TESTS: Writing &
Spelling
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Writing & Spelling
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Products listed in our Catalog under "Writing & Spelling":
Diagnostic
Screening Tests: Spelling (DSTS) - Third Edition
Handwriting Development Remedial Activities
(HDRA)
Slosson Written Expression Test (SWET) Portfolio/Performance-Based
Assessment
Stetson Spelling Program [SSP]
Test of Early Written Language - Second Edition
[TEWL-2]
Test of Handwriting Skills (THS)
Test of Written Expression [TOWE]
Test of Written Language - Third Edition [TOWL-3]
Test of Written Spelling - Fourth Edition[TWS-4]
Writing
Process Test
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Diagnostic
Screening Tests: Spelling (DSTS) - Third Edition
Thomas D. Gnagey
Grade: 1-12 Administration: Administration and scoring time – 5-10 minutes.
Individual or group.
The DSTS is designed in a flexible format, easy to administer and score, versatile
enough to meet the individual needs and preferences of most examiners. The
78 test words are arranged in developmental sequence. Five diagnostically
important problem areas can be explored: sight or phonics orientation for
spelling instruction, relative efficiency of verbal and written testing procedures,
analysis of sequential and gross auditory memory, and generally good or poor
potential as a speller. A pre-test is included to determine an appropriate
level of entry.
Several levels of data interpretation are possible from the results. One is
to merely state the Grade Equivalent level achieved and suggest that the spelling
instruction begin there. A second level would include a comparison of spelling
mastery of strict phonics-proper words with sight words. Then, the student’s
performance can be compared when required to write the words as opposed to
spelling them aloud.
The total n was 12,000 in the 1981 revision project, with approximately equally-sized
subgroups at each level. High substantiated validities and reliability studies
in the .80s and .90s included in the manual.
| DSTS Complete Kit includes: Manual Test Form A (25) and Test Form B (25) - (B0152) -$ 110 |
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| B0152-A |
FORM A (25) |
$55 |
| B0152-B |
FORM B (25) |
$55 |
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Handwriting Development Remedial Activities (HDRA)
Karen Gardner Codding, Morrison F. Gardner
Ages 5 years to 11 years
These remedial activities were developed primarily to improve a child’s
legibility of writing letters, words, sentences, and numbers; they were also
developed to aid therapists (occupational therapists, resource specialists,
classroom teachers, psychologists, language specialists, and other professionals)
in treating these children who have problems in handwriting.
These remedial activities may remediate a child’s low performance on
any one of the two subtests of the Test of Handwriting Skills. These remedial
activities are divided into manuscript and cursive, upper case and lower case
letters. These remedial activities also include activities for remediating
a child’s problem in motorically writing numbers.
In developing these remedial activities a great deal of thought and consideration
was given to the range of activities needed to improve a child’s handwriting.
Each set of remedial activities is arranged in ascending order of difficulty:
for example:
Preparation or handwriting letters and words and numbers (connecting dots
to complete various geometric forms and copying various non-language symbols
for the purpose of developing fine neurosensory integration skills); Connecting
dots to form completed letters and numbers; Drawing lines between two parallel
lines of letters and numbers (upper-case and lower-case manuscript only);
Copying letters and numbers from a single stimulus
Connecting dots to form letters making words (excluding upper-case cursive);
Copying words (excluding upper-case cursive); Connecting dots to form letters
of words and sentences (excluding upper-case manuscript and upper-case cursive);
Copying sentences (excluding upper-case manuscript and upper-case cursive).
These remedial activities are not difficult to administer since the directions
are simple and easily understood. The remedial activities can be administered
to an individual child or to a group of children or to an entire class. These
remedial activities can be used on a daily basis as part of the class curriculum.
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A0086-A |
Manuscript Lower Case & Upper Case (over 400 sheets) |
$125 |
| A0086-B |
Cursive Lower Case & Upper Case (over 300 sheets) |
$125 |
Slosson Written Expression Test (SWET) Portfolio/Performance-Based
Assessment
Donald B. Hofler, Bradley T. Erford, William J. Amoriell
Age: 8 – 17 Administration: 15 minutes Scoring Time: 10 - 15 minutes
Individual or group
The SWET is a screening test designed to measure children’s spontaneous
written expression skills. The test allows for description of the individual
child’s authentic written expressive skills, and a comparison of the
child’s performance to his or her age peers. The SWET, differs from
many writing tests because student responses are analyzed in the context of
an authentic composition, rather than a close-ended or short answer format.
