Informal+Tests

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Many informal tests listed below are available for students to pick up at the ERC. Only authorized students [i.e. those currently taking a course in testing and included on a class roster submitted by their CEHS professor] may access a copy of their choice informal test at no cost, limit 3 - 4 tests per person per course.======
 * ====Print Resources====
 * ====Non-Print Resources====
 * ====Weblinks to Informal Tests Often Utilized by Leadership Studies====
 * ====Weblinks to Informal Tests Used in the K-12 Classroom====

**__Print Resources__**
ERC PROF BK Z675 .S3 H264 2010 Check Availability In this book, theory is blended with practical application to provide a concise, up-to-date explanation of how school librarians can work with students and teachers to assess for learning in 21st century schools. (Professional)
 * Harada, V.H. (2010). //Assessing for learning: librarians and teachers as partners, 2nd ed., revised and expanded.//** **Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.**

TEST FILE RESERVE LB1050.46 .J627 Check Availability Contains individually administered informal reading tests used by classroom teachers, students in preservice education, reading specialists, school psychologists, and others that offer inservice work in reading assessment. (Professional)
 * Johns, J.L. (2008). //Basic reading inventory: pre-primer through grade twelve and early literacy assessments, 10th ed.// Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.**

ERC PROF BK LB1056.46 .M35 2009 Check Availability Presents a guide for educators on administering, scoring, and interpreting tests for assessing the reading ability of their students and using the results to improve their reading instruction. (Professional)
 * McKenna, M.C. & Stahl, K.A.D. (2009). //Assessment for reading instruction, 2nd ed.// New York: Guilford Press.**

ERC PROF BK LB1050.46 .R38 2005 Leveled passages with ready-to-use assessment pages help teachers quickly screen students for reading problems, such as low word recognition, poor fluency rate, and inadequate comprehension. Rubrics and grade-level norms make interpreting the data simple and easy, and record-keeping forms allow teachers to document and monitor student performance all year long. (Professional)
 * Rasinski, T.V. (2005). //3-minute reading assessments: word recognition, fluency & comprehension.// New York: Scholastic.**
 * **Gr. 1-4** Check Availability
 * **Gr. 5-8** Check Availability

ERC PROF BK LB1525.77 .R53 2009 Check Availability This practical resource contains more than 50 easy-to-use assessments, including reading strategy checklists, reading interest surveys, tiered task evaluation forms, conference forms, self-evaluations, and more. For use with grades 4-8. Includes CD. (Professional).
 * Robb, L. (2009). //Assessments for differentiating reading instruction: 100 forms and checklists for identifying students' strengths and needs so you can help every reader grow.// New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK LB1050.46 .S53 2004 Check Availability Diagnostic tool for assessing student reading skills. Includes multicultural themes and material for high school and adults. Includes CD-ROM. (Professional)
 * Silvaroli, N.J. (2004). //Classroom reading inventory, 10th ed.// Boston: McGraw-Hill.**

ERC PROF BK LB1525.75 .W43 2009 Check Availability Weaver developed this assessment system that enables teachers to screen students and monitor their progress in reading and writing all year long. Useful for fulfilling the requirements of RTI, these ready-to-go assessments help teachers identify students who are making adequate progress, those needing extra support, and those needing intense intervention. (Professional)
 * Weaver, B.M. (2009). //RTI: Assessments & remediation for K-2.// New York: Scholastic.**

__**Non-Print Resources**__
ERC NON PRNT LB1050.46 .A13 2008 Check Availability Reading experts Rasinski and Padak developed powerful assessments to help you accurately identify students' potential reading problems in just three minutes. This DVD lets you observe teachers as they assess students in word recognition, comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary. (DVD, 50 min.) (Professional)
 * //3-minute reading assessments. (//2008) New York: Scholastic.**

__**Weblinks to Informal Tests Often Utilized by Leadership Studies**__
Note: Some of these are downloadable to print; others are to be taken online only.

