Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

LITERACY ASSESSMENT TOOL IN ENGLISH FOR SECONDARY

(Grades 7-10)

I. ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE (Letter Identification)

● Ask the learner to choose and read any 15 letters from the letter list.
● If he/she does not choose, then point letters for him/her to read.
● If he/she initially mispronounces the letter but corrects himself/herself
before continuing, the letter should be marked correct.
● If he/she struggles to read the letter (5 seconds of silence is a good
indicator) or cannot recognize below 15 letters, mark the learner a
STRUGGLING READER (SR).
● The assessment is finished.
● Otherwise, proceed to the next stage if the learner reads 15 or more
letters correctly.

e o m r n u

q y z t s x

w f i a l b
Total no. of letters: 18

II. WORD RECOGNITION (Most Used Words/Fuller Approach-Based Words)

● Ask the learner to read any 15 words from the list.
● Ask him/her to point to the word as he/she reads.
● If he/she initially mispronounces the word but corrects himself/herself
before moving on, the word should be marked correct.
● If he/she struggles to read any word for an extended period of time, (5
seconds of silence is a good indicator) or is able to read below 15 words,
mark the learner a POOR READER (PR).
● The assessment is finished.
● Otherwise, proceed to the next stage if the learner reads more than 15
words correctly.
but so also and in school class have
name read first you study big listen like
write do goes smile from here there run
Total no. of words: 21

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Department of Education

III. Phrase and Sentence Recognition (Most Used Words/Fuller Approach-

Based Words)
● Ask the learner to read the phrases in order from left to right.
● Ask him/her to point to the word as he/she reads.
● If he/she initially mispronounces a word in the phrase but corrects
himself/herself before moving on, the word should be marked correct.
● If he/she struggles to read any 15 words in the first to second phrase for
an extended period of time, (5 seconds of silence is a good indicator)
mark the learner a GOOD READER (GR).
● The assessment is finished.
● Otherwise, proceed to the last stage if the learner reads the phrases
and sentences correctly.

the happy man under the old tree
The happy man under the old tree is
looking at the cute and lovely dog.
Total no. of words in phrases 1-2: 18
a cute and a lovely dog beside the new rest
house
The happy man under the old tree is looking at
the cute and lovely dog that sits beside the new
rest house.

IV. Complex Sentences/Paragraph Reading (Most Used Words/Fuller

Approach-Based Words)
● Ask the learner to read the sentences smoothly and quickly, with ease
and confidence.
● If he/she is able to read the sentences smoothly and quickly, with ease
and confidence mark the learner ADVANCED READER (AR).
Otherwise, the learner will be marked GOOD READER (GR) if the
required four bold and underlined criteria are not attained.
● The assessment is finished.

The happy man under the old tree is looking at the cute and lovely dog that
sits beside the new rest house. The new rest house is painted blue, red and yellow.
The happy man called the lovely dog and when the dog heard the man’s call,
it quickly ran closer to him. The man gave the dog delicious food. After that, they
played together. When they felt tired, they went back to the new rest house.

Legend: Struggling Reader-SR Poor Reader –PR Good Reader-GR Advanced Reader-AR

Address:Alvear St. East Capitol Grounds Document Code: SDO1P-FR001

Lingayen, Pangasinan Revision No.: 02
Telephone No.: (075)-522-2202 Page No.: Page 2 of 2
Email:pangasinan1@deped.gov.ph Effectivity Date: 01-25-2019