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  • EA Frequent Questions
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      ABC: What is the purpose of ABC Names and Numbers?
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      CPM: ECDS Uploads for Pre-K Data
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      CPM: What do Circle Progress Monitoring (CPM) benchmarks indicate?
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      CPM: When administering the assessment, can I tell the student if they are correct or incorrect?
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      CPM: Can a student answer with the verb conjugated in a different tense than listed on the acceptable responses vocabulary sheet?
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      CPM: For the total score in phonological awareness, my class averaged above the benchmark. However, when I compare the benchmarks for the PA sub-measures (syllabication, onset- rime, alliteration and rhyming 1), my students are below in each category.
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      CPM: Why does the benchmark report show a zero score for Letter Sound correspondence?
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      CPM: How can I find the total scores on the Student Results Export excel sheet?
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      CPM: I accidentally assessed a student in the wrong language in CPM. Can this be fixed?
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      CPM: What do the Circle Progress Monitoring Coloring-Coded Benchmarks mean?
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      CPM: Why does the last item on the rapid tasks disappear before the student has three full seconds to respond?
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      CPM: Can I compare end-of-year CPM data to TX-KEA data?
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      CPM: Can I use manipulatives to support the child during assessment of math items?
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      CPM: For the Rhyming measure, why is it a yes or no question?
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      CPM: Will the CPM testing material be revised to align with the new Pre-K guidelines?
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      CPM: How do Rapid Vocabulary and Rapid Vocabulary Set 1 differ, and which list should be used at the beginning of the year and during each wave?
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      CPM: If a student is “on track” on any measure or sub-measure in Wave 1, would that student be assessed with the same measure again in Wave 2? What if a child receives a perfect score? Are there additional questions generated at each wave?
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      CPM: Why is the vocabulary measure timed?
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      CPM: Why does the Circle Progress Monitoring phonological awareness Overall Measure Total Score not match each individual sub-measure?
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      CPM: How were CPM vocabulary selected for the assessment?
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      CPM: What guidance is there on scoring syllabication? If a student claps the right amount of syllables for a word, but says the wrong number of syllables, is the item marked correct or incorrect? For example: /cow/ /boy/ - claps twice but says "3"
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      CPM: What resources are available to support teachers in implementing the new PK Guidelines?
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      CPM: Why is the letter naming measure timed?
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      CPM: On the Rapid Letter Naming assessment, why do I not measure on all 52 uppercase and lowercase letters?
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      TX-KEA: For TX-KEA and the Dyslexia Referral Checklist, which part of the assessment is considered phonemic awareness vs phonological awareness?
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      TX-KEA: ECDS Uploads for Kindergarten Data
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      TX-KEA: What is the TX-KEA Statewide Kindergarten Readiness Score?
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      TX-KEA: How do I locate and administer the TX-KEA Dyslexia Screener?
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      TX-KEA: How were TX-KEA items developed?
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      TX-KEA: What are we required to assess if we use TX-KEA?
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      TX-KEA: Why do some TX-KEA assessments appear overly challenging for kindergartners & some areas do not align to the TEKS?
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      TX-KEA: Is there a report in TX-KEA that shows only the Dyslexia Screener results? 
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      TX-KEA: Can I use TX-KEA at the end of prekindergarten?
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      TX-KEA: Is TX-KEA a norm or criterion-referenced progress monitoring tool? 
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      TX-KEA: What are the benchmarks/cut scores for the TX-KEA assessment? 
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      TX-KEA: Is it possible to view TX-KEA scores for receptive and expressive separately instead of combining them?
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      TX-KEA: Why is vocabulary in Circle Progress Monitoring timed but not timed in TX-KEA?  
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      TX-KEA: What TX-KEA report can I use to show how students are doing from one wave to another?  
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      TX-KEA: When I give TX-KEA, can I translate the instructions from English to Spanish, but still assess a student's English skills? Or translate instructions from Spanish to English, but still assess a student's Spanish skills?
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      TX-KEA: How to score TX-KEA Spelling?
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      TX-KEA: Why is Spanish TX-KEA blending section not done in syllables only?
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      TX-KEA: What should I do if TX-KEA audio not working properly?
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      TX-KEA: For the TX-KEA vocabulary measure, can teachers preview the assessment words and integrate them into their teaching to familiarize students with the vocabulary?
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      TX-KEA: Can I use a touchscreen device with this assessment?
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      TX-KEA: TX-KEA: What do the TX-KEA color coding benchmarks mean?
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      TX-KEA: Why is the TX-KEA Literacy Screener only available for Wave 1 and not Waves 2 or 3?
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      TX-KEA: In TX-KEA, why are Academic Motor Skills only tested at the beginning of the year?
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      TX-KEA: Why does TX-KEA tests for the "soft g" sound instead of "hard g"? For example, the word "jam"
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      TPRI: Do I administer both TPRI stories for 1st and 2nd grade?
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      TPRI: When a student reads a story what are considered errors or not errors?
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      TPRI: Why are there TPRI Branching Rules?
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      TPRI: Do I exclude the TPRI Reading Comprehension section since the student read at a frustrational level?
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      TPRI: Do I assess the same measures again at the next wave if the student scored "developed" for a measure at previous wave?
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      TPRI: How do I locate and administer the 1st Grade Dyslexia Screener?