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Course Description Assessment Report

Course: Reading for Kindergarten Assessment Date: December 4, 2025 Analyzer Version: 0.03

Overall Score: 82/100

The course description now includes most required elements with good coverage of Bloom's Taxonomy levels. A few enhancements would bring it to excellent status.

Detailed Scoring Breakdown

Element Points Earned Max Points Notes
Title 4 5 Title in metadata; main header could include course name
Target Audience 5 5 Clearly specified: Kindergarten students (ages 5-6)
Prerequisites 5 5 Explicitly stated: None
Main Topics Covered 8 10 5 topics listed; could benefit from 2-3 more subtopics
Topics Excluded 5 5 Excellent - 10 clear exclusions defined
Learning Outcomes Header 5 5 Clear statement present
Remember Level 10 10 4 specific, actionable outcomes
Understand Level 10 10 4 specific, actionable outcomes
Apply Level 10 10 4 specific, actionable outcomes
Analyze Level 8 10 3 outcomes present; meets minimum
Evaluate Level 4 10 Present but in separate section; needs Bloom's verbs
Create Level 3 10 Only 1 outcome; needs 2+ more
Descriptive Context 5 5 Good context about phonemic awareness focus

Total: 82/100

Gap Analysis

Areas Needing Improvement

  1. Evaluate Level (4/10)
  2. The "Evaluation" section exists but uses assessment criteria format rather than student learning outcomes
  3. Current: "Accuracy of sound letter correspondence" - this describes how to assess, not what students will do
  4. Impact: Missing evaluation-level cognitive skills in learning graph

  5. Recommendation: Reframe as student actions using Bloom's verbs (judge, assess, determine, compare)

  6. Create Level (3/10)

  7. Only 1 outcome: "Create their own small words including nonsense words"
  8. Impact: Limited capstone concepts for learning graph

  9. Recommendation: Add 2-3 more creative outcomes

  10. Main Topics (8/10)

  11. 5 topics is adequate but could be expanded
  12. Consider adding: Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words, Word Building

  13. Impact: More topics = more concept clusters in learning graph

  14. Analyze Level (8/10)

  15. 3 outcomes meets minimum requirement
  16. Could add 1-2 more for stronger coverage

Improvement Suggestions (Prioritized)

Priority 1: Restructure Evaluate Level

Replace the current "## Evaluation" section with Bloom's Taxonomy formatted outcomes:

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### Evaluate (Evaluation)
- Determine whether a spoken word begins with a target sound
- Judge if a letter-sound match is correct or incorrect
- Assess whether a blended word sounds like a real word
- Compare two words to identify if they share the same initial sound

Priority 2: Expand Create Level

Add 2-3 more outcomes:

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### Create
- Create their own small words including nonsense words
- Compose new CVC words by selecting consonants and vowels
- Build word families by changing the initial consonant (cat → bat → hat)
- Invent rhyming word pairs using learned sounds

Priority 3: Add to Analyze Level (Optional)

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### Analyze (Analysis)
- Identify the first sound in a spoken word
- Segment words into individual sounds
- Distinguish between different vowel sounds in words
- Break apart CVC words into onset and rime

Priority 4: Expand Topics List (Optional)

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## List of Topics

- Sounds of English
- Letters of English
- One-to-one Correspondence
- Sound-Letter Correspondence
- Blending sounds into words
- Phonemic Awareness
- Short and Long Vowel Sounds
- High-Frequency Sight Words

Concept Generation Readiness

Current Estimate: ~120-150 concepts

Based on current content:

Topic Area Estimated Concepts
Letters (uppercase/lowercase) 52
Consonant Sounds 21
Vowel Sounds (short + long) 11
Sight Words 18
Phonemic Awareness Skills 15-20
Blending Skills 10-15
One-to-One Correspondence 5-8
Subtotal ~130-145

Target: 200 concepts

To reach 200 concepts: - The current description can support ~130-150 concepts - Adding expanded Evaluate and Create outcomes would add ~20-30 more - Expanding the topics list would add another ~20-30

Assessment: With minor improvements, this course description can support 200 concepts.

Next Steps

Since the score is 82/100 (close to 85 threshold):

  1. Recommended: Address Priority 1 (Evaluate level) and Priority 2 (Create level)
  2. After updates: Re-run assessment to confirm score ≥ 85
  3. Then: Proceed to learning graph generation

Alternatively: The current description is adequate for learning graph generation if you want to proceed now, though the graph may have fewer evaluation and creation-level concepts.

Recommendations Summary

Action Priority Impact Points Gain
Restructure Evaluate section HIGH +6 points 4 → 10
Expand Create outcomes HIGH +7 points 3 → 10
Add to Analyze level LOW +2 points 8 → 10
Expand topics list LOW +2 points 8 → 10

Potential Score After Priority 1-2 Improvements: 95/100