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Administering the Kindergarten Assessment Early Literacy Segment

Letter Names and Letter Sounds

Oregon Kindergarten Assessment Fall 2013

Preparing for the Early Literacy Segment

Assessors need:

ClipboardStopwatch/ timing devicePencilPlace marker or cover sheetAssessor booklet Student booklet (English or Spanish/English)A quiet location


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The Letter Names Measure

• Measures students' ability to name the letters of the English alphabet, in both lower case and capitalized forms

• All students participate in the assessment, with accommodations if determined to be necessary for equal access for that individual student

• Students are shown letters in a chart

• This is a 60 second timed assessment

• Students have 60 seconds to name as many letters as they canOregon Kindergarten Assessment

Fall 2013

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Procedure for the Letter Names Measure

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• Seat yourself across the table from the student who is also seated

• Position yourself so the student cannot see the documents on the clipboard or the stopwatch/timing device

• Place the Student Copy English Letter Names in front of the student

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Sample Student Chart(not the actual form included in the fall 2013 kindergarten assessment)


• Read the directions verbatim to the student

• There are also directions for gesturing and using a guide or marker

• Start the stopwatch/timing device when the student says the first letter name

• At 60 seconds mark the last letter with a bracket and then say “Stop”

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Sample Assessor Form(not the actual form included in the fall 2013 kindergarten assessment)

Letter Names—Scoring

If student:•is correct, do not mark the letter and count as correct•clearly loses his/her place, point to the next letter•self corrects, write SC above the letter and count as correct•says incorrect letter name, slash through the letter, and count as incorrect•hesitates more than 3 seconds, slash through the letter, supply the letter name and count as incorrect•skips letter, circle the letter and count as incorrect

•Record number of correct letter sounds in # correct at bottom of assessor copy•Record number of attempts, correct or incorrect, in # attempted


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Providing Encouragement

• Avoid providing visual or auditory clues about the correctness of responses during the assessment

• It is allowable to say these encouraging words:

• “Good effort”• “Keep trying”• “Next”• “It is OK to guess”• “Thank you”

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• “Buen esfuerzo”• “Sigue intentando”• “La siguiente”• “Está bien si tratas de adivinar”• “Gracias”

Additional Considerations for English Letter Names

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• If student does not name a letter in the first row, move to second row.

• If the student still does not identify a letter in the second row, the timed fluency assessment can be discontinued. The score will be 0.

• At this point, it is best practice to ask the student if he/she recognizes any letters on the page (remove the guide if used). While this does not contribute to the score, it is still valuable information.

• It is important for the student to feel successful. If the student does not recognize any letters, the assessor can provide support, for example, “I see the first letter in your name. It is a ‘T’.”


The Letter Sounds Measure

• Measures students' ability to produce common sounds associated with letters of the English alphabet and common digraphs

• All students participate in the assessment, with accommodations if determined to be necessary for equal access for that individual student

• Students are shown letters and digraphs in a chart

• This is a 60 second timed assessment

• Students have 60 seconds to produce as many of the corresponding sounds as they can

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Procedure for the Letter Sounds Assessment

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• Seat yourself across the table from the student who is also seated

• Position yourself so the student cannot see the documents on the clipboard or the stopwatch/timing device

• Place the Student Copy English Letter Sounds in front of the student

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Sample Student Chart(not the actual form included in the fall 2013 kindergarten assessment)


• Read the directions verbatim to the student

• There are also directions for gesturing and using a guide or marker

• Start the stopwatch/timing device when the student says the first letter sound

• At 60 seconds mark the last letter with a bracket and then say “Stop”

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Sample Assessor Form(not the actual form included in the fall 2013 kindergarten assessment)

Letter Sounds—Scoring

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If student:•is correct, do not mark the letter and count as correct•clearly loses his/her place, point to the next letter•self corrects, write SC above the letter and count as correct•says incorrect letter sound, slash through the letter, and count as incorrect•hesitates more than 3 seconds, slash through the letter, supply the letter sound and count as incorrect•skips letter, circle the letter and count as incorrect

•Record number of correct letter sounds in # correct at bottom of assessor copy•Record number of attempts, correct or incorrect, in # attempted

Providing Encouragement

• Avoid providing visual or auditory clues about the correctness of responses during the assessment

• It is allowable to say these encouraging words:

• “Good effort”• “Keep trying”• “Next”• “It is OK to guess”• “Thank you”

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• “Buen esfuerzo”• “Sigue intentando”• “La siguiente”• “Está bien si tratas de adivinar”• “Gracias”

Additional Considerations for English Letter Sounds

• If student does not identify a letter sound in the first row, move to second row.

• If the student still does not identify a letter sound in the second row, the timed fluency assessment can be discontinued. The score will be 0.

• At this point, it is best practice to ask the student if he/she recognizes any letters on the page (remove the guide if used). While this does not contribute to the score, it is still valuable information.

• It is important for the student to feel successful. If the student does not recognize any letters, the assessor can provide support, for example, “This is the first letter in your name. It makes a ‘t’ sound.” 18


Data Submission

• For the fall 2013 collection, districts will submit the English Letter Names and English Letter Sounds number correct and the number attempted for each student

• Data will be submitted through ODE’s Consolidated Collections

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