Elementary Level Academic Assessments by Areas of Concern Checklist

Elementary Level Academic Assessments by Areas of Concern Checklist *blue shading indicates a “composite/cluster” score is obtained

Woodcock Johnson IV (WJ-IV) (Ages 2 through 90) The WJ IV ACH includes 20 tests for measuring four broad academic domains: reading, written language, mathematics, and academic knowledge. The test consists of 20 subtests that evaluate these areas.

Wechsler Individual Test of Achievement, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III) (Ages 4 through 19) The WIAT-III is an individually administered instrument designed to measure the achievement of students in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and mathematics. The test consists of 16 subtests that evaluate these areas.

Test of Early Reading Ability, 3rd Edition (TERA-3) (Ages 3 through 8 years, 6 months) The TERA-3 assesses the reading ability of young children. This test consists of three subtests: Alphabet (measuring knowledge of the alphabet and its uses), Conventions (measuring knowledge of the conventions of print), and Meaning (measuring the construction of meaning from print). This test provides an overall reading quotient but is not considered a cluster score.

Kaufmann Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3) (Ages 4 through 25 years, 11 months) The KTEA-3 is a comprehensive assessment that helps to identify academic skills in reading, math, written language, and oral language. This test consists of 19 subtests that evaluate these areas.

Gray Oral Reading Test, 5th Edition (GORT-5) (Ages 6 through 23) The GORT-5 measures oral reading fluency and reading comprehension. This test comes in two forms each consisting of 16 developmentally sequenced reading passages with five comprehension questions each. Rate, Accuracy, Fluency, and Comprehension scores are derived from assessment results.

Test of Written Language, 4th Edition (TOWL-4) (Ages 9 through 17) The TOWL-4 is a norm-referenced, comprehensive test of written language skills. This test consists of 7 subtests that represent the conventional, linguistic, and conceptual aspects of writing.

KeyMath, 3rd Edition (Ages 4 years, 6 months through 21) The KeyMath, 3rd Edition is a comprehensive, norm-referenced assessment that measures essential mathematical concepts and skills. Items are grouped into 10 subtests that represent 3 general math content areas: Basic Concepts, Operations, and Applications.

Test of Early Math Ability, 3rd Edition (TEMA-3) (Ages 3 through 8) The TEMA assesses informal and formal (school-taught) concepts and skills in 6 domains: numbering skills, number-comparison facility, numeral literacy, mastery of number facts, calculation skills, and understanding of concepts. This test provides an overall math quotient but is not considered a cluster score. Blue shading indicates a “composite/cluster” score is obtained

**If two scores in one specific area are discrepant of one standard deviation or more, then a third subtest will be required to determine whether the skills is truly low achievement or not. If both scores in one specific academic area are normative weaknesses, a third subtest is not required. Also, if both scores in one specific academic area are within the Average range, a third subtest is not required.

Academic Score Area of Test Name Subtests Concern Math WJIV Calculation □ Calculation Math Facts Fluency □ WIAT-III Numerical Operations □ Math Fluency (combine all three subtests) □ KeyMath-3rd Ed. Numeration (Used to determine start points for all subtests) □ (Operations) Mental Computation and Estimation □ Addition and Subtraction □ Multiplication and Division □ KeyMath-3rd Ed. Numeration □ (Basic Concepts) Algebra □ Geometry □ Measurement □ Data Analysis and Probability □ Test of Early Numbering Skills Math Ability- Understanding of Concepts TEMA Overall Math Number-Comparison Facility Quotient Numeral Literacy Mastery of Number Facts Calculation Skills KTEA-3 Math Computation □ Math Fluency □ Math WJIV Applied Problems □ Problem Number Matrices □ Solving WIAT-III Math Problem Solving □

KeyMath-3rd Ed. Numeration (Used to determine start points for all subtests) □ (Applications) Foundations of Problem Solving □ Applied Problem Solving □ KTEA-3 Math Concepts and Applications □ Academic Area of Test Score Subtests Concern Name Basic Reading WJIV Letter-Word Identification □ (ages 2- Word Attack □ 90)

Word Reading □ WIAT-III Pseudoword Decoding □ (ages 4- Early Reading Skills □ 19)

TERA-3 Overall Reading Quotient Note: this test gives some information but is □ (ages 3- not a cluster score, i.e. Basic Reading Skills = Alphabet; 9) Comprehension=Meaning KTEA-3 Letter and Word Recognition □ (ages 4- Nonsense Word Decoding □ 25) GORT-5 Accuracy □ Reading Fluency WJIV Oral Reading □ Sentence Reading Fluency □ WIAT-III Oral Reading Fluency (1-12) □ GORT-5 Fluency (combination of Rate and Accuracy) Age 6 and above □ Silent Reading Fluency □ KTEA-3 Word Recognition Fluency □ Decoding Fluency □ Reading WJIV Passage Comprehension □ Comprehension Reading Recall □ WIAT-III Reading Comprehension □ GORT-5 Reading Comprehension □ (ages 6- 23) KTEA-3 Reading Comprehension □ Reading Vocabulary □ Written Expression WJIV Writing Samples □ Sentence Writing Fluency □ WIAT-III Spelling (not needed for SLD) □ Alphabet Writing Fluency (grades PreK-3) □ Sentence Composition (grades 1-12) (Building & Combining) □ Essay Composition (grades 3-12) (Word Count & Theme Develop.) □ Vocabulary (Contrived) □ Spelling (Contrived) □ Punctuation (Contrived) □ TOWL-4 Logical Sentences (Contrived) □ (ages 9- Sentence Combining (Contrived) □ 17) Contextual Conventions (Spontaneous) □ Story Composition (Spontaneous) □ KTEA-3 Written Expression □ Writing Fluency □