PALS Testing

PALS Testing

Next week, October 22nd and October 23rd, your child will be participating in a state mandated literacy assessment.

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