TEWL-3 includes three subtests: basic writing, contextual writing, and normative writing.

Benefits

  • Administered independently to measure a child’s understanding of language and ability to use the writing tools of language, construct a story, or overall writing ability.
  • Perfectly aligns with TOWL-4 and extends the assessment range to younger children.
  • Presents validity based on correlations with age, grade, cognitive ability, achievement, and group discrimination, and on the correlation of individual test items with total test scores.

Features

Item types were selected only if recognized experts in the field have related them to developing literacy abilities

  • Two forms (Form A and Form B) are now available with item prompts in color.
  • All new contextual writing prompts.
  • The total number of items was increased to 70 for the Basic Writing subtest and to 20 for the Contextual Writing subtest.
  • Expanded age ranges now cover ages 4-0 through 11-11.
  • More specific and detailed revised scoring for the Contextual Writing items and instructions for both subtests.
  • The results of differential item functioning analysis are reported suggesting no biased items.
  • Norms represent more than 2,085 children from 30 states and British Columbia, Canada.
 


The Test of Early Reading Ability-Fourth Edition (TERA-4) is a direct measure of reading ability in children ages 4-0 through 8-11. Rather than assessing children's "readiness" for reading, the TERA-4 assesses their mastery of early-developing reading skills. The test has three subtests: Alphabet (measures knowledge of the alphabet and its uses), Conventions (measures knowledge of the conventions of print), and Meaning (measures comprehension of print). A composite, called the General Reading Index, represents overall reading ability.

All users now have access to the new optional PC-, Mac-, Chromebook-, and tablet-compatible TERA-4 Online Scoring and Report System via activation codes included in each package of TERA-4 Examiner Record Booklets. This system is a quick, efficient tool for (a) entering test session data; (b) converting subtest item scores or total raw scores into scaled scores; (c) generating composite index scores, percentile ranks, and upper and lower confidence intervals; (d) comparing TERA-4 scores to identify significant intraindividual differences; and (e) obtaining a score summary or narrative report. Use of the software ensures accurate application of basals and ceilings and calculation of scores.