classroom/counselor assessments

Classroom/Counselor

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CatherinePortiaJordan

DIBELS

Assessments

Otis-Lennon

WISCACCESS

DIBELS

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

designed to identify students that are experiencing

difficulty with basic literacy skills in order to prevent the manifestation of reading difficulties

There are five essential skill areas of early literacy that DIBELS are designed to measure

The student will be assessed in a short 10 or 15 minute session on the area that is appropriate to the students’ age

Purpose

http://dibels.org/dibels.html

1. Phonemic Awareness: hearing and using

sounds2. Alphabetic Principle and Phonics: letter

and sound correspondence 3. Accurate and Fluent Reading: reading

easily and quickly with few mistakes4. Vocabulary: understanding and using a

variety of words correctly5. Comprehension: understanding what was

read

Five Essential Skills


Students in Kindergarten

through 6th grade

Who takes the test?


- Teachers -

However, the resources are available online allowing anyone to

print copies and administer the test.

Who administers the test?


The scores are not grouped or published since

the test measures the skills of individual students

As a result, no real interest has been recorded other than that of individual teachers and school systems.

For example, the only teacher at my current school using DIBELS is the literacy coach.

Public’s Interest


There are no results

to report on since the test measures the skills of individual

students and are not published.

Results of Assessment


ACCESS

Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English

Language Learners

Designed to measure English Language

Proficiency Five English Language Proficiency Standards:

Social & Instructional Language Language of Language Arts Language of Mathematics Language of Science Language of Social Studies

Purpose

http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/ACCESS-for-ELLs.aspx

Test forms are divided into 5 grade-level clusters:

KindergartenGrades 1-2Grades 3-5Grades 6-8

Grades 9-12

Who takes the test?


Within each grade-level cluster (except

Kindergarten), ACCESS for ELLs consists of three forms:

Tier A (beginning) Tier B (intermediate)

Tier C (advanced) This keeps the test shorter and more

appropriately targets each students' range of language skills.

Tiers of ACCESS


Each form of the test assesses the

four language domains:

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Listening

SpeakingReading

Writing

Test administrators are

designated by the state that contracts the use of the

assessments.

The test administrators must go through face-to-face and/or online training with

required annual training updates.



The scores are not grouped or

published since the test measures the skills of individual students and as a result no real

interest has been recorded other than that of individual teachers

and school systems.

Public’s Interest


WISC

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

WISC is an individually administered intelligence test

for children between the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive that can be completed without reading or writing.

It generates an IQ score which represents a child’s general cognitive ability.

Not only used as an intelligence scale, but also a clinical tool Some practitioners use it to diagnose ADHD and learning

disabilities

Purpose

http://www.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/Productdetail.htm?Pid=015-8979-044

o Full Scale IQ (represents the

overall cognitive ability)o Verbal Comprehension Indexo Perceptual Reasoning Indexo Processing Speed Indexo Working Memory Index

5 Composite Scores can be Derived from

this Test…

Word Reasoning—measures reasoning with verbal

material; child identifies underlying concept given successive clues.

Letter-Number Sequencing—measures working memory; child is presented a mixed series of numbers and letters and repeats them numbers first (in numerical order), then letters (in alphabetical order).

Cancellation—measures processing speed using random and structured animal target forms (foils are common non-animal objects).

New Subsets

Matrix Reasoning—

measures fluid reasoning; child is presented with a

partially filled grid and asked to select

the item that properly completes

the matrix.

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Picture Concepts—

measures fluid reasoning, perceptual organization,

and categorization (requires categorical reasoning without a

verbal response); from each of two or three rows of objects, child selects objects that go together based on an underlying

concept.

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- Teachers -

It takes 65-80 minutes.Raw scores can be entered into a

scoring assistant program to produce the comprehensive

interpretive report.



The scores are not grouped or

published since the test measures the skills of individual students and as a result no real

interest has been recorded other than that of individual teachers

and school systems.

Public’s Interest


OLSAT

Otis Lennon

Used to determine students’ ability

Are they working up to their highest ability? Tests their problem solving skills Can also be used to screen students for gifted program Tested on five different levels – two are verbal and

three are non-verbal Verbal comprehension Verbal reasoning Pictorial reasoning Figural reasoning Quantitative reasoning

Purpose

Available for grades Pre-K – 12

Who takes the test?

http://www.thinktonight.com/About_the_OLSAT_s/247.htm



- Teachers, Administrators, Counselors -

Administered in groups except for preschool which is done individually or one-on-one

Test format is multiple choice and timed for 1 hour


Likes

Preferred more at some schools because of low cost compared to other IQ assessments

Easier to administerDislikes

Pre-K students are more aware they are being tested since the test is administered one-on-one, which can affect scores.

Test does not penalize the test taker for guessing answers which questions if the test assessed the student’s actual ability.

Public’s Interest

o http://dibels.org/dibels.htmlo http://

public.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/ACCESS-for-ELLs.aspx

o http://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESSo http://

www.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/Productdetail.htm?Pid=015-8979-044

o http://www.abekatesting.org/AbilityTests/OtisLennonSchoolAbilityTest.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

o http://www.thinktonight.com/About_the_OLSAT_s/247.htmo http://www.giftedjourney.com/Otislennon.html

References






http://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS

http://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS




http://www.abekatesting.org/AbilityTests/OtisLennonSchoolAbilityTest.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1





http://www.giftedjourney.com/Otislennon.html

http://www.giftedjourney.com/Otislennon.html

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