. 32
• 6. Identifies Numerals 1-10 p. 34
• B. Word Meaning p. 36
• 1. Listening Vocabulary Adequate to Understand Ideas p. 36
• 2. Speaking Vocabulary Adequate to Convey Ideas p. 40
• 3. Comprehends Meaning of Place Words p. 42
• Comprehends Meaning of Quantitative Words p. 48
• Comprehends Meaning of Descriptive Words p. 52
• 4. Classifies Objects and Pictures into Logical Categories p. 56
• 5. Aware That Printed Words Represent Spoken Words p. 60
• II. Perceptive Skills
• A. Auditory p. 62
• 1. Reproduces Pronounced Two- and Three-Syllable Words p. 62
• 2. Hears Minimal Differences in Words p. 64
• 3. Able to Hear Word Length p. 66
• 4. Recognizes Spoken Words with Same Initial Sound p. 68
• 5. Recognizes Spoken Words with Same Final Sounds p. 70
• 6. Hears Rhyming Words p. 72
• B. Visual p. 74
• 1. Sees Likenesses and Differences in Colors, Shapes and Designs, Directionality and Size, Letters and Words
• Sees Likenesses and Differences in Colors p. 74
• Sees Likenesses and Differences in Shapes p. 76
• Sees Likenesses and Differences in Designs p. 80
• Sees Likenesses and Differences in Directionality and Size p. 82
• Sees Likenesses and Differences in Letters p. 86
• Sees Likenesses and Differences in Words p. 88
• 2. Recognizes Word Boundaries p. 90
• 3. Visualizes Part-to-Whole by Assembling 7-piece Puzzle p. 92
• 4. Left-to-Right Eye Movement p. 96
• III. Comprehension
• A. Interest p. 98
• 1. Wants to Learn to Read p. 98
• 2. Enjoys Being Read To p. 100
• 3. Shows Interest in Books and Other Printed Materials p. 102
• B. Ability p. 104
• 1. Adequate Attention Span p. 104
• 2. Remembers Main Ideas from Stories Read Aloud p. 106
• Remembers Names of Characters from Stories Read Aloud p. 106
• Remembers Some Major Details from Stories Read Aloud p. 106
• 3. Can Sequence Events Logically p. 108
• 4. Follows Oral Directions p. 110
• 5. Looks at Books from Front to Back p. 112
• Looks at Books from Left-hand Page to Right-hand Page p. 112
• 6. Aware of Usual Text Progression from Left to Right and from Top to Bottom p. 114
• IV. Oral Expression
• A. Expresses Self Spontaneously p. 116
• B. Expresses Complete Thoughts (Sentences) p. 116
• C. Able to Remember and Reproduce a Five-Word Sentence p. 118
• D. Can Retell a Story in His/Her Own Words p. 120
• Barbe Reading Skills Check List Sequential Skill Plan (Chart)