Henrico County Public Schools utilize diagnostic, formative, and summative data to support our balanced assessment system. Only when this information is reviewed holistically are we able to get a complete picture of student progress and achievement.
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Lexia Core5
An initial placement test uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. Work within the program uses computer adaptive to provide additional support as needed.
This resource supports six areas of literacy. Students work in Lexia for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Parent InformationSmarty Ants
This resource uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. The assessment is completed three times a year. During the year, students complete activities that strengthen phonics understanding. Students work in Smarty Ants for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.Parent information: English and Spanish
Pals
The Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening assessment is a screening tool of young children’s literacy development. Results are used to determine individual children’s learning goals, plan classroom instruction, and raise awareness of children who need additional support or instruction in early reading and literacy. PALS is administered to all students in the fall and spring, and there is an optional mid-year assessment window.
Imagine Math
Imagine Math PreK–2 is an online, adaptive, supplemental math program with academically rigorous math concepts reinforced by visual models, memorable songs, and intentional vocabulary. A game-based diagnostic assessment is embedded to personalize each student’s learning pathway. A benchmark assessment can take place up to three times per school year. Students work in Imagine Math 15-20 minutes three times per week.
Parent InformationTeaching Strategies GOLD
The assessment model used in GOLD® follows widely held expectations for children birth through third grade and enables a whole-child approach to assessment. Color-coded progressions guide teachers toward selecting and adapting activities that support each child’s development and learning. Meaningful reports inform classroom practices and individualized instruction. Data collection is ongoing throughout the school year with specific times that checkpoints take place to finalize developmental levels.
Bracken School Readiness Assessment
The Bracken is used to assess a child’s readiness for school by evaluating the understanding of 85 important foundational academic concepts in the categories of Colors, Letters, Numbers/Counting, Sizes/Comparisons, and Shapes . The Bracken is administered in the fall and the spring.
Additional Assessment Sources
Examples may include:
Other Digital Resources
These division-wide digital resources have components that may be used as assessments. Literacy Footprints Digital Readers
This resource is a collection of leveled text available in digital format. Teachers can use the text for small group instruction, and students can select text from a virtual bookshelf to read independently. Assessments, such as running records, are available to monitor student progress.
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Lexia Core5
An initial placement test uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. Work within the program uses computer adaptive to provide additional support as needed.
This resource supports six areas of literacy. Students work in Lexia for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Smarty Ants
This resource uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. The assessment is completed three times a year. During the year, students complete activities that strengthen phonics understanding. Students work in Smarty Ants for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Guided Reading Level
This assessment documents reading behaviors and identifies an instructional reading level for each student. The instructional reading level can be determined through a formal assessment (2-3 times a year) and/or frequent informal teacher assessments, such as running records.
PALS
The Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening assessment is a screening tool of young children’s literacy development. Results are used to determine individual children’s learning goals, plan classroom instruction, and raise awareness of children who need additional support or instruction in early reading and literacy. PALS is administered to all students in the fall and spring, and there is an optional mid-year assessment window.
VKRP Mathematics EMAS
VKRP uses the Early Mathematics Assessment System (EMAS) to measure children’s mathematical thinking in the areas of geometry, patterning, numeracy, and computation. VKRP is administered in the fall and spring.
Dreambox
This resources adapts to the individual learner through continuous formative assessment in and between lessons. Students should complete at least 5 lessons each week.
Additional Assessment Sources
Examples may include:
Other Digital Resources
These division-wide digital resources have components that may be used as assessments. Discovery Science
This resource offers reading material, assessments, collaborative boards, and interactives on science phenomena. Teachers can use a variety of these resources for formative and summative assessments.
Literacy Footprints Digital Readers
This resource is a collection of leveled text available in digital format. Teachers can use the text for small group instruction, and students can select text from a virtual bookshelf to read independently. Assessments, such as running records, are available to monitor student progress.
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Lexia Core5
An initial placement test uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. Work within the program uses computer adaptive to provide additional support as needed.
This resource supports six areas of literacy. Students work in Lexia for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Smarty Ants
This resource uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. The assessment is completed three times a year. During the year, students complete activities that strengthen phonics understanding. Students work in Smarty Ants for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Parent information: English and Spanish
Guided Reading Level
This assessment documents reading behaviors and identifies an instructional reading level for each student. The instructional reading level can be determined through a formal assessment (2-3 times a year) and/or frequent informal teacher assessments, such as running records.
