Oral Reading Screener
Reading rate, accuracy and understanding, from passages read aloud.
Caveat Lens · Screeners for grades 1 to 8
A clearer look
before you ask.
Short, original screeners a parent gives at home: reading aloud, sounds and speed, word reading and spelling, and a learning skills check. Then a printable summary and a letter asking the school for an evaluation.
4screeners
1 to 8grades
10 to 20minutes each
How it works
Part of Caveat Academic Services. Built for the question many parents carry for a year or more: is this worth an evaluation?
- Pick a screener, or get all four. Each one takes about 10 to 20 minutes and works on a phone, tablet or laptop.
- Give it at home. The Adult view shows you exactly what to say and how to score. Flip to the Student view for large, uncluttered text.
- See the bands. Each part lands in one of three bands, with the cutoffs printed next to the result.
- Take the next step. The bundle adds a printable summary report with patterns worth an evaluation, a letter asking the school for an evaluation, and how to find a licensed evaluator.
Three bands, no labels
On trackWatchTalk to the school or an evaluator
There are no norms behind these screeners, so they never give a standard score, a percentile, an age or grade equivalent, or a diagnosis. Each band uses Caveat's own screening thresholds, all printed on the methods page. Reading rate uses published oral reading fluency benchmarks.
Caveat Lens measures skills similar to those on tests evaluators often use, such as the GORT-5, CTOPP-2 and WJ V. Every item, passage and scoring rule is our own; Caveat is not affiliated with those publishers, and the names are trademarks of their owners.
The screeners
Buy one or all four. Each is yours to keep and to give again later, for one family.
Sounds and Speed Screener
Hearing and changing sounds, memory for sounds, and naming speed.
Word Reading and Spelling Screener
Real and made-up word reading and dictated spelling.
Learning Skills Check
Math, sentence writing, writing fluency and reading comprehension.
The bundle: all four, the report and the letter
All four screeners, plus a printable summary report that pulls the results together, names the patterns that commonly lead evaluators to look at dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, language or processing speed, and says plainly what it cannot tell you. It includes a letter to the school requesting an evaluation under IDEA Child Find, how to find a licensed evaluator, and what to bring.
Pricing
- Each screener: $29.
- The bundle, with the summary report and the letter to the school: $79.
- Included with a Caveat family code or a school license that includes courses: the buttons open the screeners.
- Check out with a card through the cart. Nothing renews.
Your child's results stay with you
Everything about your child, including the first name if you type one, the answers and the results, is saved only in the browser on the device you use. Nothing about your child is sent to Caveat or anyone else. No audio is recorded. Clearing the browser's data, or the delete button on each screener, removes it. That also means results do not follow you to another device, so give all the screeners on the same one.
What Caveat Lens is not
Caveat Lens screeners are screening, not diagnosis. They do not diagnose dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, a language disorder, ADHD or any other condition, and they do not replace an evaluation by a licensed psychologist, a neuropsychologist or a school evaluation team. There are no norms behind them; the bands are Caveat's own screening thresholds. If you are worried about your child, ask for an evaluation anyway.
A parent can ask the school for an evaluation at any time, with or without a screener. If a child already has an IEP or a 504 plan, talk with that team first.
How scoring works
Every threshold, every source and the reasoning behind the bands, in one place.
Want to understand it yourself?
Caveat Co-Op has Understanding Dyslexia: A Course for Parents, the School letter writer and the IEP meeting prep kit.
The other branches
One brand. Seven branches. Every grade, every next step.
For teachersCaveat ClassroomResources made to order, free tools, professional development, certification prep.
For studentsCaveat AcademySelf-paced courses for grades 6 to 12, from full-year classes to AP and SAT prep.
For parentsCaveat Co-OpHomeschool from kindergarten to grade 12, courses for parents, and plans with your Caveat advisor.
For college-bound students and familiesCaveat CollegeCollege credit in high school, the college list, applications, paying for college and the move to college.
For social-emotional learningCaveat CaresFeelings, friendships and self-regulation, for students, families and teachers.
For career exploration and readinessCaveat CareersA free Career Explorer, career pathways and electives, and getting ready for a first job.
Caveat Lens screeners are screening, not diagnosis. They do not diagnose dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, a language disorder, ADHD or any other condition, and they do not replace an evaluation by a licensed psychologist, a neuropsychologist or a school evaluation team. There are no norms behind them; the bands are Caveat's own screening thresholds. If you are worried about your child, ask for an evaluation anyway. The letter to the school uses general federal terms and is not legal advice; states add their own rules and timelines. Caveat Academic Services is independent and not affiliated with any school district or test publisher.