A second-grade teacher is planning reading instruction at the beginning of the
school year and would like to determine the entry-level skills of individual students
in key areas of reading. Which of the following types of assessments would be
most appropriate for the teacher to use to assess entering students' decoding
skills?
A. a norm-referenced reading achievement test
B. an informal phonics inventory
C. a summative curriculum-based measurement
D. an oral reading fluency test
