ELSB Lite vs Phonics Inventory

The Early Literacy Skills Builder app incorporates systematic instruction to teach both print and phonemic awareness. ELSB is a multi-year program with seven distinct levels and ongoing assessments so students progress at their own pace. Note: This free version comes with level 1 - Lesson 1 and Level 5 - lesson 1. Full levels can be purchased from the in-app store. Five years of solid research have been completed through the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, proving ELSB to be a highly effective literacy program and more effective than a sight-word only program. ELSB is based upon the principles of systematic and direct instruction. It incorporates scripted lessons, least-prompt strategies, teachable objectives, built-in lesson repetition, and ongoing assessments. The seven ELSB levels contain five structured lessons each. All students begin at Level 1. Instruction is one-on-one or in small groups. Teach scripted lessons daily in two 30-minute sessions. On the completion of each level, formal assessments are given. ELSB includes everything you need to implement a multi-year literacy curriculum.

Phonics Inventory™ (formerly known as Scholastic Phonics Inventory) remains the same digital assessment tool that measures decoding and sight word reading fluency in fewer than 10 minutes. PI can be used as a universal screener, or placement into a Tier II or III intervention, as well as a progress monitoring tool. NOW our customers can administer PI on iPads to assess foundational reading skills for grades 3 - 12+. With PI, students' accuracy and fluency are measured in less than 10 minutes: 1. Practice tests measure touchscreen speed/ability. 2. Letter recognition assess students' recognition of lower-case letters. 3. Sight word recognition measure students' knowledge of high-frequency sight-words. 4. Non-Word decoding tests assess students' decoding skills. PI is: - A VALIDATED measure of decoding and sight word fluency - fast and scaleable - perfect for RTI PI for iPad is available to all System 44 Next Generation customers.