Timed Measures - Live Scoring

The timed fluency measures (early literacy and fluency measures for both English and Spanish) must be administered individually (one-on-one) with each student. You can conduct live scoring by entering student responses (item-level data) directly into the easyCBM system via a computer or tablet while administering the assessment.

A built-in timer is provided for ease of use. We recommend a device with touch screen technology for live scoring, so that students are not aware when an error is being marked (audible 'clicks' to mark errors introduce potential measurement error and should be avoided).

If computer-based administration is not an option, all assessments can be administered on paper-and pencil, and the results can be entered into the program afterward.

Live Scoring

"Live scoring" refers to entering item-level data (student responses) into easyCBM at the same time as you are administering the form to the student.

For English-language measures, live scoring is available for:

Letter Names

Letter Sounds

Phoneme Segmenting

Word Reading Fluency

Passage Reading Fluency

For the Spanish-language measures, live scoring is available for:

Syllable Sounds

Syllable Segmenting

Word Reading Fluency

Sentence Reading Fluency

When live scoring the individually administered measures, you will need to download and print a single Student Copy of the test form for most of the measures (Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Word Reading Fluency, Passage Reading Fluency, Spanish Syllable Sounds, Spanish Word Reading, Spanish Sentence Reading).

Two individually administered measures (Phoneme Segmenting and Spanish Syllable Segmenting) do not require Student Copies.

**Note that you will only need one Assessor Copy of the testing form for the administration directions. You won't need a copy for each student because you'll be entering student responses into easyCBM rather than on the paper form.

For more information on administering Timed Benchmark Tests, please see: Timed Measures (Benchmark)

For more information on administering Timed Progress Monitoring Measures, please see: Timed Measures (Progress Monitoring)

For more detailed information on Live Scoring, please see the easyCBM Users Manual, pages 15-16 located in Chapter 2: easyCBM User's Manual