This test measures aspects of oral language, language development and lexical knowledge. This task requires the subject to identify pictured objects.
What is picture vocabulary?
100
The tests may be given in any order. True or False.
What is True.
100
Basal and ceiling rules do not apply to these tests.
What are Test 5:Understanding Directions and Test 6: Story Recall?
200
This test measures how well a subject understands written discourse as it is being read.
What is passage comprehension?
200
The test administrator may pause recordings used in Test 5 and Test 6 if the subject needs additional time. True or False.
What is True.
200
If a subject gives more than one answer to an item, score the last answer given. True or False.
What is True. Use the new response, whether correct or incorrect, as the final basis for scoring that item.
300
This test measures the student's ability to respond in writing to a variety of questions pertaining to letter forms, spelling, punctuation, capitalization and word usage.
What is dictation?
300
If the basal criterion is not achieved, you must do this.
What is test backwards until the student meets the basal criterion?
300
If a subject changes a response to an item given earlier in the test, the examiner is to accept this delayed response as long as the subject has not left the room in the interim. True or False.
What is True.
400
This test measures aspects of oral language including listening skills, lexical knowledge and working memory.
What is Understanding Directions?
400
If a test has visual stimuli on the subject's side of the Test Book, the test must be administered by complete pages. Even if the subject appears to have obtained a ceiling, the page must be completed. You must do this if a subject responds correctly to one of the remaining items while completing the page.
What is continue testing until a true ceiling is reached?
400
You must write this on the front of the WM testing form when the student is new to our district.
What is eligibility?
500
This test measures aspects of oral language including listening skills, meaningful memory, and expressive language.
What is Story Recall?
500
These are the five of the seven tests that use basal and ceiling requirements.
What is Test 1: Picture Vocabulary, Test 2: Verbal Analogies, Test 3: Letter-Word Identification, Test 4: Dictation, Test 7: Passage Comprehension?
500
Do not penalize students for articulation errors, dialect variation, and regional speech patterns during this test.