1. What is the difference between testing and assessment?
   
   
2. What is the purpose of ongoing assessment?
   
   
3. Delineate different types of assessments and the value of each type of assessment.
   
   
4. What is the importance of early identification, and what skills should be measured with an early screening assessment?
   
   
5. What would an assessment for dyslexia look like?

Compare and contrast these early reading screening measures: Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI; http://www.tpri.org); Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; http://dibels.uoregon.edu); Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS; http://www.pals.virginia.edu); and Predictive Assessment of Reading (PAR; http://www.predictiveassessment.com).