PALS
The Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening assessment is a screening tool of young children’s literacy development. Results are used to determine individual children’s learning goals, plan classroom instruction, and raise awareness of children who need additional support or instruction in early reading and literacy. PALS is administered in the spring to all students and to select students in the fall. There is also an optional mid-year assessment window.
HCPS Math Screener
The HCPS Math Screener determines if children can recognize the parts of a number to ten and see the relationship between composition and decomposition of numbers. The HCPS Math Screener is administered in the fall and spring as well as periodically thorughout the year to adjust a student’s working number.
Dreambox
This resources adapts to the individual learner through continuous formative assessment in and between lessons. Students should complete at least 5 lessons each week.
Additional Assessment Sources
Examples may include:
Other Digital Resources
These division-wide digital resources have components that may be used as assessments. Discovery Science
This resource offers reading material, assessments, collaborative boards, and interactives on science phenomena. Teachers can use a variety of these resources for formative and summative assessments.
Literacy Footprints Digital Readers
This resource is a collection of leveled text available in digital format. Teachers can use the text for small group instruction, and students can select text from a virtual bookshelf to read independently. Assessments, such as running records, are available to monitor student progress.
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Lexia Core5
An initial placement test uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. Work within the program uses computer adaptive to provide additional support as needed.
This resource supports six areas of literacy. Students work in Lexia for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Smarty Ants
This resource uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. The assessment is completed three times a year. During the year, students complete activities that strengthen phonics understanding. Students work in Smarty Ants for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Guided Reading Level
This assessment documents reading behaviors and identifies an instructional reading level for each student. The instructional reading level can be determined through a formal assessment (2-3 times a year) and/or frequent informal teacher assessments, such as running records.
PALS
The Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening assessment is a screening tool of young children’s literacy development. Results are used to determine individual children’s learning goals, plan classroom instruction, and raise awareness of children who need additional support or instruction in early reading and literacy. PALSis administered in the spring to all students without a high benchmark score from the previous spring and to select students in the fall. There is also an optional mid-year assessment.
HCPS Math Screener
The HCPS Math Screener determines if children can recognize the parts of a number to ten and see the relationship between composition and decomposition of numbers. The HCPS Math Screener is administered in the fall and spring as well as periodically thorughout the year to adjust a student’s working number.
Dreambox
This resources adapts to the individual learner through continuous formative assessment in and between lessons. Students should complete at least 5 lessons each week.
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
All Henrico students participate in a universal screener during their 2nd grade year. The CogAT test assesses verbal, quantitative reasoning, and nonverbal skills. It is an untimed test that is administered verbally to students. Parent/Guardian(s) will receive the student profile report in May.
Additional Assessment Sources
Examples may include:
Other Digital Resources
These division-wide digital resources have components that may be used as assessments. Newsla
Newsela curates nonfiction content and every article is available at 5 reading levels. This helps ensure all students receive texts at their level. Assessments are built into the platform and can be used for formative and summative assessments.
Information for Families
Discovery Science
This resource offers reading material, assessments, collaborative boards, and interactives on science phenomena. Teachers can use a variety of these resources for formative and summative assessments.
Literacy Footprints Digital Readers
This resource is a collection of leveled text available in digital format. Teachers can use the text for small group instruction, and students can select text from a virtual bookshelf to read independently. Assessments, such as running records, are available to monitor student progress.
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Lexia Core5
An initial placement test uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. Work within the program uses computer adaptive to provide additional support as needed.
This resource supports six areas of literacy. Students work in Lexia for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Parent InformationAchieve 3000
An assessment determines a student’s reading level in Lexiles, a nationally recognized measure of readability. The assessment occurs three times a year. During the year, students read passages that correspond to their individual Lexile range and complete related activities. This resource supports comprehension, and students work to complete 1-2 articles each week.
Guided Reading Level
This assessment documents reading behaviors and identifies an instructional reading level for each student. The instructional reading level can be determined through a formal assessment (2-3 times a year) and/or frequent informal teacher assessments, such as running records.
Local Alternative Assessments: Science, Social Studies
These are required performance assessments (3 times a year) that measure subject-matter proficiency and require students to apply learned content and skills and demonstrate acquisition of the HLP skills. Scientific engineering practices are included in all science assessments. Historical thinking skills are included in all social studies assessments.
Dreambox
This resources adapts to the individual learner through continuous formative assessment in and between lessons. Students should complete at least 5 lessons each week.
SOL Test Reading, Math
This is a required assessment administered by the VDOE. A computer adaptive test is used to evaluate student mastery of grade level standards of learning. SOL testing occurs in May and June.
