Dyslexia Evaluation-Assessment Tools Guidelines.

Letter/Word Recognition
real words

AIMSweb Tests of Early Literacyor Reading*

• Letter Naming Fluency
• Oral Reading Fluency

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, 6th Edition (DIBELS)

• Letter Naming Fluency
• Oral Reading Fluency

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills Next (DIBELS Next)

• Oral Reading Fluency

Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)

• Isolated Word Reading Fluency

Gallistel-Ellis Test of Coding Skills

Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)

• Letter/Word Recognition
• Reading Vocabulary

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)

• Letter and Word Recognition (both timed and untimed subtests)

Test of Word Reading Efficiency, 2nd Edition (TOWRE- 2)

• Sight Word Efficiency (timed)

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)

• Word Reading(timed)

Wide Range Achievement Test, 4th Edition (WRAT-4)

• Word Reading

Word Identification and Spelling Test (WIST)

• Word Identification

Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)

• Letter Identification
• Word Identification

Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)

• Letter-Word Identification

Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement, 4th Edition (WJ-IV)

• Letter-Word Identification (untimed)

Word Decoding
pseudowords

AIMSweb Tests of Early Literacyor Reading*

• Nonsense Word Fluency

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, 6th Edition (DIBELS)

• Nonsense Word Fluency

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills Next (DIBELS Next)

• Nonsense Word Fluency

Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)

• Nonsense Word Decoding

Gallistel-Ellis Test of Coding Skills

Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)

• Phonetic Analysis

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)

• Nonsense Word Decoding (timed and untimed subtests)

Phonological Awareness Test 2 (PAT-2)

• Decoding Section (untimed)

Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)

• Nonword Reading

Test of Word Reading Efficiency, 2nd Edition (TOWRE- 2)

• Phonetic Decoding Efficiency (timed)

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)

• Pseudoword Decoding (timed)

Word Identification and Spelling Test (WIST)

• Word Identification

Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)

• Word Attack

Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)

• Word Attack

Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)

• Word Attack(untimed)

Oral Language
Expressive Vocabulary and Morphology

Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)

• Antonyms
• Expressive Vocabulary
• Grammatical Morphemes
• Grammaticality Judgment

Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test, 3rd Edition (CREVT-3)

• Expressive Vocabulary

Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, 4th Edition (EOWPVT-4)

Expressive Vocabulary Test, 2nd Edition (EVT-2)

Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)

• Semantic Concepts (synonyms and antonyms)

Language Processing Test, Elementary (LPT)

Montgomery Assessment of Vocabulary Acquisition (MAVA)

The Word Test – Elementary, 3rd Edition the Word Test – Adolescent, 2nd Edition

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)

• Expressive Vocabulary

Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills (TILLS)

• Vocabulary Awareness

Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)

• Word Comprehension

Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)

• Oral Vocabulary

Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-IV)

• Oral Vocabulary

Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Oral Language (WJ-IV)

• Picture Vocabulary

Oral Language
Broad Comprehension Skills
sentence and text-level

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition (CELF-5)

• Receptive Language Composite (varied formats)

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition, Metalinguistics (CELF-5 Metalinguistics)

Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)

• Sentence Comprehension

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)

• Listening Comprehension

Oral and Written Language Scales, 2nd Edition (OWLS-II)

• Listening Comprehension

Test of Adolescent and Adult Language, 4th Edition (TOAL-4)

Test of Early Language Development, 4th Edition (TELD-3)

Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)

• Listening Comprehension

Test of Language Development – Primary, 4th Edition (TOLD-4)

• Listening Composite

Test of Language Development – Intermediate, 4th Edition (TOLD-I-4)

Test of Narrative Language, 2nd Edition (TNL-2)

Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, 4th Edition (TACL-4)

• Elaborated Phrases and Sentences

The Listening Comprehension Test, 2nd Edition – The Listening Comprehension Test, Adolescent

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)

• Oral Discourse
• Comprehension

Wide Range Achievement Test, 4th Edition (WRAT-4)

• Sentence Comprehension

Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)

• Listening Comprehension

Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)

•  Listening Comprehension

Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)

• Oral Comprehension (cloze)

Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Oral Language

• Oral Comprehension
• Understanding Directions

Phonological Processing
phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming

AIMSweb Tests of Early Literacyor Reading*

• Letter Sound Fluency
• Phoneme Segmentation Fluency

Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, 2nd Edition (CTOPP-2)

• Phonological Awareness, Phonological Memory, and/or Rapid Naming quotients

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, 6th Edition (DIBELS)

• Phoneme Segmentation Fluency

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills Next (DIBELS Next)

• Phoneme Segmentation Fluency

Dynamic Screening for Phonological Awareness (DSPA)

Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)

• Phonological Awareness
• Positioning Sounds
• Rapid Automatic Naming
• Verbal Fluency

Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)

• Phonological Awareness
• Rapid Naming

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)

• Phonological Awareness

Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test, 3rd Edition (LAC-3)

Phonological Awareness Test 2 (PAT-2)

• Phonological Awareness Section

Rapid Automatized Naming and Rapid Alternating Stimulus (RAN/RAS) Tests

Test of Auditory Processing Skills, 3rd Edition (TAPS-3)

• Word Discrimination
• Phonological Segmentation
• Phonological Blending

Test of Early Reading Ability, 4th Edition (TERA-4)

• Alphabet

Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)

• Phonemic Awareness
• Nonword Repetition

Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, 4th Edition (TACL-4)

