Resource Repository

This guide provides detailed recommendations for implementing an assessment system from practical experiences in helping many school leaders implement successful plans.

This is an annual report from Pennsylvania's Dyslexia Screening and Intervention pilot program.

Read this infographic to learn common assessment terms used in reading.

Faith Giddens, curriculum planner and testing coordinator, describes how secondary school staff collaborates to design interventions based on assessment results, team reviews of student work, and data-driven success plans. View the sample material, Planning for Student Success.

Listen to a literacy coach explains how the use of screening data has changed instruction at her school.

This article offers a 5-step framework for identifying reading difficulties and determining if a student is eligible for special education services under IDEA, including the role of RTI, cognitive processing tests, and other statewide assessments and curriculum-based measures.

Use this checklist to gather information about family history of reading difficulties.

Need ideas about how to use data to inform instruction on instructional reading skills? Check out this video.

Dr. Compton outlines the components of a schoolwide screening system and gives an example of how a school might implement a universal screening program.

This handbook provides an overview of how schools in Kentucky can implement dyslexia screening and intervention.

Use this tool to plan a staff development meeting to review the universal screening recommendation and learn about the purpose of a universal screening system.

This resource developed by Sarah Thorud, Elementary Reading Specialist from Clatskanie School District in Oregon focuses on implementing screening and progress monitoring virtually.

This report describes the findings of a task force charged with studying the implementation of a dyslexia pilot program in Maryland.

Read this webpage to learn about Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) measures.

In this interview, Dr. Compton explains the purpose of universal screening, describes how it fits into a multi-tiered intervention system, and discusses using screening to identify students at risk for reading problems and place them into appropriate interventions.

Watch a literacy coach discuss universal screening in Pennsylvania.

The three activities included in this tool provide building-level leadership teams and school administrators with a framework for reflecting on the implementation and quality of their universal screening programs and refining or improving screening practices.

This report summarizes research on the identification of Specific Learning Disabilities and makes recommendations for practice.

This article provides an overview of the MTSS framework.

The report may be useful to state and district staff who are interested in selecting or adapting a tool to assess MTSS/RTI implementation and in learning how other states support districts and schools in using these tools.