TESTS: Academic Achievement & Readiness

Below are products utilized in testing and monitoring
Academic Achievement & Readiness.
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Products listed in our Catalog under "Academic Achievement & Readiness":

Basic School Skills Inventory - Third Edition [BSSI-3]
Diagnostic Achievement Battery - Second Edition [DAB-3]
Diagnostic Achievement Test For Adolescents-2nd Edition [DATA-2]
Diagnostic Screening Tests: Achievement (DSTA) - Third Edition
Hammill Multiability Achievement Test [HAMAT] 
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement [K-TEA]
Peabody Individual Achievement Test - Revised [PIAT-R] 
Scale for Assessing Serious Emotional Disturbance [SASED]
Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults [SATA] 
Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary Students: A Method for Identifying Giftedness - Second Edition [SAGES-2]
Test of Academic Achievement Skills – Revised (TAAS-R)
Test of Kindergarten/First Grade Readiness Skills [TKFGRS]
Wide Range Achievement Test - Fourth Edition [WRAT-4]
Wide Range Achievement Test — Expanded [WRAT-EXPANDED]
Young Children's Achievement Test (YCAT)

 
Basic School Skills Inventory - Third Edition [BSSI-3]
Donald D. Hammill, James E. Leigh, Nils A. Pearson, & Taddy Maddox
OUR PRICE $162.00
Ages: 4-0 Through 6-11
Administration Time: 5 – 8 Minutes

The BSSI-3 is used to locate children who are at high risk for school failure, who need more in-depth assessment, and who should be referred for additional study. The inventory consists of 137 items and is based on teachers’ judgments of desirable school performance. Using a 4-point Likert-type scale that ranges from does not perform to performance indicates mastery, the BSSI-3 provides a quick teacher rating scale of early abilities in six areas: Daily Living Skills; Spoken Language; Reading; Writing; Mathematics; and Classroom Behavior. Standard scores, percentiles, age and grade equivalents are reported for each scale. Reliability coefficients are in the .90s for each scale.

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Diagnostic Achievement Battery, Third Edition [DAB-3]
Phyllis L. Newcomer
OUR PRICE $413.00
Ages: 6-0 Through 14-0
Testing Time: 45 Minutes

The DAB-3 is a revision of one of the most popular and useful individual tests of school achievement ever made. The DAB-3 uses 14 short subtests to determine a child’s strengths and weaknesses across several areas of achievement.

Scores from these subtests can be combined to form eight composites: Total Achievement; Listening; Speaking; Reading; Writing; Mathematics; Spoken Language; Written language.
The DAB-3 generates standard scores (M=10,SD=3 for the subtests, and M=100, SD-15 for the composites), percentile ranks and age/grade equivalents. The test was standardized on 1,534 students in 13 states. The sample is representative of the national population with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, geographic region, and urban/rural residence.

The DAB-3 includes a supplemental manual enabling the examiner to probe students responses on the standardized test. The purpose of probing is to identify the thinking processes and problem solving strategies that result in both correct and incorrect responses.

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Diagnostic Achievement Test For Adolescents-2nd Edition [DATA-2] 
Phyllis L. Newcomer-Brian R. Bryant

OUR PRICE-$285.00
Ages: Grades 7 through 12

The DATA-2 normed on more than 2,000 adolescents, measures the spoken language ability and academic achievement levels of students in grades 7 through 12. DATA-2 core subtests measures Receptive Vocabulary, Receptive Grammar, Expressive Vocabulary, Word Identification, Reading Comprehension, Math Calculations, Math Problems Solving, Spelling, and Writing Composition, Three supplemental subtests measure Science, Social Studies, and Reference skills.

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Diagnostic Screening Tests: Achievement (DSTA) - Third Edition
Thomas D. Gnagey, Patricia A. Gnagey
OUR PRICE $130.00
Grade: K-13
Administration: 5-10 minutes.
Scoring time – 2-3 minutes.
Individual or group.

Science, Social Studies, Literature and the Arts, Total Achievement, Practical Knowledge, and an estimated M.A. are the scores obtained from 108 items. The manual discusses subtest pattern analysis in relation to student motivation, cultural versus organic retardation, cultural deprivation, reading and study skill problems, and practical versus formal knowledge. Major score reliabilities are high.

