Assessments
Beginning Reading
All about Math
Academic Reading
Writing Programs
100
Three questions that a student must answer before starting the STAR test in order for them to become familiar with the format of the test.
What are Practice Questions
100
These are hand held objects which are designed to provide a way for children to learn concepts in a developmentally appropriate, hands-on, and an experiencing way.
What are Manipulatives
100
Assess whether the student already knows the skill, or whether he/she needs direct instruction in that skill. This assignment is completed independently by the student with no coaching from the teacher.
What is Pretest
100
Questions that are used to stimulate the students’ thinking about their learning processes and to develop an awareness of how they went about thinking about the topics during the various activities of the session.
What is a Learning Log
100
Students will improve their writing skills by reading and following instructions using these worksheets (Prewrite, Draft, Revise, Edit and Publish)
What is the Writing Process
200
The portion of the Academic Writing Assessment where a student must answer 66 questions multiple choice test
What is Grammar Pretest
200
An assessment that is given every 10 lessons to measure student growth
What are Ongoing Assessments
200
The foundation of problem solving. Once students have developed automaticity (fast, accurate, and effortless recall) with these, then teachers can focus on tasks that are more complex.
What are Math Facts
200
Students learn how to read text, process it and understand its meaning
What is Comprehension
200
This strand is tailored to adapt to individual students who need to improve on topics which may include parts of speech, subjects and verbs, fragments, run-ons and commas, subject/verb agreement, pronoun use, modifiers, capitalization and punctuation.
What is Grammar Strand
300
This is a survey that asks questions to students on how they feel towards school
What is Student Outlook Survey
300
Words that appear frequently in most of the text kids read, but can't easily be sounded out.
What are Sight Words
300
Students receive personalized math instruction from a teacher utilizing a tablet-based. Mathematical literacy, basic facts, computation algorithms, and the problem-solving process
What is SylvanSync Math
300
This is the only pretest that must be observed by a teacher by using a 1 minute timer and a rubric so they can test for accuracy
What is Oral Fluency
300
We offer a writing program for students below 4th grade
What is Beginning Writing or Early Elementary
400
A student scheduled to take a reading test was unable to read at least 100 sight words with automaticity, which test do we give the student?
What is Beginning Reading
400
When beginning readers sound out words, they slowly say each sound in a word (c-a-t), and then say the sounds quickly together to "read" the word (cat)
What is Blending
400
This exam preparation includes lessons dedicated to Mathematics and to reviewing prior to the exam. Also available are diagnostic and practice tests
What is SAT Math
400
A student will learn to demonstrate his/her ability to independently answer questions that address and apply the target skill when they are able to satisfactory complete the Guided Practice (GP) .
What is Independent Practice (IP)
400
Every time a student spells a word incorrectly in any written work, the teacher will incorporate those words into the writing process
What is a Spelling Bank
500
This is a quick assessment (10 questions) with a selection of basic math skills which are necessary for success upper level math.
What is the Assessment Locator
500
If a student is 4 years old we admister this test along with SBRI 1 which assesses students’ readiness skills in the areas of motor, language and concept knowledge.
What is the Speed Dial
500
A student is taking Geometry or Trigonometry courses in high school, Sylvan has a program that incorporates subject related topics and time dedicated to homework
What is Senior Math
500
The only reading skill that needs to be entered into IMPACT manually if based on the writing observation or when a parent requests this specific skill
What is Spelling
500
It is mandatory that work completed in the Process and Essay/Paragraph strands be kept to share with RP's during conferences so parents can observe the growth their child has made in the writing process.
What are Portfolios