Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA)

EGRA is used to measure students’ progress toward learning to read. It is a test that is administered orally, one student at a time. In about 15 minutes, it examines a student’s ability to perform fundamental prereading and reading skills.

Constructs Being Measured
Primary: 
Literacy
How to Access and Cite

To access the resource, visit https://shared.rti.org/content/early-grade-reading-assessment-egra-toolkit-second-edition.

Outcome Families
Well-being
Connectedness
Awareness
Agency
Mastery
Programmatic Purpose
Classroom-level data and feedback
Program-level monitoring and evaluation
Instrument Characteristics
Type of items: 

Ten set of tasks that assess children’s early reading skills. All questions are administered orally and on an individual basis.

Original target population: 

Grades 1-3

Format: 
Cognitive Assessment (oral)
Applicable Grade Levels
Pre-primary
Primary
Secondary
Post-secondary
Available Languages

70 other languages

Rationale

The Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA), administered individually in about 15 minutes, measures the most
basic foundation skills for literacy acquisition in the early grades.

Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.