School-Based TestsSchool-Based Tests
Readiness TestsAptitude Tests (capacity for learning)
Achievement Tests (accomplishments)
Diagnostics
Aptitude Tests (capacity for learning)
Aptitude Tests (capacity for learning)
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Otis-Lennon School Ability Test
Otis-Lennon School Ability TestOtis-Lennon School Ability Test
Arthur Otis and Roger Lennon 1st edition 1979 (earlier versions 30s) 8th edition (2009) Group administered Pre-K through grade 12 2007 – adopted by NY City Dept of Ed
OLSAT 8OLSAT 8 Used for decisions about school placement Abstract thinking and reasoning ability 21 subtests 5 areas Verbal and non verbal scores Overall School Ability Index (SAI) OLSAT categories
Achievement Tests (accomplishments)Achievement Tests (accomplishments)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – second edition (WIAT-II)
Iowa Test of Basic Skills Stanford Achievement Tests Regents Tests Self-made instruments
School ReadinessSchool Readiness1 - Readiness to learn
Academic Knowledge
-- Metropolitan Readiness Test
2 - Readiness for school
Developmental Milestones
-- Bayley III
-- Gesell Development Schedules
Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT6)Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT6)
1994 PreK through Grade 1 80-90 minutes 4 – 7 years
MRT 6MRT 6
Readiness for First Grade
-- Emerging literacy concepts in an authentic context
-- Developing language/literacy concepts
-- Developing quantitative/mathematics concepts
MRT 6MRT 6
Level 1 – individually administered – pre K Level 2 – group administered – middle and
end of K and beginning of grade 1 Parent-Teacher Conference Report
Level 1 – mid kindergartenLevel 1 – mid kindergarten
6 sub tests -- Auditory memory
-- Rhyming
-- Letter recognition
-- Visual matching
-- School language and listening
-- Quantitative language
Level II – end k. – first gradeLevel II – end k. – first grade
6 sub tests -- Beginning consonants
-- Sound-letter correspondence
-- Visual matching
-- Finding patterns
-- School language
-- Listening
MRT6 + Early School InventoryMRT6 + Early School Inventory
Physical development checklist Language development checklist Cognitive development checklist Social-emotional development checklist + Parent-teacher conference report
Developmental MilestonesDevelopmental Milestones
2 - Readiness for school
-- Bayley III
-- Gesell Development Schedules
Developmental TestsDevelopmental Tests
Bayley Scales of Infant
and Toddler Development,
third edition
(Bayley-III)
Bayley ScalesBayley Scales
Nancy Bayley – Institute of Child Welfare – Berkeley CA
Original test 1969 Revised 2005
Major goals of revisionMajor goals of revision
Meet IDEA 2004 criteria Update normative data Extend age range Improve content coverage Update stimulus materials Improve psychometric quality Improve clinical utility of scales Preserve basic qualities of scale
Characteristics of testCharacteristics of test
1- 42 months Flexible administration format 50 to 90 minutes Theoretically eclectic English only
Uses of Bayley-IIIUses of Bayley-III
Identify developmentally delayed children Chart progress on intervention program Teach parents about development Research tool
ScalesScales
Cognitive Language (receptive and expressive) Motor (fine and gross) Social-Emotional* Adaptive Behavior*
Video of Bayley assessmentVideo of Bayley assessment
video link
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