Additional Assessment Sources
Examples may include:
Other Digital Resources
These division-wide digital resources have components that may be used as assessments. Newsla
Newsela curates nonfiction content and every article is available at 5 reading levels. This helps ensure all students receive texts at their level. Assessments are built into the platform and can be used for formative and summative assessments.
Discovery Science
This resource offers reading material, assessments, collaborative boards, and interactives on science phenomena. Teachers can use a variety of these resources for formative and summative assessments.
Literacy Footprints Digital Readers
This resource is a collection of leveled text available in digital format. Teachers can use the text for small group instruction, and students can select text from a virtual bookshelf to read independently. Assessments, such as running records, are available to monitor student progress.
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Lexia Core5
An initial placement test uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. Work within the program uses computer adaptive to provide additional support as needed.
This resource supports six areas of literacy. Students work in Lexia for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Parent InformationAchieve 3000
An assessment determines a student’s reading level in Lexiles, a nationally recognized measure of readability. The assessment occurs three times a year. During the year, students read passages that correspond to their individual Lexile range and complete related activities. This resource supports comprehension, and students work to complete 1-2 articles each week.
Guided Reading Level
This assessment documents reading behaviors and identifies an instructional reading level for each student. The instructional reading level can be determined through a formal assessment (2-3 times a year) and/or frequent informal teacher assessments, such as running records.
SOL Test: Reading, Math, & Social Studies
This is a required assessment administered by the VDOE. A computer adaptive test is used to evaluate student mastery of grade level standards of learning. SOL testing occurs in May and June. The Social Studies SOL test will not be given in the 2020-21 school year. Instead students will take an alternative assessment.
Virginia Studies : Local Alternative Assessment
These are required performance assessments that measure subject-matter proficiency and require students to apply learned content and skills and demonstrate acquisition of the HLP skills. Historical thinking skills are included in all social studies assessments.
Additional Assessment Sources
Examples may include:
Other Digital Resources
These division-wide digital resources have components that may be used as assessments. Newsla
Newsela curates nonfiction content and every article is available at 5 reading levels. This helps ensure all students receive texts at their level. Assessments are built into the platform and can be used for formative and summative assessments.
Discovery Science
This resource offers reading material, assessments, collaborative boards, and interactives on science phenomena. Teachers can use a variety of these resources for formative and summative assessments.
Literacy Footprints Digital Readers
This resource is a collection of leveled text available in digital format. Teachers can use the text for small group instruction, and students can select text from a virtual bookshelf to read independently. Assessments, such as running records, are available to monitor student progress.
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Lexia Core5
An initial placement test uses research-based criteria to place students in a level within the program. Work within the program uses computer adaptive to provide additional support as needed.
This resource supports six areas of literacy. Students work in Lexia for 15-20 minutes a day, three times a week.
Parent InformationAchieve 3000
An assessment determines a student’s reading level in Lexiles, a nationally recognized measure of readability. The assessment occurs three times a year. During the year, students read passages that correspond to their individual Lexile range and complete related activities. This resource supports comprehension, and students work to complete 1-2 articles each week.
Guided Reading Level
This assessment documents reading behaviors and identifies an instructional reading level for each student. The instructional reading level can be determined through a formal assessment (2-3 times a year) and/or frequent informal teacher assessments, such as running records.
SOL Test Reading, Math, Science
This is a required assessment administered by the VDOE. A computer adaptive test is used to evaluate student mastery of grade level standards of learning. SOL testing occurs in May and June.
Local Alternative Assessment – Writing
This is a performance task that involves writing for an authentic purpose. It is administered in the spring and is part of your child’s normal English language arts curriculum. This local assessment replaces the 5th grade writing standard of learning assessment and takes place in March.
Additional Assessment Sources
Examples may include:
Other Digital Resources
These division-wide digital resources have components that may be used as assessments. Newsla
Newsela curates nonfiction content and every article is available at 5 reading levels. This helps ensure all students receive texts at their level. Assessments are built into the platform and can be used for formative and summative assessments.
Information for Families
Discovery Science
This resource offers reading material, assessments, collaborative boards, and interactives on science phenomena. Teachers can use a variety of these resources for formative and summative assessments.
Literacy Footprints Digital Readers
This resource is a collection of leveled text available in digital format. Teachers can use the text for small group instruction, and students can select text from a virtual bookshelf to read independently. Assessments, such as running records, are available to monitor student progress.
