Teaching · Reading Intervention

Mastered means the rule is met, in more than one kind of task.

Set the rule once, then log each piece of evidence as it comes in. The summary scores every piece, counts the sessions in a row at the level you set, and tells you whether you can move on or exactly what evidence is still missing.

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The mastery record

One record per student and skill. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Reading Intervention$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each student and skill, the mastery rule, every piece of evidence scored, and a clear met or not yet with the evidence still needed.
Who it is for
Reading interventionists, special education teachers, reading specialists and tutors who move students through a phonics scope and sequence.
Format
Browser form. Several saved records per student, one per skill; printed with the summary or as a blank evidence sheet; CSV with one row per record or the evidence table; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Reading Intervention toolkit ($49) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Reading Intervention space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
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Drawn for this page. Mastery shows across kinds of task: reading the pattern, spelling it, and reading it in connected text.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code, and name the skill.
  2. Set the percent, the sessions in a row and the kinds of task the rule requires.
  3. Add each piece of evidence with its date, kind and score, oldest first.
  4. Note the errors you see.
  5. Read the summary: move on when the rule is met, and keep the skill in cumulative practice.

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What the record is for

A rule before the data

Setting the mastery rule before teaching keeps decisions consistent. Many structured literacy programs look for about 90% accuracy on a skill over several sessions before moving on, with the skill kept in cumulative review afterward.

More than one kind of task

A student who can read a pattern in a word list may still miss it in dictation or in a passage. Asking for evidence in reading, spelling and connected text shows the skill holds up where it is used.

What this record is not

It does not set the rule or the sequence and gives no benchmark or norm. It applies the rule you enter to the evidence you log.

Sources

  1. Foorman, B., and others (2016). Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (NCEE 2016-4008). What Works Clearinghouse practice guide.
  2. Archer, A. L., and Hughes, C. A. Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching (2011), on mastery and cumulative review.
  3. Spear-Swerling, L. (ed.). Structured Literacy Interventions: Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties, Grades K to 6 (2022).
  4. International Dyslexia Association: Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading (2018), on systematic, cumulative instruction.

The example student is made up. The record applies your mastery rule; it does not set it. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.