Supplementary Screeners
Research and Student Outcomes
Department Address
1515 Hughes Way
Long Beach, CA 90810
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Foundational Reading Skills Assessment (FRSA)
Foundational reading skills are the basic skills students need to become strong readers. These skills help students learn how to read words, understand what they read, and become better at reading over time.
They include: knowing letters and sounds, learning what each letter looks like and what sound it makes, sounding out words, putting letter sounds together to read new words, reading common words quickly. Students are given the FRSA to understand how well they have learned these skills.
- Students Tested
Grades TK-2 - Assessment Delivery Method
Non-digital, paper/pencil
Fluency
Fluency assessments generally measure a student's ability to read accurately, quickly, and with expression. At LBUSD, the fluency assessments is required and is offered in Spanish for Dual Immersion students.
- Students Tested
Grades 1-5 - Assessment Delivery Method
Non-digital, paper/pencil
Reading Difficulty Screener (Amira)
The screener platform measures reading mastery through productive oral language tasks, like oral reading fluency, letter sounding and decoding pseudo-words. By analyzing real-time reading behaviors (such as miscues, patterns, pauses, and self-corrections), the screener platform assesses what students know and pinpoints the specific skills that need further development.
- Students Tested
Grades K-2 - Assessment Delivery Method
Computer-based, Amira platform - Frequently Asked Questions
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
The CogAT evaluates readiness to demonstrate creative problem-solving skills and learn in different situations and environments. It assesses Verbal, Quantitative, and Figural (nonverbal) reasoning through multiple, engaging measures that reflect student potential for learning. The CogAT is used by the Long Beach Unified Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Office for program placement purposes.
- Students Tested
Grades 2 & 4
- Duration
Pre-test: 30 minutes
Post-test: 60 minutes
- Assessment Delivery Method
Computer-based, Riverside Data Manager Platform