Assessment Tools

Here are commonly used tools for assessing language and literacy (publisher shown in Italics). There are other tests. 

Tests of Oral Language

• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-4 (CELF-4) Pearson Assessment
• Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language - 3rd Edition (TACL) Pro-Ed
• Comprehensive Test of Spoken Language (CASL) - ACER
• Expressive Language Test (Includes metalinguistics) - Pro-Ed

Vocabulary and Word-finding

• Peabody Picture Vocabulary test (Receptive Vocabulary) - ACER
• Test of Word Knowledge (TOWK)- Pearson Assessment
• One Hundred Pictures Naming Test - ACER
• Test of Word Finding (German) - Pro-Ed

 

Tests of Phonological Awareness

• Phonological Awareness Test (PAT) - Pro-Ed
• The Lindamood Auditory Conceptualisation Test (LAC-3) - Pro-Ed
• The Sutherland Phonological Test-Revised (SPAT) - Dr R Neilsen  02 4257 8778 
• Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP) - Pro-Ed

Tests of Auditory Processing

• Test of Auditory Processing Skills-Third Edition (TAPS-3) - Pro-Ed 

Literacy Tests

• Woodcock Reading Mastery tests - ACER
• Word Attack
• Word Identification

• Analysis of Reading Ability (3rd Edition) - ACER
• Gray Oral Reading Tests-3 (GORT-3) - Pro-Ed
• Test of Reading Comprehension (TORCH) - ACER

• Test of Written Spelling-4 - Pro-Ed
• South Australian Spelling Test - ACER

Written Language

• Test of Written Language (TOWL) - Pro-Ed

Tests of Problem Solving

• The Test of Problem Solving - Elementary (TOPS) Pro-Ed
• The Test of Problem Solving - Adolescent Pro-Ed

PUBLISHERS

Pro-ED Tel: 07 5596 0966 Fax: 07 5596 0969  www.proedaust.com.au

ACER  Tel: 1800 338402 Fax: 03 9835 7499 www.acer.edu.au

Pearson Assessment Tel: 1800882 385 Fax: 02 9261 4975  www.pearsonpsychcorp.com.au