This format reduces the effects of guessing which may elevate the child’s
score and provides an analysis of the student’s genuine writing capabilities.
The SWET’s dinosaur, space, and shipwreck themes are highly stimulating
picture prompts that help tap student’s creative writing skills and
are ideal for Portfolio/Performance-Based Assessment approaches. Teachers
may desire to evaluate the progress their students make over the course of
the school year and decide to administer the three equivalent SWET forms during
the beginning, middle and end of the school year.
The standardized scoring system, featuring specially designed, user-friendly
scoring and profile forms, yield subscale scores for spelling, capitalization,
and punctuation, as well as two writing maturity measures: sentence length
and type-token ratio.
The SWET yields a Written Expression Total Standard Score (TSS; Mean of 100
and Standard Deviation of 15) and subscale scores (Mean 10 and SD of 3), each
of which convert easily to percentile ranks. The SWET was standardized on
1,913 children, aged 8 – 17. Equivalent form reliabilities and validity
comparisons with other tests such as the Woodcock-Johnson: Tests of Achievement-Revised
and WRAT-3 warrant use of the SWET as a quick reliable measure of written
expression for children.
| Complete Kit Includes: Manual, Student Response Forms: A, B, C (25 each), Score Forms (25) B0149 - $200 |
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| B0149-A |
Manual |
$90 |
| B0149-B |
Student Response Forms A,B,C (25 each) |
$72 |
| B0149-C |
Student Response Forms (either A, B or C) (25 each) |
$24 |
| B0149-D |
Scoring Profile Forms (25) |
$24 |
Stetson Spelling Program [SSP]
Elton Stetson & Ranae Stetson
The Stetson Spelling Program (SSP) includes the 3,000 words considered to be the most important for both children and adults because, according to extensive research, they represent approximately 97% of the words written most often by children and adults in their daily writing. The second edition is much more user friendly for teachers and parents because the entire program, including the instructor¹s manual, word lists, screening tests, and forms are contained in a single volume rather than four separate volumes as it was in the first edition. Permission to duplicate and make transparencies of the word lists and forms is included with the purchase of the program. Unique features of the SSP include:
* 3,000 words in 30 units, each unit containing 10 lessons of 10 words each
* 20-word screening tests for each unit
* Four teaching strategies proven successful for both visual and auditory spellers
* Duplicable forms
* Detailed instructor's manual
The primary objective of spelling instruction should be to helping students spell correctly those words they already understand and/or use in speaking, listening and writing, but have difficulty spelling correctly. Therefore, many of the exercises found in traditional spelling programs are avoided, such as: looking up definitions; writing words repetitively without feedback or intervention; learning phonic rules that apply to reading but not spelling; filling in the blank or sentence completion activities; and other exercises that are questioned by many spelling experts. The four strategies of the SSP focus specifically on methods used by effective spellers:
* Pretesting before instruction to include immediate feedback and self correction
* Focusing only on words missed on pretests and reteaching words until they are learned
* Improvement of the visual memory for letter clusters and whole words
* Practicing spelling words using manuscript rather than cursive letters
* Development of mnemonics and other tricks to remember irregular spellings
Research on several thousand students who were first taught through traditional spelling textbooks and then switched to the SSP for eight weeks to six months showed average increases of 91% on weekly test scores, 42% on tests of long term memory for spelling, and 56% on standardize tests of written spelling. In addition to the positive quantitative impact on spelling achievement, teachers and students alike reported much greater enthusiasm for and attitude toward spelling instruction. Also, parents reported they found much more positive results when they replaced the typical homework of writing of words three or five times with the self-corrected test strategy outlined in the Letter To Parents that is included in the program.