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Hammill Multiability Achievement Test [HAMAT] 
Donald D. Hammill, Wayne P. Hresko, Jerome J. Ammer, Mary E. Cronin & Sally S. Quinby

OUR PRICE-$361.00
Ages: 7-0 Through 17-11
Testing Time: 30 – 60 Minutes

The HAMAT is designed for use by psychologists, educational diagnosticians, counsellors, and other professionals concerned with the assessment of academic achievement. It provides four subtests in the areas of: reading (a series of paragraphs based on the cloze procedure), writing (requires students to write sentences form dictation, stressing correctness), mathematics (measures students’ mastery of number facts and ability to complete mathematical calculations), and facts (requires students to answer questions based on the content of social studies, science, history, and literature).

The test was normed on 2,901 students in the United States and provides percentiles, standard scores, and age equivalents. Reliability of the HAMAT was investigated using estimates of content sampling, time sampling, and scorer differences. Internal consistency reliability coefficients all exceed or round to .90. Test-retest coefficients range from .83 to .94 for the subtests, the composite exceed .94.

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Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Second Edition [K-TEA-II]
Alan S. Kaufman & Nadeen L. Kaufman  

4-6 to 25 years (Comprehensive Form)
4-6 to 90+ years (Brief Form)
Testing Time: Comprehensive Form (PreK-K) 25 minutes;
(Grades 1-2) 50 minutes; (Grades 3+) 70 minutes;
Brief Form (4-6 to 90 years) 20-30 minutes)

Benefits:

• Covers major achievement areas, giving you confidence that core skills have been thoroughly addressed
• Error analysis identifies the types of errors made, letting you determine how to better instruct the student
• Alternate forms give you the flexibility to measure progress and response to intervention
• Easy to administer and score, making the testing experience more enjoyable for the student, efficient for you

KTEA-II content reflects the latest research in reading and mathematics. Included are new standard and supplemental reading subtests, along with additional easy and harder math items. New written expression, oral expression, and listening comprehension subtests have been added to give you a thorough assessment of all language areas.

Easy to administer...appealing test items

Great care was taken to ensure that both examiner and examinee needs are addressed. The new KTEA-II is easy to administer. And all subtests feature enjoyable tasks and colorful stimulus pages to help motivate low-functioning students. A puppet and charming illustrations are also included to engage the student in the test process and help draw out the best possible performance.

KTEA-II Scoring gives you the choices you need

For maximum flexibility, you have the option of scoring the KTEA-II Comprehensive Form by hand or by computer. While either method gives you error analysis and remedial suggestions, the ASSISTTM computer scoring generates reports that provide more in-depth information. This timesaving, convenient program quickly converts raw scores into derived scores. For added convenience, both Macintosh® and Windows® programs are on one CD-ROM. ASSIST software also gives you:

Quick error analysis for all standard subtests

• A summary of student performance by composite or subtest
• Comparisons of skill areas or subtests for easy interpretation of results
• Best practices instructional suggestions for designing IEP goals that match diagnostic information with remediation strategies
• Lists of problems or words similar to those that were difficult for the student
• Alternate forms help you monitor progress and readjust intervention

The KTEA-II gives you parallel forms. This means you can confidently use Form A for diagnostic purposes and Form B as a follow-up measure to monitor growth. The KTEA-II Brief Form can also be used for retesting. That's because the format of the Brief Form follows the KTEA-II Comprehensive, while the content is completely different.

KTEA-II Brief Form

When a quick measure of achievement is needed, the Brief Form is indispensable for school and clinical psychologists, special education teachers, and others. Fast and easy to administer, it also features an expanded age range (4-6 to 90 years) and measures the basic skills in three subtests:

Reading: Word recognition and reading comprehension
Math: Calculation and application
Written Expression: Spelling and written language

Co-normed with KABC-II

The KTEA-II is normed on the same standardization group as the new Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II). Used together, they are your best choice for getting an in-depth comparison between a student's abilities and academic achievement.

