CC Card Deck: Assess. Group. Teach. Monitor now houses our digital assessments for SIPPS and Being a Reader Small-Group Sets 1–5 and serves as the core digital hub for teaching foundational skills instruction.
In CC Card Deck, you will be able to:
- Assess: Administer SIPPS and Being a Reader Placement Assessments and Mastery Tests/Progress Assessments with a simplified digital experience.
- Group: Capture assessment errors, access built-in placement and instructional guidance, and make informed small-group decisions.
- Teach: Deliver engaging, interactive small-group lessons using all the familiar digital card routines.
- Monitor: Track student progress through reporting and print completed assessments.
Note: CC Card Deck works hand-in-hand with CC PAL (Practice App for Literacy). Placement assessment data from CC Card Deck informs where students begin their independent practice in CC PAL.
Watch the video below to learn more about what CC Card Deck can do:
Current Assessment Data
All assessment data previously entered in the Learning Portal has been successfully migrated to CC Card Deck. Moving forward, CC Card Deck is your designated tool for administering and recording all placement assessments, mastery tests, and progress assessments. Please begin using CC Card Deck immediately and discontinue entering assessment data in the Learning Portal’s assessment tool.
How to Access
CC Card Deck replaces the existing Card Deck on your Learning Portal dashboard. You can access it from your “Assigned Programs” (if added) or directly within your program resources:
- SIPPS: Select Lessons and Assessments, then select CC Card Deck.
- Being a Reader: Select your Set, then select CC Card Deck.
- iOS and Android: Download or update the CC Card Deck app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Step-by-Step Guide
After opening the application, select what you want to use the CC Card Deck app for:
- Reporting
- Select Placement Assessment Reports or Mastery Test Reports, then choose a class or group to view or print the available student or group reports.
- Placement Assessment
- Search for, select, or create a student.
- Select “Give Placement Assessment.”
Select a grade-level range, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the assessment. Note that students can use a second device to scan the QR code to view the student card to read from.
- Mastery Test & Progress Assessment
- Your groups will automatically populate.
- Select "Give Mastery Test" or "Give Progress Assessment."
- Select a Student, then select which Mastery Test or Progress Assessment to administer.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the assessment. Note that students can use a second device to scan the QR code to view the student card to read from.
- Teach & Present
- Select your group, then select the lesson you wish to teach.
- Watch the video below to learn more about how to use the Teacher & Present feature in CC Card Deck for interactive lesson delivery.