Vocabulary Measures

Vocabulary is an untimed assessment that measures vocabulary proficiency appropriate for a student's grade level, designed for students in Grades 2-8. The student's score is the number of correct responses.

The words included in the Vocabulary measure were selected from a variety of content materials and were extensively field-tested. The bank of items represents a wide range of difficulty aligned to grade level content standards. Students can complete the Vocabulary assessment either online or via paper and-pencil, and it can be administered to multiple students at once. It takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

As with the other easyCBM measures, it is important to use the percentile rank, not the raw score itself, when interpreting student performance. It is also important not to use the vocabulary tests as study guides or to identify specific vocabulary words for instruction.