How do I know if a student is ready to start assessing in Literably?

Here are a few things to consider when thinking about whether students should start assessing with Literably's Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) assessment:

1) For students who are still working on letter identification and sounds, it's possible that Literably's ORF assessment may not yet be appropriate for those students. For example, if a student might merely describe the pictures of a level A text, rather than read the words on the page, then it may make sense to wait to assess on Literably until you feel that the student is able to engage with a level A text.

2) A helpful way to gauge this is to use the magnifying glass icon (screenshot below) to preview a level A text. Some teachers present the text preview to students (rather than the actual assessment) to gauge whether students are ready to engage with level A.
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​3) Finally, if a student assesses at Level A, and the assessment comes back unscorable (e.g., because the student just describes the pictures), this might be an indication that the student is not ready to start assessing on Literably for the time being.