Common Phonics Assessment Mistakes (And Why Data Gets Misleading)

Описание: 📘 MODULE 1 · LESSON 1.3
Common Phonics Assessment Mistakes

Phonics Assessments That Drive Instruction™

This video is Module 1: Why Phonics Assessment Matters — Lesson 1.3 from my professional training course, Phonics Assessments That Drive Instruction™.

In this lesson, we identify common phonics assessment mistakes that often happen unintentionally — and explain how those mistakes can compromise data accuracy and lead to ineffective instruction.

This lesson helps educators reflect on assessment practices before moving forward with instructional decisions.

🎯 WHAT THIS LESSON COVERS

In Module 1 · Lesson 1.3, you’ll learn:

✔ The most common mistakes educators make during phonics assessment
✔ How over-prompting interferes with assessment accuracy
✔ Why assessing untaught or misaligned skills leads to misleading data
✔ Why total scores alone don’t tell the full instructional story
✔ How small assessment habits can create big instructional gaps

This lesson reinforces an essential idea:

Accurate instruction depends on accurate assessment data.

🧠 WHY THIS LESSON MATTERS

Many assessment errors are not intentional — they’re the result of unclear systems, time pressure, or mixed expectations.

This lesson helps educators:

recognize subtle assessment habits that affect data

separate assessment from instruction

collect information that truly reflects what students can do independently

It is designed to build awareness and clarity — not blame.

📌 IMPORTANT NOTE

This lesson is conceptual, not procedural.

It does not teach:

assessment administration routines

scoring procedures

intervention planning

Those steps come later in the full course.

This lesson focuses on assessment thinking, so future instructional decisions are built on reliable data.

👩‍🏫 WHO THIS IS FOR

This lesson is designed for:

Classroom teachers

Reading interventionists

Literacy coaches

Special education teachers

Title I teachers

Anyone using phonics data to guide instruction

🎓 ABOUT THE FULL COURSE

This lesson is part of the complete professional development training:

Phonics Assessments That Drive Instruction™

The full course walks educators through:

Why phonics assessment purpose matters

Screening vs diagnostic vs progress monitoring

Common assessment mistakes that impact data

How to identify instructional starting points

How to connect phonics data directly to instruction

👉 Enroll in the full course here:
🔗 https://littlelephanteacher.com/phoni...

📌 ABOUT LITTLE ELEPHANT TEACHER®

I create research-aligned phonics resources and professional development for educators who want clarity — not overwhelm — and instructional decisions that actually help students learn to read.

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