The original version of the Individual Skills Report organized each student’s skills according to the “big 5” reading skills identified in the National Reading Panel (NRP, 2000) report. This organization was developed prior to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) which were published in 2010. Although not all U.S. states have adopted the CCSS, a large majority have and they serve as an additional organizational framework for reading instruction across grade levels. By the time that FastBridge aMath was developed, the CCSS were available and used to organize the content included in aMath. This resulted in the aReading and aMath Individual Skills Reports having different organizational systems. Given the large presence of CCSS in state requirements and published curricula, FastBridge reviewed all aReading items and coded them according to the CCSS reading standards instead of the NRP domains. This re-coding means that the aReading Individual Skills Report now displays students’ reading skills in relation to the four main CCSS reading skill areas:
- Foundational Skills
- Reading Literature
- Language
- Informational Reading