Included in the Comprehensive Form Manual:

• Administration and Scoring
• Interpretation
• Analysis of Errors
• Standardization and Norms Development
• Technical Characteristics
  

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Peabody Individual Achievement Test - Revised [PIAT-R] 
Frederick C. Markwardt
Ages: 5 Through 18
Testing Time: 60 Minutes
OUR PRICE-$807.00
The PAIT-R is an efficient individual measure of academic achievement and can be used to identify specific learning disabilities. The test includes six subtests measuring: General Information (general knowledge), Reading Recognition (recognition of printed letters and the ability to read words allowed), Reading Comprehension, Written Expression (requires student to write a story about a picture), Mathematics (tests knowledge and application of math concepts and facts), Spelling (recognition of correct word spelling).

The NU norms are a 1997 normative update based on a national sampling of more than 3,000 individuals. All subtests (except written expression), total reading, and total test provide age and grade based standard scores, age and grade equivalents, percentile ranks, NCEs, and stanines.

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Scale for Assessing  Emotional Disturbance [SAED]
Michael H. Epstein and Douglas Cullian
Ages: 5 Through 18
Testing Time: 10 Minutes
OUR PRICE-$165.00
This standardized, norm-referenced scale helps to identify children and adolescents who qualify for the federal special education category Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED).

The SASED contains 52 items that measure seven areas of child functioning inability to learn, relationship problems, inappropriate behavior, unhappiness or depression, physical symptoms or fears, social maladjustment, and overall competence. The scale can be completed by teachers, counsellors, parents, and other individuals familiar with the child. Information from the SASED is useful in understanding the emotional and behavioral disorders of children, identifying students who may meet the criteria for the SED education disability category, selecting appropriate education goals for an IEP, and periodically evaluating student progress toward desired outcomes.

The SAED was normed on a nationally representative sample of 2,266 students without disabilities and 1,371 students with SED. Demographics of the standardization sample are reported in the manual by age, gender, geographical location, race, and ethnicity. Separate norms are reported for elementary, middle, and high-school age students with and without SED. Internal consistency reliability of the subtests was established with students with and without SED. Coefficients exceeded .75 for each subtest and .90 for the overall SAED score.

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Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults [SATA] 
Brian R. Bryant, James R. Patton & Caroline Dunn

OUR PRICE $320.00
Ages: 16 Through 70        

The SATA measures scholastic competence using nine subtests: Verbal Reasoning, Nonverbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Reading Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Math Calculation, Math Application, Writing Mechanics, and Writing Composition. Raw scores can be converted to estimated grade equivalents and standard scores. Several composite scores are also generated.

Subtest raw scores are converted to estimated grade equivalents, standard scores (M=10, SD=3), and percentiles. Several composite scores are also generated. The SATA is technically sound with reliabilities generally in the .80s and .90s.

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Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary And Middle School   Students: A Method for Identifying Giftedness - Second Edition [SAGES-2]
Susan K. Johnsen & Anne L. Corn

OUR PRICE $250.00
Ages: 5-0 Through 14-11
Testing Time: 20 Minutes
Administration: Small groups or Individually

The SAGES-2 is helpful in identifying gifted students in kindergarten through eighth grade. It's three subtests sample aspects of two of the most commonly used areas for identifying gifted students: aptitude and achievement. Aptitude is measured by the Reasoning subtest, in which the child solves new problems by identifying relationships among pictures and figures. The other two subtests assess achievement. On one of these subtests, the child answers questions about language arts and social studies; on the other, about mathematics and science.

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 Test of Academic Achievement Skills – Revised (TAAS-R)
Morrison F. Gardner
Ages 5 years to 15 years

OUR PRICE $150.00
The revision of the Test of Academic Achievement Skills has strengthened all of the original subtests and includes a new subtest – Oral Reading Stories and Comprehension. In addition to the new subtest, the revision includes the following subtests:


1. Spelling (writing letters and words from dictation)
2. Letter Reading and Word Reading (deciphering and pronouncing)
3. Listening Comprehension (listening to stories, understanding and remembering in order to answer questions about the stories)
4. Oral Reading Stories and Comprehension
5. Arithmetic (word problems and computation)

