Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Effective Spelling test The principal at my school is questioning my grade level giving spelling test. Our grade level currently gives sight words as spelling test. My principals argument is, "Does this benefit all students?". What do you feel about giving a grade for spelling test? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) We give a pre-assessment to all students. After scoring this test, students are placed in groups based on what spelling features they need to work on. Then, each weeks lists are based on those features. Groups are differentiated based on their ability. This is the only way we are allowed to give spelling, as with one list good spellers are not learning much. With the differentiated spelling groups, my higher students are working on skills such as harder suffixes or derivational endings.