A digital template for conducting effective Early-Grade Reading Assessments (EGRA)
Easily evaluate children’s early-grade reading skills with SurveyCTO’s digital EGRA toolkit template.
Our digital EGRA template lets you administer this trusted assessment with less manual data entry and faster analysis, giving you more time to focus on ways to improve reading outcomes for children.
What's in this reading assessment template
The Early-Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA), developed by The International Education Division (IED) of the International Development Group at RTI Research Triangle Institute (RTI), has been used globally since 2006 to measure foundational literacy skills through a standardized reading level assessment test. The EGRA toolkit is designed to advance early reading assessment and acquisition among primary school children in low-income countries.
As a data collection platform committed to powering high-quality assessments around the world, SurveyCTO offers a suite of features that enables you to conduct reading assessments digitally. With our EGRA template, you can automatically deploy the assessment and enjoy these benefits:
- An EGRA workflow you can customize to your exact needs
- A companion guide to walk you through the workflow
- Built-in functionality that helps you keep track of timed activities right within the template
- Expert input from EGRA implementers at Room to Read
Use this EGRA template as-is for your next reading assessment, or adjust it using our online form builder or through Google Sheets or Excel.
How to administer EGRA effectively
A reading assessment that accurately measures basic foundation skills for literacy acquisition in the early grades requires rigorous methodology and administration. The EGRA toolkit was designed to capture these requirements in a 15-minute assessment that could be given to children anywhere around the world. This reading assessment is made up of a number of standard subtasks requiring careful administration, which are included in our template:
- Letter identification
- Familiar word reading
- Nonword reading
- Oral reading fluency with comprehension
Using our digital EGRA template ensures you cover these key areas for reading assessments that eliminates manual data entry and helps drive complete and accurate results.
Here's how SurveyCTO's EGRA template can help you:
Our EGRA template was designed in collaboration with EGRA experts and includes everything you need for successful reading assessments, like:
- A fully programmed SurveyCTO sample form that includes all the questions you need to assess skills for literacy acquisition, from letter identification to reading fluency
- A guide on how to prepare sets of items for each EGRA subtask
- Built-in functionality for timing on each question, so you don’t need to rely on stopwatches or external devices
Watch this video to see our EGRA template in action.