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School-Based Tests

School-Based Tests. Readiness Tests Aptitude Tests (capacity for learning) Achievement Tests (accomplishments) Diagnostics. Aptitude Tests (capacity for learning). Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Otis-Lennon School Ability Test.

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School-Based Tests

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  1. School-Based Tests • Readiness Tests • Aptitude Tests (capacity for learning) • Achievement Tests (accomplishments) • Diagnostics

  2. Aptitude Tests (capacity for learning) • Graduate Record Exam (GRE) • Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) • Otis-Lennon School Ability Test

  3. Otis-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

  4. OLSAT 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

  5. Achievement Tests (accomplishments) • Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – second edition (WIAT-II) • Iowa Test of Basic Skills • Stanford Achievement Tests • Regents Tests • Self-made instruments

  6. School Readiness 1 - Readiness to learn Academic Knowledge -- Metropolitan Readiness Test 2 - Readiness for school Developmental Milestones -- Bayley III -- Gesell Development Schedules

  7. MRT 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

  8. MRT6 + Early School Inventory • Physical development checklist • Language development checklist • Cognitive development checklist • Social-emotional development checklist • + Parent-teacher conference report

  9. Developmental Tests Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, third edition (Bayley-III)

  10. Bayley Scales • Nancy Bayley – Institute of Child Welfare – Berkeley CA • Original test 1969 • Revised 2005

  11. Major 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

  12. Characteristics of test • 1- 42 months • Flexible administration format • 50 to 90 minutes • Theoretically eclectic • English only

  13. Uses of Bayley-III • Identify developmentally delayed children • Chart progress on intervention program • Teach parents about development • Research tool

  14. Scales • Cognitive • Language (receptive and expressive) • Motor (fine and gross) • Social-Emotional* • Adaptive Behavior*

  15. Social-Emotional (SE) Caregivers give feedback • Infant: interest, getting attention, calming, responsiveness • Toddler: means/ends behavior, imitation play, imagination, word use • Preschool: interactions with peers/adults, describe feelings, use emotions

  16. Adaptive Behavior • Communication • Functional Pre-Academics • Self-Direction • Leisure • Social • Community use • Home living • Health and Safety • Self-Care • motor

  17. Video of Bayley assessment • video link

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