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Why Test Reading?

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Why Test Reading?
The LGL Reading Assessment tests reading sub skills so that you can improve your reading instruction by focusing in the areas that your child may be weakest. Even though there are many different ways to think about reading instruction, it's a general industry consensus that each reader must have the ability to 1) sound out words 2) memorize words and 3) understand words well enough to make contextual guesses when necessary. The LGL Reading Assessment tests all three of these areas using six subtests. These subtests; High Frequency Word Subtest, Word Recognition Subtest, Word Analysis Subtest, Word Meaning Subtest, Spelling Subtest and Silent Reading Subtest, are designed to target a specific reading skill.

How Our Assessment is Unique:
Our assessment will give a very detailed account of how the user is achieving in all areas of reading. Lots of reading assessments report back a single reading grade level. Knowing that a reader is at a certain grade level is good but more detailed information is better and more helpful to designing effective instruction. For example some reading assessments might report that your 4th grade son is at a 2nd grade reading level. A more detailed assessment, like the LGL Reading Assessment, would report on how well the user can sound out words compared with how well they can memorize words compared with how well they read words in the context of sentences. In addition, spelling information may be included.