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Serving our Children in No Child Left Behind

Title I Directors' Conference
February 2003

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Purpose 4: To use screening assessments to effectively identify preschool children who may be at risk for reading failure.

Use screening assessments that
AreAre Not
BriefLengthy
Valid and reliableDifficult to administer
Easy to use and interpretGroup-administered
Individually administeredUsed to track children
Used to identify children at-risk of later failureOne time only
Ongoing