Screening Test Structure for Early Learners

The screening test for early learners adapts after the initial sub-skill section and presents a set of either more or less difficult questions, based on the student’s performance up to that point:

  • If less than 4 correct = less difficult sub-skill section

  • If 4 or 5 correct = more difficult sub-skill section

Mathematics Early Numeracy Test

  Skill Initial Sub-Skill Section Adaptive Sections
Less Difficult ...or... More Difficult
Counts Counts 1 to 10 and One-to-One Correspondence for 1 to 10 Rote Counting – Counts to a Number One-to-One Correspondence for 11 to 20
Number/Numeral Identifies Numerals 1 to 10 Matches Numerals 1 to 10 Identifies Numerals 11 to 20
Computation Computes with Manipulatives: Moving Objects Identifies Numbers of Objects: More/Fewer Computes with Manipulatives: Numerical Answer

Reading Early Literacy Test

  Skill   Initial Sub-Skill Section Adaptive Section
Less Difficult ...or... More Difficult
Phonological Awareness Rhyming Words Matching Sounds Manipulating Sounds
Visual Discrimination/Phonics Letter Identification Visual Discrimination of Words Matching Sounds to Letters
Concepts of Print Orientation to the Page Understanding Pre-Reading Behaviors Identify Title/Author and Counting Words