Preschool Reading Screener

A reading screener is a questionnaire that asks about your child and reading.

The Reading BrightStart! screener is made for parents and caregivers of children ages 3, 4 or 5 years old. It has 31 questions and takes about 15 minutes. Please complete the screener in one visit because the website won't save your answers.

Read each of the following 31 items and check “Yes” if you are confident your child routinely succeeds with that item. If you are not confident your child is successful with the item, check “No.”

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I certify that I am an adult as defined in my state of residence. *
Is this the first time you’re taking the Preschool Screener? *
Child's Age *
Child’s Gender *

Screener is not intended for diagnostic purposes. See your child’s pediatrician if you suspect your child is struggling with developing age-appropriate skills.

Research Notification and Consent Statement: Nemours Children’s Health collects and analyzes responses to the Nemours Children’s Reading BrightStart! preschool reading screener as part of ongoing program quality assurance, evaluation and research. Your completion of the preschool reading screener is voluntary. At the end of the screener, you will have the option to provide your email address to be reminded to recomplete the screener in 6 months and/or to be added to Nemours Children’s email marketing list. If you opt to provide your email address for either purpose your email address will not be shared with the research team; your responses to the screener will be anonymous to the research team. Since it is impossible for the research team to identify respondents, there is no way to penalize or reward anyone for participating or declining to participate in research. If you have questions about the Nemours Children’s Reading BrightStart! preschool reading screener, please contact nemoursbrightstart@nemours.org. By completing the preschool reading screener, you are agreeing to have your responses used for research, evaluation and quality assurance associated with Nemours Children’s Reading BrightStart!


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