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Read PDF Schonell Spelling Test Manual master a particular skill or to reinforce existing learning The ten sections of activities within the guide include: identification of words and syllables; identification and supply of rhyming words; identification and discrimination of phonemes;.

There are a number of literacy diagnostic tests that may be of use when you are starting to assess children needing literacy support.

South Australian Spelling Test

This test will give a spelling age of the children in your class. It is a good idea to administer the test at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. The test will give you an age range from 6-15 years. You will be able to see the spelling ability of each student. The data collected from the South Australian Spelling test can be used when teacher’s design lessons, support programs, reporting as well as grouping students accordingly. I would advise teachers to collate data in an excel spreadsheet. You can have the name of the child, date of birth, age then spelling age according to the South Australian Spelling Test markers guide.

Data collated can then be turned into graphs and further analysis made. Download the South Australian Spelling Test PDF here.

Waddington Diagnostic Reading Test

The Waddington is a clearly set out diagnostic test presented in an A4 size book within which are the photocopiable tests. The front page accommodates student, school and assessment details. A small ‘sample’ test section is provided to assist with explanation of the test tasks. The tests begin very simply with basic picture/sound cues then gradually become more difficult and complex. Support students can do Test 1 in the second term and Test 2 in the fourth term. It easy to follow and are not daunted by it nor do they find it threatening. The Waddington tests have clear understood and guidelines for teachers giving the test. The test is not too long (30 minutes) and easy to mark, yet valid when it comes to assessing the literacy of the students. Waddington states, (2000)“It is a very useful and efficient screening device,” I agree with Waddington (1988) in that the ‘true value of this test lies in the diagnostic information which can be extracted for programming purposes. (P4)

Holistic strategy calls the word non-phonetically first, never the other way around. The spell-and-re-try steps, note that where the student correctly calls certain words only after his attention is directed to their spelling, this indicates the existence of TWO knowledge systems relevant to identification of words. Contribute to an accurate diagnosis of dyslexia (adequate spoken language with poor word identification and spelling skill), using the oral language/written language discrepancy score; clarify the aspects of language that are difficult for a particular child (e.g., phonology, syntax, semantics). The Test of Written SpellingFifth Edition (TWS-5) is an accurate and efficient instrument that uses a dictated-word format to assess spelling skills in school-age children and adolescents. It has two forms that can be administered in 20 minutes to either individuals or in groups. Academic Therapy Publications publishes materials for learning disabilities and special education, tests. Test Books: are in an easel format positioned so the stimulus pictures or words face the examinee and the directions face the examiner. The ring-binder allows the examiner to rearrange the order of the tests to facilitate selective testing. Specific administration directions are provided page by page for all tests. Examiner’s Manual.

The strengths of these tests are that they provide an extensive diagnostic tool that enables the teacher to diagnose and/or detect difficulties with the following:

Picture/vocabulary knowledge
Speech irregularities
Potential word reversals
Specific vowel differences
Two letter consonant blending knowledge
Ability to verify/discern beginning/endings of words
Small words within words knowledge
Ability to verify/discern dipthongs and digraphs
The combining of grapho-phonic and syntactic/semantic based skills
Syntax knowledge
Left to right movement
Conceptual understanding for specific words
Use of picture cues
Knowledge of rhyme
Correct use of indirect picture cues
The decoding of mixed words and specific knowledge of common subjects
Comprehension of complex sentences
Knowledge of a students particular vocabulary for example, synonyms and antonyms

As Waddington (2000) states these are only a few of the literacy difficulties that may be diagnosed with these tests. (Pages 13/14)

This knowledge is invaluable to the teacher who desires to plan/program appropriately for the needs of the student with learning difficulties and enables the teacher to hone in and focus on any learning difficulties.

There is an updated Waddington Diagnostic Standard and Advanced Reading and Spelling Tests 1 & 2 Third Edition – NEW FOR 2012 !

Tests of Reading Comprehension (TORCH TEST)

Range:Years 3-10 and special needs groups
Purpose: To identify comprehension levels, to measure progress and to use content-referenced interpretation to identify those skills requiring further instruction.
Administration: Untimed, approximately 30 minutes – individual or group

This bestselling Australian test of reading comprehension has been fully revised and builds on the popular features of the original test with substantial improvements. Tests of Reading Comprehension (TORCH) is a professionally developed reading assessment that has been thoroughly pilot tested in Australian schools. It assists teachers to interpret performance in reading comprehension skills and provides the opportunity to compare student performance with an Australia-wide sample of over 7000 students from years 3 to 10.

TORCH can be used for a variety of purposes:

As a broad estimate of reading achievement
To help assess the extent to which objectives of the school’s reading curriculum are being achieved
As confirmation or to supplement other estimates of a student’s achievement in reading
To provide information which may be used in setting realistic goals and planning effective programs of work
To identify students who are making unsatisfactory progress so that they may be given special diagnostic and remedial attention
To locate areas of weakness and strength for individuals or within a class
To monitor student reading achievement over time

Key Features

Australian
All new normative data
More information for teachers to select reading passages that are appropriate for students
Descriptive report to assist teachers build a picture of a student’s developing reading comprehension skills
Graded fiction and non-fiction passages to meet class, group or individual needs
Norm-referenced interpretation based reported in percentiles and stanines at each year level
Content-referenced interpretation based on described levels of achievement

Middle Years Ability Test (MYAT)

Range Middle Years students: last two years of primary, first two years of secondary.

Purpose To provide a measure of general ability.

Administration 45 minutes — group

The Middle Years Ability Test (MYAT) is a test of general ability designed to assist teachers in their assessment of students aged 10–15 years.

MYAT is a completely revised and updated edition of the ACER Intermediate Tests F and G.

As well as verbal and numerical reasoning items in the tradition of the ACER Intermediate Tests, MYAT includes non-verbal (or abstract) reasoning items, giving a more complete picture of students’ general ability.

Key Features:

Excellent group test of general ability
Contains literacy, numeracy and non-verbal items in two parallel forms
Up-to-date Australian norms
Can be used to help in identification of gifted and talented students
Machine scored through ACER’s test scoring service or handscored
The MYAT Report provides an overall ability score and a

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