The document describes the Functional Literacy Assessment Tool (FLAT) which is used to measure the functional literacy levels of children in primary school. The FLAT assesses children's abilities in letter recognition, reading words, reading paragraphs, reading stories, and comprehending stories. Children who can comprehend stories or local materials are considered functionally literate according to the assessment.

1. FUNCTIONAL LITERACY
ASSESSMENT TOOL
(FLAT)

4. GOAL: LEARNERS HAVE INCREASED
LEARNING OUTCOMES
OUTCOME: Learners attending
literacy enhancement programs

6. Teachers
Volunteer
s Community
Based Reading
Sessions

7. • Reading Assessment
• Parent and Volunteer's Training
• Teaching Learning Materials
Construction
• Community Action
and Mobilization

8. “BrigadaPagbasa:Sama-sama,Tulong-
tulongsaPagpapapaunladngKulturang
Pagbasa”isaprojectthatintendstobring
togethereducators,policymakers,and
stakeholdersacrosssectorstoequipFilipino
learnerswithimprovedfunctionalliteracy
skills.Itsgoalsincludeeducational
transformationthroughdigitalandnon-
digitalapproaches,identificationoflow-
coststrategiestoimproveaccesstoandthe
qualityofeducation,andbuildmore
inclusivelearningenvironmentsamong
others.

9. The FLAT assesses the highest level of reading children
can perform comfortably. the FLAT is issued to measure
the CHILD WELL-BEING Target on functional literacy with
children nearing end of primary school, Grade 6 or
equivalent.

10. The Reading Level considered as "functional" if a child can
read through the story or local material and answer at
least two fact retrieval questions about the story or local
material correctly.

11. • ability to read and comprehend material
related to everyday life
• functional literacy is vital for children and
adolescent to complete basic education and
become productive and effective members
of the society.

12. Proportion of boys and girls who are
functionally literate

13. The FLAT assesses the highest level of reading
children can perform comfortably. the FLAT is
issued to measure the CHILD WELL-BEING Target
on functional literacy with children nearing end of
primary school, Grade 6 or equivalent.
What is FLAT?

15. ReadingLevel

17. Askthechildtoreadatleast5
lettersformtheletterlist.Let
thechildchoosethewords.If
he/shedoesnotchoose,then
pointout5wordstoread

18. Is the Child at the Letter
level?
• ifthechildcannotrecognize4out
of5letterschosen
• markthechildatnothinglevel
• theassessmentisfinished
• ifthechildcorrectlyrecognizesat
least4outof5letterswithease
• askthechildtotryreadingthe
wordsagainandthenfollowthe
instructionsforthewordlevel
testing.Ifhe/shecanread4outof5
lettersbutcannotcomfortablyread
words,thenmarkthechildatthe
"LETTERLEVEL"

19. Askthechildtoreadatleast 5
wordsformtheletterlist.Let
thechildchoosetheletters.If
he/shedoesnotchoose,then
pointoutletters

20. Is the Child at the WORD
level?
• ifthechildcannotreadatleast4
outof5wordswithease
• ifthechildcorrectlyreadsatleast4
outof5words withease

21. Giventhechildmorethanonechancetoreadthetext.
Usuallyifachildidtoldtoreadagaincarefullyand
he/shecanread,he/shewill notrepeatthesame
mistake.Practiceandfamiliaritywithataskimproves
thechild'sperformance
ask the child to read the paragraph
again to confirm. follow the
instructions for paragraph level
testing
If he/she can correctly and
confortably read words but still
struggling with the paragraph, then
mark the child at "word Level"

22. Askthechildtoreadeitherof
the2paragraphsaloud. Letthe
childchoosetheparagraph.if
thechilddoesnotchoose,point
tooneparagraphtoread. Ask
thechildtoreadit.Listen
carefullytohowhe/shereads

23. Is the Child at Paragraph
level?
• readsthetextlikeastringof
words,ratherthanasentence.
• Readsthetexthaltinglyandstops
veryoften
OR
• Readsthetextfluentlybutwith
morethan3mistakes
• readsthetextlikehe/sheis
readingasentenceratherthana
stringofwords.
• Readsthetextfluentlyandwith
ease,eveniftheisreadingslowly.
• ReadstheTextwithnotmore
than3mistakes

24. Askthechildtoreadthestory
aloud.

25. Is the Child at Story Reading level?
• ifchildreadsstorywithmorethan
3mistakes
• markthechildat "Paragraph
Level"
• Readsstorywithnotmorethan3
mistakes.

27. Is the Child at Story Comprehension level?
• if thechildcannotansweratleast
2comprehensionquestions
• markthechildatSTORYREADING
Level
• ifthechildcananswer2
comprehensionquestions

29. Functionally
Literate
Children who reach story Comprehension Level or
Local Material Level are counted as functionally
literate for the literacy Target.
REMEMBER!

30. Theassessmentisnow
finished.Don'tforgetto
thankthechildfor
participating!Appreciate
andunderstandthe
attemptthatthechildis
making.

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