While the revision has strengthened all the original subtests and has added another subtest – Oral Reading Stories and Comprehension, other changes making the revision a more useful instrument in obtaining an estimate of a child’s academic achievement skills are the following:

• Combined the two age groups (4 years through 5 years 11 months and 6 years through 11 years 11 months to one age group – 5 years through 14 years 11 months)
• Extended the upper age levels from 11 years 11 months through 14 years 11 months
• Revised norms
• Provided standard scores and T-scores in addition to scaled scores, percentile ranks, and stanines
• Added new items to and deleted some old items from some of the subtests
• Changed statistics
• Compared normal academic achieving children with learning handicapped children

The revision measures what an academic achievement test should measure; for example, how well a child has mastered various academic subjects. The results obtained from the TAAS-R will provide users of the test with information about a child’s academic progress in kindergarten and his or her readiness for first grade, will provide the users of the test with information about a child’s academic progress in the eighth grade and his or her readiness for ninth grade, and will provide users of the test with information about other children ages six to fifteen years (grades one through eight) and their readiness for the next grade level or the need for possible remediation.
 

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Test of Kindergarten/First Grade Readiness Skills [TKFGRS]
Karen Gardner Codding

OUR PRICE-$95.00
Ages: 3-6 Through 7 years
Testing Time: 20 Minutes

The Test of Kindergarten/First Grade Readiness Skills (TKFGRS) is a standardized test to evaluate the basic skills in reading, in spelling, and in arithmetic in children.

The areas involved in determining a child’s abilities and readiness for kindergarten and for first grade are: Reading [Letter Identification (Match either lower-case letters with upper-case letters, or match upper-case letters with lower-case letters); Letter Identification (Say the correct letters.); Letter Identification (Complete a sequence of letters.); Phonetic Identification (Verbalize phonetic sounds.); Word Identification (Read words.); Story Comprehension (Answer questions about a story.)] Spelling [Letter Identification (Dictation of lower- and upper-case letters.); Word Identification (Dictation of words.)] Arithmetic [Number Identification (Dictation of numbers.); Written Computation (Addition and subtraction problems.); General Number Identification (Answer questions with a number.); Time Identification (Telling Time.) Number Identification (Complete the numerical sequence.); Verbal Word Problems (Addition and subtraction problems.)]

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Wide Range Achievement Test - Fourth Edition [WRAT-4]
Gary S. Wilkinson in collaboration with Gary J. Robertson

OUR PRICE-$365.00
Ages: 5 Through 94 Years

Administration Time: Approximately 15-25 minutes for individuals ages 5 to 7 years; Approximately 35-45 minutes for individuals ages 8 years and older

Administration: Individual, Group for specific subtests only

Scores/Interpretation: Standard scores, percentile ranks, stanines, NCE's, grade equivalents, and Rasch ability scale scores are provided for the tow forms and for both forms combined.

Several new features have been added to the WRAT4, including an entirely new measure of reading achievement - Sentence Comprehension - to enhance the scope of the content assessed and to meet the need for a measure of reading comprehension.

Previous versions of the WRAT have enjoyed widespread use in a variety of settings, measuring the basic academic skills of reading, spelling, and mathematical computation that are necessary for effective learning, communication, and thinking. The latest edition, the WRAT4, continues to measure these basic content areas and preserves those features that made the WRAT3 and earlier editions so popular with users - ease of administration and scoring, as well as providing a significant amount of information gained through a relatively brief investment of testing time.

The WRAT4 is intended for use by professionals who need a quick, simple, and psychometrically sound measure of fundamental academic skills. It also can be used to quickly assess large groups of individuals to identify those who need additional evaluation, to evaluate achievement/ability discrepancies, to identify specific learning disabilities, to re-evaluate individuals previously diagnosed with learning and/or cognitive disorders, and to assess an individual's academic progress over time.

What's New in the WRAT4?

The WRAT4 contains an entirely new measure of reading achievement - Sentence Comprehension - added to enhance the scope of the content assessed and to meet the need for a measure of reading comprehension.

Alternate forms (i.e., Blue Form, Green Form) were developed and equated during standardization by use of a common-person research design. The alternate forms can be used interchangeably for retesting within short periods of time without the potential practice effects of repeating the same items. The alternate forms can be administered together (i.e., Combined Form) at a single examination setting.

