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Screening Tools Chart

The tools chart below reflects the results of the second annual review of research studies of screening tools by the Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC).

The Center defines screening as follows: Screening involves brief assessments that are valid, reliable, and evidence-based. They are conducted with all students or targeted groups of students to identify students who are at risk of academic failure and, therefore, likely to need additional or alternative forms of instruction to supplement the conventional general education approach.


Chart Features

  • Across the top of the chart are the standards by which the TRC reviews each tool. Click on each standard for a detailed description of how the rating was defined.
  • The vendors/developers of the tools have provided implementation information which includes the cost of the tool, what is needed to implement it, the support provided, how the tool is intended to be used, and with whom it should be used. To access this information, click on name of the tool in the "Area" column.
  • The ratings in the chart can be clicked on to view the specific data submitted for Classification Accuracy, Generalizability, Reliability, Validity, and Disaggregated Data for Diverse Populations.

The National Center on RTI publishes this tools chart to assist educators and families in becoming informed consumers who can select screening tools that best meet their individual needs.

The Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC) on Screening independently established a set of criteria for evaluating the scientific rigor of screening tools. The TRC rated each submitted tool against these criteria but did not compare it to other tools on the chart. The presence of a particular tool on the chart does not constitute endorsement and should not be viewed as a recommendation from either the TRC on Screening or the National Center on RTI.

Please note that all submissions to the TRC review process were voluntary. An individual, firm, or other vendor whose tool appears on the chart chose to submit its tool for TRC review and then to have its tool and TRC ratings displayed on the chart. The National Center on RTI does not publish the names of individuals, firms, or other vendors who submit tools for review but decide against having the results included on the tools chart.

The National Center on RTI will issue another review of available reading and math screening tools in spring 2010.




Use the scroll bar feature on the right to view all of the tools on the chart.

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 AREAbrace1 Classification Accuracy Generalizability Reliability Validity Disaggregated Reliability, Validity, and Classification Data for Diverse Populations Efficiency
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Chart Legend:

Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence | partially convincing evidence or convincing indirect evidencePartially Convincing Evidence | Unconvincing EvidenceUnconvincing Evidence | No Evidence Sumbitted No Evidence Submitted
*Added in the 2009 review| i Information updated during the 2009 review
AIMSweb
*Math - CBM
 Partially Convincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Unconvincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Group 2 Minutes Yes Yes
R-CBM Oral Reading
 Partially Convincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
*Test of Early Numeracy - Missing Number
 Partially Convincing Evidence
Broad Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
*Test of Early Numeracy - Number Identification
 Partially Convincing Evidence Broad Convincing Evidence Unconvincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
*Test of Early Numeracy - Oral Counting
 Partially Convincing Evidence Broad Convincing Evidence Unconvincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
*Test of Early Numeracy - Quantity Discrimination
 Partially Convincing Evidence Broad Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
Discovery Education Predictive Assessment
*Math
 Convincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Group 40 Minutes Yes Yes
*Reading
 Convincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Group 40 Minutes Yes Yes
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
Letter Naming Fluency
 Unconvincing Evidence Moderate Low Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
Nonsense Word Fluency
 Partially Convincing Evidence Moderate Low Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Unconvincing Evidence Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
Oral Reading Fluency
 Partially Convincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
 Unconvincing Evidence Moderate Low Partially Convincing Evidence Unconvincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Individual 2 Minutes Yes Yes
istation Indicators of Progress
*Reading
 Partially Convincing Evidence Moderate Low Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Individual Group 13 - 21 Minutes Yes Yes
PALS
*Early Literacy
(Kindergarten)
 Unconvincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Individual Group 23 - 43 Minutes Yes Yes
*Reading
(Gr. 1-3)
 Convincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Individual Group 23 - 43 Minutes Yes Yes
Predictive Assessment of Reading
*Reading
 Convincing Evidence Broad Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Individual 16 Minutes No Yes
Scholastic
Phonics Inventory - Screener Version
 Partially Convincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Individual Group 10 Minutes Computer Scored No
STAR
Early Literacy
 Partially Convincing Evidence Broad Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Individual Group 10 Minutes Computer Scored Yes
*Math
 Partially Convincing Evidence Broad Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Individual Group 10 Minutes Computer Scored Yes
i Reading
 Partially Convincing Evidence Broad Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Convincing Evidence Individual Group 10 Minutes Computer Scored Yes
STEEP
Oral Reading Fluency
 Convincing Evidence Moderate High Convincing Evidence Partially Convincing Evidence No Evidence Sumbitted Individual 1 Minute Yes Yes