> [|http://studentleadershipcompetencies.com/tools/inventory/] 8 mini-inventories that measure your proficiency in various leadership competencies.
 * **// 5 Love Languages //** (link to __online__ quiz). [] Quiz that measures how you like to be appreciated. [[file:5LLPersonalProfile_COUPLES__1_.pdf]][[file:5LLPersonalProfile_SINGLES__1_.pdf]]
 * **// Five Minute Personality Test //** (download __print__ version). [] Self-test to determine which of 4 animals you are based on your personality. [[file:FiveMinutePersonalityTestforclass.pdf]]
 * **// The Four Horsemen Self Test //** (download __print__ version). [] Test that identifies which unproductive conflict behavior you engage in most frequently. [[file:selftest4horsemen.pdf]]
 * **// Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory //** (download __print__ version). [] Inventory that helps to identify life stressors. [[file:Holmes-Rahe-Stress-Inventory.jpg.pdf]]
 * //**Our Hidden Biases**// (download print version). [|http://www.media-partners.com/upload/file_20170719134953/our_hidden_biases_assessment_media_partners.pdf] A quick exercise to help individuals gauge their own hidden biases.[[file:our_hidden_biases_assessment_media_partners.pdf]]
 * **// Personality Styles Inventory //** (download __print__ version). [] Self-test to help you determine your personality style. [[file:Personality-Test.pdf]]
 * **// Student Leadership Competencies Inventory //** (link to __online__ inventory ONLY).
 * **// Student Leadership Competencies Self-Evaluation //** (link to __online__ self-assessment ONLY). [] Self-assessment and observer assessment designed to help you identify strength competencies and those needing improvement.
 * **// 12-Item Grit Scale //** (link to [|__online__]version ONLY). [] Quiz that determines how much “grit” you have.

__**Weblinks to Informal Tests Used in the K-12 Classroom**__
These weblinks point to the same test or a nearly identical test, usually used by education majors.

