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Test of Language Development Told-I5

The Test of Language Development (TOLD-I5) is a language assessment for children ages 8 to 17 years 11 months that measures receptive, organizational, and expressive language competencies. It provides reliable composite and subtest scores in listening, organizing, speaking, grammar, semantics, and spoken language. Administration takes 35 to 50 minutes. The test includes sentence combining, picture vocabulary, word ordering, relational vocabulary, and morphological comprehension subtests. Pros include a reasonable cost, short administration time, and ability to determine language strengths and weaknesses. Cons note it is only available in English and sensitivity and specificity are difficult to find.

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Test of Language Development Told-I5

The Test of Language Development (TOLD-I5) is a language assessment for children ages 8 to 17 years 11 months that measures receptive, organizational, and expressive language competencies. It provides reliable composite and subtest scores in listening, organizing, speaking, grammar, semantics, and spoken language. Administration takes 35 to 50 minutes. The test includes sentence combining, picture vocabulary, word ordering, relational vocabulary, and morphological comprehension subtests. Pros include a reasonable cost, short administration time, and ability to determine language strengths and weaknesses. Cons note it is only available in English and sensitivity and specificity are difficult to find.

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Test of Language Development

TOLD-I5

Type: Language Assessment Authors:


David D. Hammill
Phyllis L.
Newcomer

Publisher:
Purpose: Year: 2019
-measures receptive, organizational, Cost: $307
and expressive competencies in the
major component of linguistics Sensitivity:
-provides reliable comparative indexes Specificity:
of language strengths and
weaknesses
-is brief enough that examiner and
student fatigue are minimal
-uses norms based on a large stratified
sample of English speakers
Normative Population (if applicable):
School-age children
Age Range:
8:0 - 17:11

Testing time: 35 to 50
minutes

Composite Scores:
Composite score can
be calculated;
Listening, Organizing,
Speaking, Grammar,
Semantics, Spoken
Language

Subtests: Sentence
Combining, Picture
Vocabulary, Word
Ordering, Relational
Vocabulary,
Morphological
Comprehension,
Multiple Meanings

Interpretable subtests: Yes No N/A


Multiple forms: Yes No
Test of Language Development
TOLD-I5

Pros: $307- includes test, manual, and 25 Cons:


record booklets, relatively short - Only offered in English, difficult to
administration time, online scoring find sensitivity and specificity
available, updated in 2017 to be more
racially and ethnically sensitive, can help
determine strengths and weaknesses, high
reliability, high validity

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