Reading assessments
Reading Steps uses AI to generate comprehensive reading assessments that determine a student’s reading age.
How assessments work
Each assessment contains 20 questions across three types:
| Question Type | Age Range | Description |
|---|
| Word Recognition | 4-6 years | Simple word matching exercises |
| Sentence Completion | 6-8 years | Fill-in-the-blank sentences |
| Passage Comprehension | 8-11 years | Reading passages with questions |
Assigning assessments
To individual students
- Go to Assessment
- Click Assign Assessment
- Select the student(s)
- Choose assessment type:
- Standard - Full 20-question assessment
- Challenge - Adaptive assessment based on past performance
- Click Assign
Mandatory assessments
You can make an assessment mandatory, which:
- Requires the student to complete it before accessing other features
- Automatically redirects them to the assessment when they log in
- Cannot be skipped
Reviewing results
After a student completes an assessment:
- Go to Assessment
- Click on the completed assessment
- View:
- Estimated reading age - The AI-determined reading level
- Summary - Overview of performance
- Strengths - Areas where the student excels
- Areas for improvement - Skills to work on
- Question-by-question breakdown - Individual responses
Adaptive assessments
The “Challenge” assessment type uses AI to:
- Analyze the student’s previous assessment results
- Identify areas of weakness
- Generate questions targeting those specific areas
- Help students practice and improve
Use challenge assessments periodically to track improvement and provide targeted practice.
Opt-out requests
Students can request to opt out of an assessment. When this happens:
- You’ll receive a notification
- Review the request in your notifications
- Click Accept to remove the assessment requirement
- Or click Decline to keep it assigned
Assessment analytics
View class-wide assessment data:
- Average reading age by class
- Progress over time
- Common areas of difficulty
- Individual student trajectories
