STEP™ Overview
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STEP™ (Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress) is a developmental literacy assessment for Grades PreK-3 that includes a set of tools, tightly aligned with scientifically established milestones in reading development, to follow the progress of pre-kindergarten through third grade students.
The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute (UEI) has developed STEP™ over the last 9 years and has worked with Chicago Public Schools and others in studying its impact. STEP™ is most appropriate for districts and schools that are practicing balanced literacy and are interested in the use of formative assessment data to inform instructional improvement.