• Grammatical Morphemes

Test of Phonological Awareness, 2nd Edition (TOPA-2+)

The Phonological Awareness Profile

Word Identification and Spelling Test (WIST)

• Sound-Symbol Knowledge

Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)

• Phonological Awareness
• Rapid Automatic Naming

Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)

• Incomplete Words
• Sound Blending

Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities(WJ-IV)

• Phonological Processing

Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Oral Language (WJ-IV)

• Rapid Picture Naming
• Retrieval Fluency
• Segmentation
• Sound Awareness (rhyming and deletion)
• Sound Blending
• Rapid Picture Naming
• Retrieval Fluency

Yopp-Singer Test of Phonological Awareness

Text Reading Accuracy (oral)
AIMSweb Tests of Early Literacyor Reading*
• MAZE Fluency
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
• Oral Reading Fluency
Gray Oral Reading Test, 5th Edition (GORT-5)
• Accuracy
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
• Oral Reading Fluency– Accuracy Score
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
• Oral Reading
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Text Reading Fluency/Rate (oral or silent)
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
• Oral Reading Fluency
• Irregular Word Reading Fluency
• Silent Reading Fluency
Gray Oral Reading Test, 5th Edition(GORT-5)
• Rate (oral)
• Fluency (oral)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
• Oral Reading Fluency-Rate Score(oral)
• Oral Reading Fluency Composite (oral)
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
• Reading Fluency(oral)
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition (WRMT-III)
• Oral Reading Fluency
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
• Sentence Reading Fluency (silent)
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Reading Comprehension (sentence and text level)
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early LiteracySkills Next (DIBELS Next)*
• DAZE Fluency
Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)
• Silent Reading Comprehension (comprehension score)
Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)
• Meaningful Reading
Gray Oral Reading Test, 5th Edition (GORT-5)
• Comprehension (passage reading and question answering)
Gray Silent Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GSRT-2)
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
• Reading Comprehension (match word to picture/passage reading and question answering)
• Reading Comprehension (passage reading and question answering)
Oral and Written Language Scales, 2nd Edition (OWLS-II)
• Reading Comprehension
Test of Early Reading Ability, 4th Edition (TERA-4)
• Meaning
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
• Reading Comprehension
Test of Reading Comprehension, 4th Edition (TORC-4)
Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III-DRB)
• Passage Comprehension
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
• Passage Comprehension
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Oral Language – Receptive Vocabulary and Morphology
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)
• Receptive Vocabulary
• Synonyms
• Grammatical Morphemes
Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test, 3rd Edition (CREVT-3)
• Receptive Vocabulary
Gray Diagnostic Reading Tests, 2nd Edition (GDRT-2)
• Listening Vocabulary
Montgomery Assessment of Vocabulary Acquisition (MAVA)
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, 4th Edition (PPVT-4)
Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, 4th Edition (ROWPVT-4)
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, 4th Edition (TACL-4)
• Grammatical Morphemes
• Vocabulary
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
• Receptive Vocabulary
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Oral Language – Broad Expressive Skills (sentence and text-level)
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition (CELF-5)
• Expressive Language Composite (varied formats)
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition, Metalinguistics (CELF-5 Metalinguistics)
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)
• Double Meaning
• Idiomatic Language
• Inference
• Meaning from Context
• Nonliteral Language
• Sentence Expression
Language Processing Test, Elementary, 3rd Edition (LPT-3)
Oral and Written Language Scales, 2nd Edition (OWLS-II)
• Oral Expression
Test of Adolescent and Adult Language, 4th Edition (TOAL-4)
Test of Early Language Development, 4th Edition (TELD-3)
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
• Story Retelling
• Delayed Story Retelling
Test of Language Competence, Expanded Edition (TLC-E)
• Ambiguous Sentences
• Figurative Language
• Listening Comprehension: Making Inferences
Test of Language Development – Primary, 4th Edition (TOLD-4)
• Speaking Composite
Test of Language Development – Intermediate, 4th Edition (TOLD-I-4)
Test of Narrative Language, 2nd Edition (TNL-2)
The Expressive Language Test, 2nd Edition
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-IV)
• Story Recall
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Oral Language
• Sentence Repetition
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Oral Language – Pragmatics
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition (CELF-5)
• Pragmatics Profile
• Pragmatics Activity Checklist
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition, Metalinguistics (CELF-5 Metalinguistics)
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, 2nd Edition (CASL-2)
• Pragmatics
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
• Social Communication
Social Language Development Test – Elementary Social Language Development Test – Adolescent
Test of Language Competence, Expanded Edition (TLC-E)
• Oral Expression: Recreating Speech Acts
Test of Pragmatic Language, 2nd Edition (TOPL-2)
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Spelling
Gallistel-Ellis Test of Coding Skills
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
• Spelling
Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills(TILLS)
• Nonword Spelling
Test of Written Language,4th Edition (TOWL-4)
• Spelling
Test of Written Spelling, 5th Edition (TWS-5)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
• Spelling
Wide Range Achievement Test, 4th Edition (WRAT-4)
• Spelling
Word Identification and Spelling Test (WIST)
• Spelling
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
• Spelling
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Written Expression
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition (KTEA-3)
• Written Expression
Oral and Written Language Scales, 2nd Edition (OWLS-II)
• Written Expression
Test of Early Written Language, 3rd Edition(TEWL-3)
Test of Written Language,4th Edition (TOWL-4)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III)
• Written Language Subtests
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV)
• Sentence Writing Fluency
• Writing Samples