High-Frequency Word Evaluation
 
Parent Reading with ChildDuring 2007-2008 school year, the Houston Independent School district revised promotion standards for first-grade and second-grade students.

As part of current promotion requirements, students must read aloud words from the High-Frequency Word Evaluation (HFWE). 
Parents play an important role in helping their child become a good reader.

Parents are encouraged to read to their children and to have their children read to them daily. Additionally, parents can use flashcards and have students recognize high-frequency words in books and in the environment.

Requirements include:

  • a 70-percent course average in reading, language arts, math, and either science or social studies and a 70-percent average of all courses
  • at least an 80-percent score on the High Frequency Word Evaluation
  • a grade-equivalent within one year of the child's grade level on Stanford 10 or Aprenda 3
High-frequency Word Evaluation Process
Parents should receive a letter from the superintendent outlining promotion standards and the High Frequency Word Evaluation. Principals will send this letter along with a set of cards to parents of first and second graders in late October or early November. Teachers will incorporate words on the high-frequency list in their daily instruction in preparation for the spring administration of the High-Frequency Word Evaluation.
  
Helpful Links
bluedotjpg.jpg (671 bytes) Promotion Standards Letter to Parents *2008-09 coming soon
bluedotjpg.jpg (671 bytes) HFW Handbook
bluedotjpg.jpg (671 bytes) FAQs
   
High-frequency Word Lists and Cards
bluedotjpg.jpg (671 bytes) Grade 1 English - HFW list and cards
bluedotjpg.jpg (671 bytes) Grade 1 Spanish - HFW list and cards
bluedotjpg.jpg (671 bytes) Grade 2 English - HFW list and cards
bluedotjpg.jpg (671 bytes) Grade 2 Spanish - HFW list and cards

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