The Kindergarten Dyslexia Screener made available in Wave 3 on TX KEA is used to quickly and efficiently assess all kindergarten students at end of year for possible risk of dyslexia. It is not a diagnostic tool but rather a screener to determine if there are reading difficulties that warrant further referral.
The English dyslexia screener uses measures already included in the Wave 3 set of subtests: *Letter sounds and *Blending. An at risk (red) score is assigned to the dyslexia screening results if both subtest total results are Support (red).
The Spanish dyslexia screener uses measures already included in the Wave 3 set of subtests: *Sonidos de las Letras, *Combinación de Sonidos, and Decodificacion. An at risk (red) score is assigned to the Resultado de la Evaluación de Dislexia if any 2 of the 3 subtests results are Support (red)
* Receptive tasks are student-selected items. Expressive tasks are teacher-recorded. For receptive and expressive tasks, both must be completed in order to receive an overall score that is calculated to determine risk.
Instructions:
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Once logged in, locate TX KEA on the CLI Engage dashboard.
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Click on your class to see the student view with your class roster. Make sure the wave is set to 3.
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To assess a student, click on the icon next to the student’s name below the ‘View Student’ label. This will open up the assessment measures to commence assessment.
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The dyslexia screener subtests are color coded in blue. Click on the Launch (triangle) button to begin the assessment. Remember you must complete both receptive and expressive tasks to receive an accurate overall total score on both Letter Sounds and Blending.
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Once you have completed the two subtests, the dyslexia screener results will provide a total score and color code, green for On Track or red for At Risk.
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To assess in Spanish, click 
then, click on your class to see the student view with your class roster. Make sure the wave is set to 3.
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To assess a student, click on the icon next to the student’s name below the ‘View Student’ label. This will open up the assessment measures to commence assessment.
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The Evaluación de la dislexia subtests are color coded in blue. Click on the Launch (triangle) button to begin the assessment. Remember you must complete both receptive and expressive tasks to receive an overall total score on Combinacion de Sonidos. For the Spanish dyslexia screener, you will also complete the Decoding subtest: Decodificacion.
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Once you have completed the three subtests, the dyslexia screener results will provide a total score and color code, green for On Track or red for At Risk. In this example, the student scored one of the subtests as On Track, so the total dyslexia screening results are green.
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The remaining TX KEA subtests in wave 3 should be administered for progress monitoring and to inform end of year instructional decisions.
This document was last modified on: February 5, 2023