The WRAT4 was standardized on a representative national sample of more than 3,000 individuals ranging in age from 5 to 94 years.

The interpretation of the WRAT4 has been enhanced by adding grade-based norms, thereby increasing the usefulness of the test in grades K-12. The age-based norms have been extended beyond age 75 years to age 94 years in order to assess the basic literacy skills of older adults.

Derived scores have been developed for both age and grade reference groups.
In addition to providing derived scores and interpretive information for the four subtests (Word Reading, Sentence Comprehension, Spelling, and Math Computation), the WRAT4 yields a Reading Composite score obtained by combining the Word Reading and Sentence Comprehension standard scores. WRAT4 users will find the Reading Composite score a valuable addition that meets the need for a highly reliable, comprehensive measure of reading ability.

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 WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST—EXPANDED
[WRAT-EXPANDED]
Joseph Glutting, Wayne Adams and David Sheslow

OUR PRICE-$380.00
Ages: 5 - 24 Group & Individual Assessment
Testing Time: 40 minutes for each sub-test

WRAT-Expanded is the first assessment system of its kind to have group and individual test linkage. Overcomes a major difficulty practitioners have faced in attempting to link group and individual results. The group and individual Assessments were normed on a common sample of students, facilitating direct comparisons between group and individual assessment results.

The WRAT-Expanded Group Assessment for G is designed to be administered by the Classroom Teacher or other testing professional in a small group setting.
The group assessment (Form G) may be used to identify those students needing more in depth assessment with the individual assessment (Form I). Each subtest is designed to be given within a classroom period. Reading Comprehension and Mathematics each take about 40 minutes and Nonverbal Reasoning takes about 30 minutes. The subtests use a multiple-choice format. Five levels are available Level 1 (Grade 2) Level 2 (Grade 3-4) Level 3 (Grade 5-6: Level 4 (Grade 7-9) and Level 5 (Grade 10-12)

The WRAT-Expanded Individual Assessment (Form I) is administered individually. The first module to be released contains the Reading and Mathematics test (RM Module) presented in a specially designed Flipbook to facilitate test administration. Both the Reading and Mathematics tests contain items covering a wide range of difficulty. The actual items administered are tailored to the ability of the student.

 

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Young Children's Achievement Test (YCAT)
Wayne Hresko, Pamela Peak, Shelley Herron, Deanna Bridges

OUR PRICE-$250.00

Ages: 4-0 through 7-11
Testing Time: 25 to 45 minutes
Administration: Individual

The Young Children’s Achievement Test (YCAT) represents a major improvement in the early identification of children at risk for school failure. It yields an overall Early Achieve-ment standard score, and individual subtest standard scores for General Information, Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Spoken Language. The YCAT was designed with both the child and the examiner in mind. The individual subtests for General Information, Reading, Writing, Mathematics and Spoken Language can be given independent of each other, leading to flexible testing sessions. Standard scores (with a mean of 100 and a standard deviations of 15), percentiles, and age equivalents are provided for both the subtests and the composite.

The YCAT was normed on 1,224 children representing 32 states and the District of Columbia. The information is clearly representative of the U.S. population as reported in the 1997 Statistical Abstract of the United States. Reliability was standardized using the coefficient alpha, test-retest, and interscorer procedures. Extensive evidence of the validity of YCAT test scores is proved for content-description validity, criterion-prediction validity, and construct-identification validity.

YCAT items were examined to ensure that little or no bias relative to gender, disability, race, socioeconomic level, or ethnic group existed. Differential item functioning techniques were used to examine items for potential bias. The PHAI comes complete with Examiner's Manual, Picture Book, 25 Student Response Forms, and 25 Profile/Examiner Record Booklets.

YCAT-Complete Kit includes: Examiner’s Manual, Picture Book, 25 Student Response Forms, and 25 Profile Examiner Record Booklets, all in a sturdy storage box - 2000. (B4000) $250.00
Individual Components:
B4000-B	YCAT Student Response Forms (25)	$42.00
B4000-C	YCAT Profile/Examiner Record Booklets (25)	$69.00

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