The descriptions below are brief summaries of the content and skills measured by the separate tests. In addition to these tests, a Practice Page, which consists of six questions covering several test areas, precedes the first test in the Levels 5 and 6 booklets. Vocabulary At Levels 5 and 6, the Vocabulary test measures listening vocabulary.
Students hear a word, and sometimes they also hear the word used in a sentence.
Then they choose one of three pictorial response options. The Vocabulary test at Levels 7 and 8 measures reading vocabulary. For each question, a pictorial or written stimulus is followed by a set of written responses. Approximately equal numbers of nouns, verbs, and modifiers are tested at all levels. The questions on the Word Analysis test assess how well students can recognize letters and letter-sound relationships.