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PALS Assessments, Instructional Resources,
and Data
EDIS 5020: Instruction and Assessment
Thursday, January 31st
Ellen O. Shrum, PhD
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Agenda
• PALS: Origin, purpose, and assessments
• PALS-PreK: Administration, scoring, and data-generated reports
• PALS-K: Administration, scoring, and data-generated reports
• PALS 1-3: Administration, scoring, and data-generated reports
• PALS K-3: A screening tool
• PALS Quick Checks
• PALS: Instructional resources
• PALS Website
• Formative Assessment: Driving and Monitoring Instruction
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PALS: Why Was PALS Developed?
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What Is PALS?
The Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening
(PALS) is a research-based organization
dedicated to providing instructionally useful
literacy assessments on which to plan,
implement, and assess instruction and on which
to assess and monitor student literacy
achievement.
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PALS Assessments
• Criterion-referenced assessment developed by
Marcia Invernizzi, PhD, and her colleagues at the
University of Virginia.
• Used in all fifty states and several foreign countries.
• Since 1999 serves as Virginia’s universal screening
and diagnostic literacy tool.
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PALS: Assessments
• PALS-PreK
• PALS-K
• PALS 1-3
• PALS Quick Checks (RtI)
• PALS español (in development)
• PALS 4-8 (in development)
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PALS Purpose
• Diagnose children’s knowledge of literacy fundamentals
• Screen for students who may be in jeopardy of not reading on grade level by
the end of third grade
• Monitor effectiveness of instruction, and student progress
• Plan instruction that targets children’s needs
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Data You Can Trust
• Each task is research-based and measures a component of early
literacy development shown by research to predict later reading
achievement.
• Strong technical adequacy was established by thorough pilot
studies with large sample groups.
• Most excellent ratings on the National Center on Response to
Intervention’s Screening Tools Chart
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http://www.rti4success.org/screeningTools
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PALS Assessm
ents:Literacy
Skills
PALS-PreK
PALS-K
PALS1-3
Print and Word Awareness ✓
Nursery Rhyme Awareness ✓
Name Writing ✓
Rhyme Awareness ✓ ✓
Beginning Sound Awareness ✓ ✓
Alphabet Knowledge ✓ ✓ ✓
Letter Sounds ✓ ✓ ✓
Concept of Word ✓ ✓
Blending ✓ ✓
Sound-to-Letter ✓ ✓
Spelling/Phonics ✓ ✓
Word Recognition in Isolation ✓ ✓
Oral Reading in Context (accuracy, fluency, WPM/rate, and comprehension)
✓
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PALS: Assessments and Web Site
PALS Assessments (PALS Materials)
Online Score Entry and Reporting System
(the PALS Web site)
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The PALS Web Site, akaThe Online Score Entry and Reporting System
• Enter scores into online account
• Score entry generates reports for assessing (PreK-3),
screening (K-3), diagnosing, and progress monitoring
• Resources available for planning instruction
• Downloadable progress monitoring assessments (K-3)
(Quick Checks)
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PALS-PreK Assessment
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PALS-PreK Assessment
• Is a developmentally appropriate assessment
• Provides critical literacy data upon which to plan instruction
• Administer in fall, mid-year, and spring of the 4-year-old preschool year (same form administered each time)
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PALS-PreK: Materials
• Teacher’s Manual
• Child Packet
• Child Summary Sheet
• Class Summary Sheet
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PALS-PreK: Preparing to Administer
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Flexible Administration Schedule
• Complete PALS-PreK administration within
any contiguous two-week period during the
four-week window
• Fall screening window begins six weeks after
the first day of school
1st day of school + 6 weeks = 1st day of your PALS-PreK fall
window
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Calculating Your Assessment Windows
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How Much Time Is Required to Administer PALS-PreK?
• Untimed, varies child to child
• Flexible administration – customize to
your schedule (for example, administer
one task per day to break up the
assessment)
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Who Should Administer PALS-PreK?
• Teachers
• Reading specialists
• Instructional support colleagues
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To Whom Should PALS-PreK Be Given?
Mandatory for children in Virginia whose PreK enrollment is partially of fully funded by the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI)
Optional for all other preschool children
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PALS-PreK: Task Administration & Scoring
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PALS-PreK: Tasks Each task represents a literacy fundamental that is predictive of future reading success.
Task Includes
Name Writing
Alphabet Knowledge Upper-Case Alphabet RecognitionLower-Case Alphabet RecognitionLetter Sounds
Beginning Sound Awareness
Print and Word Awareness
Rhyme Awareness
Nursery Rhyme Awareness
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PALS-PreK Administration
• One-on-one administration
• Approximately 25 minutes per child
• Developmentally appropriate
• Flexible administration--Don’t have to administer the entire assessment at one time (For example, one can administer one task to all children on each day for six days.)
• Fall, Mid-Year, and Spring recommended assessment windows
• Enter scores online via traditional score entry or the Online Assessment Wizard
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Task: Name Writing Say,
• If the child is reluctant to attempt name writing, encourage the child to
“pretend” to write his or her name or collect a writing sample at a more
informal time.
• Not an all-or-nothing skill – it develops gradually and reveals what
students know about early components of literacy.
I would like for you to draw a picture of yourself, and then write your name. When you are finished, I’d like for you to show me your name.
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Name Writing: Scoring (Administration &
Scoring Guide, Page 14)
Scoring samples demonstrate the
continuum of name writing
development
Only the written name is scored; it
is not necessary for the child to
draw a picture
Not scored based on neatness
Question child for clarification on
letters if necessary
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PALS-PreK: Logging Into A Teacher Account
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Step 1: Go to the PALS Web site.
https://pals.virginia.edu
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Step 2: Place your cursor on the yellow-highlighted area, and move it down to the second link, Virginia PreK.
Click here.
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Step 3: On the Login Page that appears, enter user name and password.
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Step 4: Upon login, you’re on the ADMINSTRATIVE tab.
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Child Information: Accommodating Non-Standard
Administration
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Entering Scores
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Two Ways to Enter Scores forInstant Access to Child Data!
Traditional Score Entry: Record scores on Child
Summary Sheets. Then, after administration,
enter scores into the PALS Web site (aka, The Score
Entry and Reporting System).
Online Assessment Wizard: Enter scores directly
into the PALS Web site during or after administration.
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Score Entry Option:Traditional Score Entry
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Step 1: Highlight a child’s name and click the link, “Enter Child’s Scores.”
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Step 2: Enter scores and click the link, “Submit Scores.”
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Score Entry Option:
The Online Assessment Wizard
(OAW)
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Benefits of “the Wizard”
Efficient
Flexible
Creates item-level reports
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Efficient
Reduces paperwork (e.g., Student Summary Sheets)
Decreases chance of transfer error during score entry
Guides K-3 assessment process (in fall and spring)
Keeps track of scores
Reduces assessment time
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Flexible
Use with one or all of your students
Use during or after administration
Use regardless of the score entry school colleagues use
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Creates Item-Level Reports
Student OAW Report Alphabet Recognition Letter Sounds Print and Word Awareness
Class OAW Report
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Using The Online Assessment Wizard(OAW)
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Step 1: Highlight a child’s name and click “Online Assessment Wizard.”
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Step 2: Review information on Welcome Page; then, click the Continue Icon or the Task Icon.
Continue Icon
Task Icon
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Step 3: Select a task.
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Upper-Case Alphabet
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Using the
Online Assessment
Wizard:PALS
Practice Accounts
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PALS-PreK Data Generates
Reports
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Child Summary Report
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Individual Task
Growth Report
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Class Summary Report
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