American Prep uses a nationally recognized reading assessment to gather important data from every student three times during the year. D.I.B.E.L.S.-Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills is used to gather basic information regarding students reading rate and basic comprehension skills. We use this data along with our program mastery tests to determine a students basic reading level and to help place them in the best instructional group possible. We just finished our first assessment for the year and now have a baseline to measure student’s progress throughout the year.