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A Sampling of Tests Measuring Aspects of
Phonological Awareness
Melissa Farrall, Ph.D. & Sara Brody, Ed.D.
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TESTS |
rapid naming |
word discri-mination |
rhyming |
segmen-tation |
isolation |
deletion |
substi-tution |
blending |
graph-emes |
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Test of Auditory-Perceptual Skills -
Revised (TAPS-R) Auditory Word Discrimination
Subtest: identifying whether two words spoken by examiner are SAME or
DIFFERENT |
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Test of Phonological Awareness (TOPA):
Marking pictures of orally presented words that are distinguished by the
same or different sound in the word-final position. |
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X |
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Rosner Test of
Auditory Analysis Skills (TAAS): Say
"cowboy" without the "cow." Say "picnic" without the "pic." Say
"cart" without the '/t/." Say "blend" without the /bl/." |
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X |
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Lindamood
Auditory Conceptualization Test (LAC): Using
colored blocks to represent differences or changes in sequences of
speech-sounds. |
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X |
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Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III):
Incomplete Words, Sound Blending, Auditory Attention, Auditory
Working Memory, Rapid Picture Naming, Word Attack, Spelling of
Sounds, Sound Awareness. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Auditory
Skills Test Battery (GFW) Listening to taped
words and pointing to a matching picture, repeating specified sounds in
taped words, reading & spelling nonsense words, other auditory tasks. |
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X |
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X |
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X |
X |
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Roswell-Chall Auditory Blending Test:
Blending sequences of sounds spoken by the examiner. |
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X |
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Phonological Abilities Test (PAT)
by Muter, Hulme, & Snowling |
X |
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X |
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X |
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X |
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The Phonological Awareness Test (TPAT)
by Robertson & Salter |
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X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Comprehensive Test of Phonological
Processing (CTOPP) Tests of phonological
awareness, memory, & rapid naming. |
X |
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X |
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X |
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X |
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This table is
adapted from Brody, S. (Ed) (2001). Teaching reading: Language, letters &
thought (2nd ed.). LARC Publishing, P.O. Box 801, Milford, NH
03055 (603-880-7691 http://www.larcpublishing.com). The selection and sequence
of tests are entirely arbitrary, whimsical, and based on personal experience.
The listing of categories for tests is as accurate as we could make it, but
there may be errors. We would be grateful for corrections and suggestions for
improvement.
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