32 SRA FLEX LITERACY ™ IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
Digital Assessment
Placement Tests
Upon first login to The Digital Experience, the student takes a Lexile®-based
placement test specific to the student’s grade level. The test is a series of
up to 35 multiple-choice questions that are automatically scored by the
system. This assessment’s results are used to place the student in the
appropriate lesson sequence within The Digital Experience, based on
configured sequence start positions. The FLEXWorks system then
determines and records the initial Lexile® score and the entry point at which
the student will enter.
Fluency and Lexile®
Assessments
Once inside The Digital Experience, students move through a progression of
lessons with ongoing fluency and Lexile® measure assessment opportunities
intended to measure students’ growth over time. Each lesson in Bands C–M
features an activity that assesses students’ Lexile® scores, just as the
placement tests do. Additionally, lessons regularly assess students’ fluency
by having them record themselves reading aloud so that teachers can review
the recording and provide a words correct per minute (WCPM) score.
Teachers are also prompted to assess the prosody of students’ recordings
based on four criteria: expression, phrasing, smoothness, and pace.
Mastery Checks
Each skill in The Digital Experience is taught through a scaffolded sequence
of activities based on the gradual release model of instruction. At the end of
each sequence, assessment activities called Mastery Checks present
multiple choice question items without instructional prompting or feedback.
Through these activities, students demonstrate their level of mastery with
each skill. In Bands A and B, the teacher is prompted to print the Mastery
Checks and conduct the assessments orally. Mastery checks in Bands C–K
are done within the online lessons.
Benchmark Tests
Three benchmark progress-monitoring tests are administered through The
Digital Experience, occurring at intervals based on the initiation date of the
program. On those dates, The Digital Experience suspends students’
progress through the lessons and presents them with one of these tests.
These tests follow the same format as the placement tests and result in
updated Lexile® scores for each student. The benchmark assessments are
scored separately from the placement tests to validate student Lexile® growth
within the program.
Entry/Exit Strategy
Detailed information on the Entry and Exit Strategy process for SRA FLEX
Literacy™ can be found in Assessment Resources and in the Professional
Learning Environment in FLEXWorks.
Student
Self-Assessment
Students are guided through a self-assessment process to track and monitor
their progress through The Digital Experience. Instructions and resources for
student self-assessment can be found in Assessment Resources and in
FLEXWorks Resources.