The detailed instructor's manual contains an extensive review of the research on effective spelling instruction, directions for administering and managing the four strategies of the SSP, guidelines for using the program for whole-class instruction as well as peer teaching. Although most teachers begin the program using whole class instruction, they often find this method to be somewhat frustrating because the wide differences in spelling ability is about as wide as the differences in reading ability. Peer teaching allows two students of the same spelling ability to work together. Because the strategies are the same for all, student groups can work at different levels in the program and work at different paces as well. The instructor¹s manual provide detailed guidelines for managing peer teaching in a way that all students can be studying spelling at the same time, but working with words that are most appropriate to their ability levels.
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Test
of Early Written Language - Second Edition [TEWL-2]
Wayne P. Hresko
Ages: 3-0 Through 10-11 Testing Time: 30 – 45 Minutes
The TEWL-2 includes two forms, each with Basic Writing and a Contextual Writing
subtest. The test is a companion to the TOWL-3 for extending the assessment
range to younger children. The TEWL-2 is suitable for research with children
ages 3-0 to 3-11 and as an individual assessment instrument for children ages
4-0 to 10-11. It provides standard score quotients (M=100, SD=15), NCEs, percentiles,
age equivalents, allows items to be profiled for diagnosis of strengths and
weaknesses, and provides direction for interpretation and instruction.
The TEWL-2 was standardized on a 1,400 children. Internal consistency reliability
coefficients of all scores meet or exceed .90 for all ages and stability reliability
of all scores approximates or exceeds .90.
| Complete Kit Includes: Examiner’s Manual, 10 Student Workbooks (Form A), 10 Student Workbooks (Form B), 10 Profile/Record Booklets (Form A), and 10 Profile/Record Forms (Form B), all in a sturdy storage box. (B0045) $327 |
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| B0045 – B |
Student Workbooks Form A (10) |
$78 |
| B0045 – C |
Student Workbooks Form B (10) |
$78 |
| B0045 – D |
Profile/Record Booklets Form A (10) |
$39 |
| B0045 – E |
Profile/Record Booklets Form B (10) |
$39 |
Test of Handwriting Skills (THS)
Morrison F. Gardner
Ages: 5 Through 11
The Test of Handwriting Skills(THS) is a standardized and normed test developed to assess a child’s handwriting skills. The THS assesses a child’s neurosensory integration ability in either manuscript or cursive in upper and lower case forms from the following: Writing from memory letters of the alphabet in alphabetical sequence (upper and lower case); Writing from dictation letters of the alphabet out of alphabetical order (upper and lower cases); Writing from dictation eight numbers out of numerical order; Copying twelve uppercase selected letters of the alphabet out of alphabetical sequence; Copying ten lowercase selected letters of the alphabet out of alphabetical sequence; Copying six words (21 letters); Copying two sentences (6 words, 29 letters).
| Complete Kit Includes: Manual, 15 Test Booklets (manuscript), 15 Test Booklets (cursive), 30 Individual Record Forms (B0140) $170 |
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| B0140-A |
Manual |
$68 |
| B0140-B |
(15) Test Booklets & Individual Record Forms (15) (manuscript) |
$63 |
| B0140-C |
(15)Test Booklets & Individual Record Forms (15) (cursive) |
$63 |
Test of Written Expression [TOWE]
Ron McGhee, Brian R. Bryant, Stephen C. Larsen, & Diane M. Rivera
Ages:
6-6 Through 14-11 Individual or Group
The TOWE provides a comprehensive yet efficient norm-referenced assessment
of writing achievement for students. Two assessment methods are used to evaluate
a student’s writing skills: the first involves administering a series
of 76 items that tap different skills associated with writing; the second
method requires students to read or hear a prepared story starter and use
it as a stimulus for writing an essay.
The TOWE reports raw scores, standard scores (M=10; SD=15), and percentile
ranks. It was standardized on a sample of 1,226 students representative of
the US with regard to gender, race, and geographic region. Evidence of validity
and reliability (internal consistency, test-retest, interscorer) is provided
in the test manual. Content validity, criterion-related validity, and construct
validity are explored.
| Complete Kit Includes: Examiner’s Manual, 25 Profile/Examiner Record Forms, and 25 Student Booklets, all in a sturdy storage box. (B0109) $250 |
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| B0109 – B |
Profile Examiner Record Forms (25) |
$87 |
| B0109 – C |
Student Booklets (25) |
$78 |
Test of Written Language - Third Edition [TOWL-3]
Donald D. Hammill and Stephen C. Larsen
Ages: 7-6 through 17-11 Testing Time: 1.5 Hours
The TOWL-3 contains eight subtests that measure student’s writing competence
through both essay-analysis (spontaneous) formats and traditional test (contrived)
formats. It can be administered to individuals or small groups and has two
equivalent forms (A and B) which allows examiners to evaluate student growth
in writing using pre-testing and post-testing that is not contaminated by
memory. Composite quotients are available for overall writing, contrived writing
and spontaneous writing.
