Comprehension-specific guidelines

The test process is:

• All students must have a pencil.
• Students are tested as a group.
• The tester passes out the test forms, face down.
• The tester says, ‘Turn your paper over and write your name at the top. You will circle the correct answer for each item. Begin now.’
• The tester does not provide help for decoding the items or identifying the answers.
• At the end of the 10-minute period, the tester collects the test forms.

The scoring process is:

• Count one error for each item that is incorrect.
• For items two and four, students circle four answers. If they do not circle all four correct answers, the item is scored as one error.
• The total number of errors is recorded on the blank area at the beginning of the test form.
• Students who make more than seven errors take Test 2.
• Students who make seven or fewer errors take Test 3.

The test process is:

• The tester learns acceptable responses for each item.
• Students are tested individually and in a quiet place away from others.
• Each student gets ten minutes to complete the test.
• The tester fills in student details and records responses on the form.
• The tester says, ‘I’m going to ask you some questions. Do your best to answer them. There’s no time limit, but if you do not know the answer, tell me and we will move on to the next item. This test is not designed to grade you. It is designed to help us figure out how we can work with you most effectively.’
• The tester presents the test orally to the student.
• Students respond orally and the tester circles incorrect responses.

The scoring process is:

• Total student’s errors by counting every circled response number.
• Enter the total number of errors on the blank at the beginning of the test form.
• Determine the placement of the student based on the placement table.

The test process is:

• All students must have a pencil.
• Students are tested as a group.
• The tester passes out the test forms, face down.
• The tester says, ‘Turn your paper over and write your name at the top. You will write the answer for each item. Begin now’.
• The tester does not provide help for decoding or identifying the answers.
• At the end of the ten-minute period, the tester collects the test forms.

The scoring process is:

• The tester uses the answer key for the correct answers.
• Each incorrect response counts as one error.
• If students correctly underline one part of the specified group of words in section A or B, score a half error.
• Enter the total number of errors on the blank area at the beginning of the test form.
• Determine the placement of the student based on the placement table.