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Table 5.1: Commonly Used Standardized Tests
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Test
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Category
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Most recent edition
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Ages tested
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Skills tested
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AGS Early Screening Profiles
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Developmental screening
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1990
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2–6
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Cognitive, language, motor, social development;
self-help skills
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Basic School Skills Inventory
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Readiness
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1998
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4–8
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Oral language, reading, math, behavior, daily living skills
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Bayley Scales of Infant Development
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Developmental screening
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1993
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Birth–2½
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Mental, motor, behavior
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Boehm Test of Basic Concepts
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Readiness
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2000
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3–5
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Size, direction, spatial relationships, quantity
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Brigance Diagnostic Inventory
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Assessment/Readiness
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2004
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Under 7
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Knowledge, comprehension, pre-academics, psychomotor,
self-help, language
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California Achievement Test (CAT)
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Educational achievement
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1996
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School age
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Literacy, spelling, language, math, science, social studies,
study skills
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Child Development Inventory (CDI)
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Developmental screening
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1992
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15 months–6
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Social development, self-help, motor, language, letters,
numbers
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Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL-3)
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Developmental screening
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2011
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2–6
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Motor, conceptual, language, self-help skills; social
development
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Early Screening Inventory
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Developmental screening to identify at-risk children
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2008
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N/A
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Cognitive, social/emotional, motor development;
communication, adaptive behaviors
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Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
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Educational achievement
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2007
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K–grade 3
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Language, math
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Metropolitan Achievement Tests
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Educational achievement
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2000
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School age
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Language, math, social studies, science
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Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
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Diagnostic test
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2007
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2½ and up
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Receptive vocabulary
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Preschool Language Scale
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Diagnostic test
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2011
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Birth–7
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Auditory comprehension, communication
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Screening
Assessment for Gifted Elementary Students-Primary (SAGES)
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Developmental test
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2001
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K and up
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Reasoning, general information related to giftedness
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Stanford Early Achievement Test
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Achievement
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2010
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K–grade 1
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Language, math
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Test of Early Language Development (TELD)
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Diagnostic test
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1999
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2–7
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Receptive and expressive language related to language
delays
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Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
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Achievement
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2009
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School age
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Comprehensive language, math
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Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI)
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Diagnostic test
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2012
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3–7
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Intelligence: verbal, performance
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Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)
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Achievement
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2006
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School age
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Language, math
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