How do I schedule the Free Reading Assessment?

If your district has chosen to purchase Assessment Series in CommonLit School Essentials PRO or School Essentials PRO Plus, you will not have access to the Free Reading Assessment. Instead, you’ll be able to collect baseline data through the first assessment in the Assessment Series. You’ll also have access to a Mid-Year and a Post-Assessment to help you track students’ reading growth throughout the reading year.

You can schedule a Free Reading Assessment for grades 3-12. To do so, click Free Reading Assessment in the menu on the left. Alternatively, from the Home page, you can click the Free Reading Assessment box.

From the Free Reading Assessment page, you can preview a sample assessment before scheduling the assessment. Once you are ready to schedule the assessment, click the teal Schedule button.

On the assessment scheduling page, you can schedule a Free Reading Assessment for one class or multiple classes at a time. Choose the class(es) for which you wish to schedule the assessment, the class's grade level (not reading level), and the test date. If you have a mixed-grade class, choose "Assign by student grade level" to give students different grade level assessments within the same class.

Please note, if you choose a test date in the future, your students will not see or be able to complete their assessment until the test date arrives.

Interested in getting affordable, rigorous benchmark assessments at your school or district to track student reading progress over the course of the year? Learn more about CommonLit's Assessments here.