1. Diagnosing/Treating with CORE: Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures and AIMSweb Reports COMPASS/i3 team

2. What materials do you need?

3. The Many Strands that are Woven into Skilled Reading
(Scarborough, 2001)
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE
LANGUAGE STRUCTURES
VERBAL REASONING
LITERACY KNOWLEDGE
PHON. AWARENESS
DECODING (and SPELLING)
SIGHT RECOGNITION
SKILLED READING:
fluent execution and
coordination of word
recognition and text
comprehension.
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
WORD RECOGNITION
increasingly
automatic
strategic
Skilled Reading- fluent coordination of word reading and comprehension processes
This slide comes from Joe Torgesen and can be found at It is a great way to show how all the components come together.
Fcrr.org
Reading is a multifaceted skill, gradually acquired over years of instruction and practice.

4. Step 1: Read AIMSweb Report
Identify the students who are “yellow” or “red” in AIMSweb
Go to Step 2: CORE Graded High-Frequency Word Survey or the San Diego Quick Assessment

5. Step 2: CORE Graded High-Frequency Word Survey OR San Diego Quick Assessment
Individual
5-7 min.
Pp.63-67
5-8
Individual
10 min. Pp

6. Skill-Specific Strategies
Same as your

7. Step 3: CORE Phonics Surveys
K: A-D
1st-12th: A-L or E-L
Individual
10-15 minutes
Pg (including Spanish materials)

8. Skill-Specific Strategies
Same as your

9. Step 4: CORE Phoneme Segmentation
Grade 2-12
Individual
15-20 min. Pp

10. Skill-Specific Strategies
Same as your

11. Next steps
Principals should address any questions to their EDs.