Commonly Used Assessment Tests and Tools:

Assessment of Phonological Processes (Revised) - Designed to provide a tool for evaluating the phonological processes in highly unintelligible children. Children are provided with a series of objects which they must name. Results that are obtained provide an indication of the severity of the disorder and provides a direction for planning remediation.

Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language - Revised (TACL - R) - A picture pointing test assessing understanding of word classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives), grammatical morphology (prepositions, singular vs plural nouns, or verbs), and sentence structures (questions, negatives) for children from 3 years to age 9.11 years

Beery Picture Vocabulary Test - One of the Standardized Test Educational Assessment (STEA) tests, the Beery Picture Vocabulary Test assesses a child's expressive vocabulary by requiring the naming of pictures, given the initial consonants.

Boehm Test of Basic Concepts - Revised - This is a test of understanding of concepts: space, time and quantity, in which the child selects the correct picture from a line of 4-5 pictures. This can be a group administered test.

Bracken Basic Concepts Scale - A picture pointing test used to assess understanding of concepts needed for school success

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Revised (CELF-3) - Evaluates understanding and use of language including word meanings (semantics), word and sentence structure (morphology or meaning and syntax), and recall and retrieval of spoken language (auditory memory), of children aged 5-16 years. There is also a preschool version. There are subtests in both versions giving an expressive and receptive language score.

DegreEs of Reading Power (DRP) - Test for children in Grade 2 to Grade 9 which uses CLOZE technique to assess reading comprehension of paragraphs. Cloze refers to tasks that require the child to complete or 'cloze' the given item; it is very much like a 'fill-in-the-blank' task. An example would be: the dog was ___________ the cat.

Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT) - A picture naming test which measures a child's naming/expressive vocabulary skills.

Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation (G-FTA) - A picture naming test which examines the use of English consonants in all positions in words. This test looks at not only single word production in imitation and spontaneous use, but in connected speech.

KeyMath Test - One of the STEA battery, this is an individually administered test that takes about 35 to 50 minutes to complete. It provides a comprehensive assessment of a student's understanding and application of mathematics concepts and skills. For example, the test covers numeration (understanding numbers), computation ( addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), time and money concepts, problem solving, geometry and measurement. Results are reported using a graph which shows the student's specific strengths and weaknesses.

Khan-Lewis Phonological Analysis (KLPA) - This test provides a means of assessing the use of 15 phonological processes(patterns of sounds) in the speech of children aged 2.0-5.11 and is designed to be used to supplement the information given in the Goldman Fristoe Test of Articulation (G-FTA). The child is shown a series of pictures which they must name. In combination with the G-FTA, the KLPA makes possible a comprehensive analysis of disordered speech from which therapy goals may be derived.

Language Processing Test - Revised: (LPT) - This test requires listening skills, oral responses and organization and is used to determine a child's processing skills, with emphasis on semantic or word knowledge skills. There are with 8 subtests: labelling, describing functions, recognizing and making associations, categorizing, describing similarities and differences, recognizing multiple meanings, and describing abilities.

The Listening Test - A test designed to give specific information about a child's listening and language abilities. There are 5 subtests examining the ability to identify the main idea in a story, to remember details, to follow directions or identify concepts, to make inferences about information he has heard, and to indicate his understanding about a short story by answering questions.

Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test (LAC) - A test used to evaluate a child's ability to discriminate and sequence phonetic (sound) units.

Monroe Sherman - The Monroe Sherman is individually or group administered. The test takes about 30 minutes and covers several academic areas including reading, arithmetic and spelling. Reading is broken down into 3 areas: paragraph meaning (comprehension), speed of reading, and word discrimination. Not all sub-tests are used each time, depending on the information needed. The test also covers a section on aptitude which helps to determine areas of strength and weakness. Results are reported in graph form.

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - III (PPVT-III) - Assesses a child's understanding of single word labels through a picture pointing task (points to one out of four pictures named by the examiner).

Test of Phonological Awareness - A measure of a child's ability to detect patterns of sounds and manipulate sounds in the beginning, middle and ending of spoken words. These skills have been linked with success in learning to read.

Photo Articulation Test - 3rd Edition (PAT) - This is a picture naming test examining a child's use of English phonemes or sounds in initial medial and final positions of words.

Preschool Language Assessment Instrument (PLAI) - A test used to evaluate a child's use of varying length of abstract language( 3 years to 6 years).

Psychometric Assessment - Specialized assessment of intelligence, personality, and information processing completed by a psychomotrist under the direction of a psychologist.

Structured Processing Test - Revised

Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test(SPELT) - Test of expressive grammar. In this test photographs are used to elicit specific language structures. There are preschool and school aged versions.

STEA - Standardized Test Educational Assessment - Consisting of six standardized tests (Weschler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT), KeyMath, Visual Aural Digit Span Test (VADS), Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI), Beery Picture Vocabulary, and Monroe Sherman Paragraph Copying).

Stuttering Severity Instrument for Children and Adults - 3rd Edition

Stuttering Prediction Instrument for Young Children

Visual Aural Digit Span Test (VADS) - One of the battery of six standardized tests which constitute STEA. The VADS measures a child's ability to remember numerals which have been presented aurally and in written form and to express these numerals orally and in written form.

Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) - One of the battery of six standardized tests which constitute STEA. The VMI measures the child's ability to express information presented visually using a motor response; that is, hand-eye coordination copying complex figures.

Test of Word Finding - A test of a child's ability to name words in various contexts: picture naming of nouns, verbs, adjectives, categories and sentence completion. The child's accuracy and rate for retrieving names is compared to standardized norms.

Test of Adolescent/Adult Word Finding - This test is used to assessing word finding skills in adolescents. The test contains 5 sections which measure word finding by evaluating the student's ability to name pictures as accurately and quickly as possible as well as their accuracy in word finding through the use of cues( sentences, descriptions and categories). The measure also provides a measure of comprehension of semantics (the meaning of language).

Token Test for Children (TOKEN) - A test of language comprehension for sentences increasing in syntactic form and semantic content, for children 3-12 years. Different colored and sized circles and squares are used and the child follows verbal instructions.

Weschler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT) - One of the six standardized tests which constitute the STEA. This test provides a comprehensive test of reading (word analysis and comprehension), writing (spelling and written language), language (listening comprehension and oral expression), and mathematics (numerical operations and mathematical reasoning).

Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) - An individual test of intellectual functioning which is administered by a psychometrist. Scores may be used to identify student's who are exceptional, either gifted or developmentally disabled.

Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-III) - A screening test for academic achievement, the test is administered by a trained teacher and measures word reading, spelling and basic arithmetic computational skills.

Word Test (Revised) - A test of expressive vocabulary and semantics. There are 6 subtests: associations, synonyms, semantic absurdities, antonyms, definitions and multiple definitions.

Word Test - Adolescent - Diagnostic test of expressive vocabulary and semantics for secondary students. It is designed to assess a student's knowledge of language and word meaning in both common and unique contexts. Students are asked a series of questions, designed to measure their understanding of semantics of brand names, synonyms, signs, and messages as well as provide definitions.