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Catching Children Before They Fail… 

LDAA’s Right to Read Goals:

  • Build Teacher Knowledge. All educators have the capacity to provide effective core literacy instruction and intervention to children at risk for reading problems.

  • Assess Students’ Literacy Skills. Every child in kindergarten and grade one is screened for potential reading and spelling difficulties.

  • Support Students At-Risk. Every child at potential risk for reading problems is provided with support at the earlier possible stage in their educational journey.

A Right to Read Program
Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS) Certificate

The Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta is pleased to offer the Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS), a Canadian Right to Read course. Proudly approved in Fall 2025 by Alberta Education as a kindergarten and grade 1 classroom screener.

The Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS) Certificate is a two-part course that guides educators how to administer the Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS) tool to assess and interpret students’ word recognition skills and provide effective literacy instruction to all students in their class. This course can be used as a screener and/or diagnostic assessment for your students.

Part 1 – Administering Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills tool (AFRS)
This section guides educators how to administer the Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills tool to assess students’ phonological awareness and phonics skills and then interpret student scores to inform planning for instruction.

Part 2 – Teaching Foundational Reading Skills (TFRS)

This section provides educators with evidence-based information about teaching foundational literacy skills, effective strategies, activities to implement with your students, and useful resources.

Upon completion of both parts, teachers will be certified to administer AFRS, will receive access to download the AFRS documents needed to administer the tool, and receive their certificate.

*To begin this course, please click on the Copyright & License unit.