//__Kottmeyer's Informal Diagnostic Spelling Test__ (listed below) has the same word list with an illustrative sentence, though no element tested notice.// //Kottmeyer's is an informal assessment tool that provides information concerning the pattern of errors students exhibit during spelling tests. Excellent information concerning phonetic spelling errors.// //This is very similar to the self-completion by adolescents of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a brief behavioral screening questionnaire about 3-16 year old children. Also found on this website link are questionnaires for parents and educators of boys and girls ages 3-10.// //Excellent place to begin evaluating a student's language development.// //This self-scoring pretest allows students to rate and assess their study skills.// //Kottmeyer's is an informal assessment tool that provides information concerning the pattern of errors students exhibit during spelling tests. Excellent information concerning phonetic spelling errors.// //Use this quick test to check short-term verbal working memory.// //This story uses all 220 words on the Dolch Basic Sight Word List.// //One of the oldest sight word recognition tests. Excellent for diagnosing sight word problems.// //Use this inventory to determine what to use as a reward for a student's good behavior or motivate him/her to work on various tasks. It is a good place to begin setting up a behavior management system in the classroom or tutoring a student.// From "Reading Teacher" by //McKenna, Michael C.; Kear, Dennis J. //. //**Reading ** // //**Teacher ** // //, May 90, Vol. 43 Issue 9 // available through Ebsco Academic Search. //Learn how children feel about reading after administering this test.// //For candidates trying to evaluate a students' skills for the work place. It is a good place to begin with transition assessment.// //Learning style inventory. Good for teachers & students to use in order to discover learning strengths. Good tool to use when trying to differentiate students with multiple abilities in the classroom.// //Very good word list that evaluates sight words, listed by grade. Not just for reading assessment, but also as part of an overall assessment.// //Test file document lists irregularities of slant of writing, form of letters, spacing of letters, size of letters, line quality and alignment. Teacher website identifies handwriting difficulties and makes suggestions on what to do.// //This assesses comprehension skills and some writing. Also, good to use with a sight word list for reading assessment.// //To learn more about what makes students tick or what they would like to study or work with, use this assessment to gain a good inventory on how to motivate students. The weblink is a Career Cluster Interest Survey appropriate for high school students or above.// //Very good spelling assessment, linked to the Dolch Sight word list. It gives spelling questions in the context of sentences.// //This assessment comes from the background of modality assessment. Good for checking on a student's ability to track words from left to right and to orient themselves to a page of written work.// //Having students fill in a reading interest inventory is especially useful to help struggling and unmotivated readers find things to read.// //A very good recognition vocabulary test, a good assessment for reading and consists of 13 graded word lists from preprimer to eleventh grade.// //This test measures the recognition of words out of context.// //This will help in diagnosing if and how students study, a very neglected area in assessment. [Remember if you assess it, you will have to teach these skills. -- PRW]// //Assessment for modality and multi-sensory learning. Print p.50 (Apprendix D) for Swassing-Barbe Modality Index Record Sheet.// //Use to evaluate handwriting and fluency//
 * **Analysis of Spelling Errors (Kottmeyer)** Print test from website
 * Assessing Hand Preference
 * **Child Self-Description Scale** Select S11-17 under "Double-sided version with impact supplement"
 * **Children's Problems Checklist (CPC)** Print Test from Website
 * Choosing a Career (Brigance Subtest)
 * **Communicative Evaluation Chart from Infancy to Five Years** Print Test from Website
 * Concept of Reading Inventory
 * **Diagnostic Pretest** Print Test from Website
 * **Diagnostic Spelling Test (Kottmeyer)** Print Test from Website
 * **Digit Span** Print Test from Website
 * **Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary Context** Print Test from Website
 * **Dolch Recognition Vocabulary Test** Print Test From Website
 * **Dunn-Rankin Reward Preference Inventory** - This link has the same word list but is without the cover page. Print Test from Website
 * **Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (Garfield)** Print Test from Website (Test is on pp. 7-16 of .pdf.)
 * **Employability/Life Skills Assessment** -- Contents of the website are the same test as for ages 6-13 found in the test file. Print Assessment for Ages 14-21 from Website
 * **Find Your Modality Strengths** -- Similar version to the test found in the test file. Print Test from Website
 * **Graded Word List: Quick Gauge of Reading Ability** -- From "The Graded Word List: Quick Gauge of Reading Ability" by Margaret LaPray & Ramon Ross, //Journal of Reading//, v.12, no.4, pp. 305--07, Jan. 1969. Print Test from Website Scroll down to "San Diego Quick Assessment (SDQA)"
 * Grammatical-Correctness Ratio
 * Gross & Fine Motor Inventory
 * **Handwriting Irregularities & Their Causes** Download chart for handwriting problems and solutions
 * Hierarchial Classification
 * How to Find Out How Your Students Remember Best
 * **Incomplete Sentences Blank- High School Form** Print test from Website
 * Index of Diversification
 * **Interest Inventory Record** Print Test from Website
 * IOTA Word List
 * Kit: Checklist of Math Techniques
 * "Like to Do" Checklist
 * Martial Evaluation Checklist
 * Modality Assessment: Primary-Intermediate
 * Modality Assessment: Jr. High-High
 * **Morrison-McCall Spelling Scale** Print Test fro Website
 * Ohio School Library/Media Test
 * **Piaget Right-Left Awareness Test** Print from Website
 * Profile for the Stanford Binet (L-M)
 * **Reading Interest Inventory** Print Test from Website
 * **Recognition Vocabulary Test** Print by Grade from Website
 * **San Diego County Inventory of Reading Attitude** Print Test from Website
 * Self-Concept as a Learner
 * Sentence Repetition
 * Shedd Program Info on Website
 * Standardized Test of Computer Literacy-Revised
 * Stanford-Binet Binetgram
 * **Study Habits Inventory** Print Test from Website
 * **Swassing-Barbe Parent Checklist** Print Inventory List from Website[[file:Swassing-Barbe Scoresheet.pdf]]
 * TAAS Print Test from Website
 * Teacher Questionnaire (SOMPA)
 * Twenty-Word Spelling Test
 * Type-Token Ratio
 * **Wold Sentence Copying Test** Print from Website