The TOWL-3 was standardized on a 26-state sample of more than 2,000 public
and private school students (grades 2 through 12), The test provides percentiles,
standard scores, and age equivalents. Internal consistency, test-retest with
equivalent forms, and interscorer reliability coefficients approximate .80
at most ages, and many are in the .90s.
| Complete Kit Includes: Examiner’s Manual, 25 Student Response Booklets A, 25 Student Response Booklets B and 50 Profile/Story Scoring Forms, all in a sturdy storage box. (B0070) $350 |
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| B0070 – A |
Examiner’s Manual |
$130 |
| B0070 – B |
Response Booklets A (25) |
$85 |
| B0070 – C |
Response Booklets B (25) |
$85 |
| B0070 – D |
Profile/Story Scoring Forms (50) |
$74 |
Test of Written Spelling - Fourth
Edition [TWS-4]
Stephen C. Larsen and Donald D. Hammill
Grades: 1 Through 12 Administration Time: 20 Minutes
The revised TWS-4 is a norm-referenced test of spelling administered using
a dictated word format. The TWS-4 now has two alternate or equivalent forms
(A and B) which make it more useful in test-teach-test situations. The TWS-4
is appropriate for students in Grades 1-12 as well as for those in remedial
programs. The TWS-4 was developed after a review of 2,000 spelling rules.
The words to be spelled are drawn from 10 based spelling programs and popular
graded word lists.
The results of the TWS-3 may be used to identify students whose scores are
significantly below those of their peers and who might need interventions
designed to improve spelling proficiency; to determine areas of relative strength
and weakness in spelling; to document overall progress in spelling as a consequence
of intervention programs; and to serve as a measure for research efforts designed
to investigate spelling. The TWS-3 was standardized on more than 4,000 students.
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Complete Kit Includes: Examiner’s Manual & 50 Summary Response Forms, all in a sturdy storage box. (B0043) $152 |
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B0043 – A |
Examiner’s Manual |
$89 |
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B0043 – B |
Summary Response Forms (50) |
$69 |
Writing
Process Test
M. Robin
Warden and Thomas A. Hutchinson
The norm-referenced
Writing Process Test (WPT) is a direct measure of writing that requires the
student to plan, write, and revise an original composition. The WPT assesses
both written product and writing process. The test can be administered individually
or in groups for people 8 through 19 years of age (or in Grades 2 through
12), and administration usually takes 45 minutes (plus another 30 minutes
if the student revises).
The test rates the writer's effort on two scales, Development and Fluency.
The six Development Scales assess Purpose and Focus, Audience, Vocabulary,
Style and Tone, Support and Development, and Organization and Coherence. The
six Fluency Scales assess Sentence Structure and Variety, Grammar and Usage,
Capitalization and Punctuation, and Spelling.
Two different prompts were normed during standardization, and percentile ranks
and standard scores (M= 100,SD= 15) are provided for Development and Fluency
and for the sum of the two (the Total Score). The scales are applicable to
virtually all written compositions. The following are some of the WPT features:
Analytic scoring provides diagnostic information that holistic scoring cannot;
ten 4-point scales for precise scoring; uses one score protocol for all grades;
score protocol also works well for grading most teacher-assigned writing;
normed on 5,000+ students in Grades 2 to 12 in class-size groups; internal
consistency reliability averaged .84 (interrater averaged .75).
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WPT Kit includes: Test Manual, Technical Manual, 25 Analytical Record
Forms, 25 Form A First Draft Booklets, 25 Training and Calibration
Record Forms, 25 Form B First Draft Booklets, 25 Revision Booklets,
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