Reading Placement Test for PRIDE Reading Program
Find the Right PRIDE Level for Your Student
Use this free online reading placement test to find the best starting point in PRIDE Reading Program. The placement check helps parents, tutors, and teachers understand a student’s current decoding, spelling, and reading skills before choosing a PRIDE level.
Who Should Take the Placement Assessment?
This assessment is designed for students who are new to PRIDE, students with reading gaps, homeschool families choosing a level, tutors onboarding a new student, and families looking for an Orton-Gillingham or dyslexia-friendly reading level assessment.
What the Reading Placement Test Checks
During the placement check, your student will read letters and words, respond to sounds, and write dictated sounds or words. These tasks help identify the PRIDE level where instruction should begin without skipping foundational skills.
What Results You Receive
After completing the placement, use the results with PRIDE’s Scope & Sequence to choose the appropriate level, from Beginning Letters & Sounds through Blue Book. If the results are unclear, use the comprehensive reading assessment or contact PRIDE for placement help.
Reading Placement Test FAQ
Who should take the PRIDE Reading Placement Test?
The PRIDE Reading Placement Test is for students who are new to PRIDE, students with reading gaps, homeschool families choosing a level, tutors onboarding a new student, and families looking for an Orton-Gillingham or dyslexia-friendly reading level assessment.
How long does the PRIDE Reading Placement Test take?
The placement process is designed to be completed before choosing a PRIDE level. Timing can vary by student because the assessment checks letters, sounds, word reading, and dictated spelling tasks. If results are unclear, use the PRIDE Comprehensive Reading Assessment or contact PRIDE for placement help.
What skills does the reading placement test check?
The reading placement test checks letters, sounds, word reading, decoding, spelling, and dictated sounds or words. These tasks help identify whether a student should begin with foundational skills or move into a later PRIDE level.
How do the results connect to PRIDE curriculum levels?
The results help families and educators choose the correct PRIDE starting level, from Beginning Letters & Sounds through Yellow Book 1, Orange Book 2, Red Book 3, Purple Book 4, Blue Book 5, or Reading Comprehension. PRIDE recommends using the Scope & Sequence and placement resources to confirm the best fit.
PRIDE Placement Resources
We always recommend placing your student somewhere between Beginning Letters & Sounds and the Red Book 3 Program, regardless of their age or grade. If your student has already had PRIDE or Orton-Gillingham tutoring and you believe they might be able to start in Levels 4 or 5, please look at our Scope & Sequence below to determine where you believe your student is best placed.
For a more comprehensive assessment, download the PRIDE Comprehensive Reading Assessment. Follow the directions provided. Your student should be placed at the level where you stop the assessment. With older students, you may want to continue into the next level of the assessment to check if placement is correct, or if the student has a few gaps that can be addressed with our PRIDE Accelerated Review (PAR) program. The PRIDE Reading Program is available in two versions: PRIDE homeschool curriculum for parents and homeschoolers (single student, single level access), and PRIDE school district curriculum for tutors, teachers, and districts (multi-student, multi-level access). If you have questions about your student’s placement, contact PRIDE for placement help.
PRIDE Comprehensive Reading Assessment
PRIDE Scope & Sequence
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Scope & sequence
How PRIDE Levels Map to Reading Skills
PRIDE Reading Program is skills-based, but typically PRIDE Reading Program falls under this grade level correlation:
Beginning Letters & Sounds: PreK-Kindergarten
Yellow Book 1 – Kindergarten-1st Grade
Orange Book 2 – 1st-2nd Grade
Red Book 3 – 2nd-3rd Grade
Purple Book 4, Blue Book 5, Reading Comprehension Program – 4th-6th Grade