Assessment of word recognition in isolation occurs when you have children read words not embedded in a text. Word lists or flash cards are examples of word recognition assessment in isolation. Assessing word recognition in isolation identifies strengths and needs in sight vocabulary and decoding strategies.

The High-Frequency Words Assessments help measure a student's ability to recognize and read high-frequency words, or sight words. Assessments that target top high-frequency words are available in printable and projectable formats and as eAssessments.

Dolch words are high frequency English vocabulary commonly used to teach children to read. Learning to recognize them automatically can facilitate fluency in reading.

The Dolch words are the 220 most frequently found words in books that children read. The lists are in order of frequency. These lists are studied in first and second grade; children who learn these words have a good base for beginning reading.

The original Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words compiled by Edward William Dolch. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948.

all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes.

Dolch and Fry used different sources for their words, which explains the slight differences in sight words. Dolch looked at words that students in kindergarten to grade 2 were reading and Fry looked at words for the older student group of grades 3 to 9.