Reading Measures
The easyCBM reading assessments include the following measures, based on the "Big Five" components of reading identified by the National Reading Panel (2000) report and state standards.
| easyCBM Reading Measures by Component Measures | Component |
| Phoneme Segmenting | Phonemic Awareness |
|
Letter Names Letter Sounds |
Alphabetic Principle and Phonics |
|
Word Reading Fluency Passage Reading Fluency |
Fluency |
| Vocabulary | Vocabulary |
|
Basic Reading Proficient Reading |
Comprehension |
easyCBM reading assessments include timed, individually administered measures of early literacy (Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Phoneme Segmenting) and reading fluency (Word Reading Fluency and Passage Reading Fluency), as well as untimed, group-administered multiple-choice measures of vocabulary (Vocabulary) and comprehension (Basic Reading and Proficient Reading).
The following table indicates the grade levels in which progress monitoring forms are available for each of the measures. Some measures have progress monitoring forms for grades in which they are not used for benchmark testing, to support students who are still working on those skills.
