Early Reading Assessment (ERA)

The Early Reading Assessment (ERA) is an assessment for children in grades K-2 that helps educators identify students with delays in reading abilities. Teachers, special educators, speech pathologists, and school psychologists can administer the test. The ERA, which takes 10-15 minutes to complete, contains the written word vocabulary, rapid orthographic naming, and silent orthographic efficiency core subtests that combine to create the Early Reading Index.

Content

Sub-Category
Domains
Reading,
Language,
Speaking & Listening
Subdomain

Written Word Vocabulary, Rapid Orthographic Naming, Silent Orthographic Efficiency

Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Observer

Administration Information

Length
10-15 minutes
Qualifications

Level B (Purchasing requires a master's degree in psychology, education, speech language pathology, occupational therapy, social work, counseling, or field related to assessment, and formal training in the ethical adminitration, scoring, and interpretation).

Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Price

Kits start at $289.00

Contact

800.897.3202

Open Access
No

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Referencing
Norm-referenced
Psychometric References

https://www.parinc.com/Products/Pkey/107

Savage, C. (2022). Considerations for use of early grades reading assessments. EdInstruments Brief, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University. https://edinstruments.org/resources/early-grades-reading-assessments 

Psychometric Considerations

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