PALS Testing

PALS Testing

Next week on Tuesday, October 28th and Wednesday, October 29th, your child will be participating in a state mandated literacy assessment.  Please make sure your child receives plenty of sleep and eats a healthy breakfast for these days!

Developed by reading researchers at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, PALS is a research-based assessment for classroom teachers to use with students.

PALS provides teachers with information about how students perform in fundamental reading skill areas that are predictive of a child's achievement in reading.  Teachers use PALS to gather information about each student's strengths and needs in reading so instruction can be planned to best meet those needs and thus help each student make progress in his/her reading.  Teachers use PALS to prevent reading problems before they occur, and to plan appropriate instruction for both grade-level readers and struggling readers.

For more information, please visit http://www.palswisconsin.info/parents.shtml


 ~ The Kindergarten Team