Adult Learning Disabilities Test Protocols

The following standard and supplemental measures are listed in an effort to provide guidance to clinicians conducting evaluations for students seeking accommodations at the University of Texas at Austin. Tests identified as standard are considered more comprehensive measures of assessment, which may, in their entirety, be appropriate as the sole measure of a specific domain (e.g., Aptitude). Supplemental/screening measures are those measures that are not appropriate if used as the sole index of functioning, but may be useful in providing supplemental or screening information. This list is not meant to be exhaustive; other measures may be appropriate within each domain and clinicians are welcome to call with questions. All reports must include a clinical interview (include reason for referral and history) and measures of aptitude, achievement, information processing, and psychological functioning (when applicable). Please refer to the Documentation Guidelines for Learning Disabilities for more specific information.

Standard and Supplemental Assessment Tools

APTITUDE:

Standard Measures

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III (WAIS-III) 1997 norms from ages 16-89
Kaufman Adolescent/Adult Intelligence Test (KAIT) 1993 norms from ages 11-85+
Woodcock Johnson III Cognitive (WJ III COG; standard and extended battery) 2001 norms from ages 2-90+

Supplemental and/or Screening Measures

Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, Third Edition (TONI-3) 1997 norms from ages 6-89
Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (CTONI) 1996 norms from ages 6-18.11
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) 1990 norms from ages 4-90
Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) 1999

ACHIEVEMENT TESTS:

Reading

Woodcock-Johnson III Test of Achievement (WJ-III ACH) 2001 norms from 2-90+ Letter-Word Identification, Passage Comprehension Word Attack, Reading Vocabulary, Reading Fluency
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test -II (WIAT-II) 2001 norms from ages 4-Adulthood Decoding and Reading Comprehension subtests
Gray Oral Reading Test (GORT-4) 2001 norms from ages 7-18.11
Nelson Denny Reading Test Forms G and H 1993
Wide Range Achievement Test-4 (WRAT-4) from ages5-94 Reading (SCREENING/SUPPLEMENTAL USE ONLY)
Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults (SATA) 1991 norms from ages 16-adult Reading Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension

Writing

WJ-III ACH: 2001 norms from ages 2-90+ Spelling, Writing Samples, Writing Fluency, Editing
WIAT-II: 2001 norms from ages 4-Adulthood Writing Skills subtests
Test of Written Spelling-4 (TWS-4) 1999 norms from grades 1st-12th
Test of Written Language 3 (TOWL-3) 1996 norms from ages 7-17.11
WRAT-4 ages 5-94 Spelling (SCREENING/SUPPLEMENTAL USE ONLY)
SATA 1991 norms from ages 16-adult Writing Mechanics, Writing Composition

Mathematics

WJ-III ACH: 2001 norms from ages 2-90+ Calculation, Mathematics Fluency, Applied Problems, Quantitative Concepts
WIAT-II: 2001 norms from ages 4-Adulthood Mathematics Achievement subtests
WRAT-4 from ages 5-94 Arithmetic (SCREENING/SUPPLEMENTAL USE ONLY)
SATA 1991 norms from ages 16-adult Math Calculation, Math Application

Foreign Language

Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) (SCREENING/SUPPLEMENTAL USE ONLY)
WJ-III ACH: 2001 norms from ages 2-90+ Word Attack, Story Recall, Understanding Directions, Picture Vocabulary, Oral Vocabulary, Spelling of Sounds, Sound Awaremess, Verbal Analogies, Listening Comprehension, Memory for Sentences.
WRAT-Expanded1997-1998 norms from ages 5-24 Oral Expression, Listening Comprehension (SCREENING/SUPPLEMENTAL USE ONLY)
(see Oral Language and Auditory Processing for additional information)
WIAT-II: 2001 norms from ages 4-Adulthood Reading Writing, and Oral Language Scales

Oral Language

WJ-III ACH: 2001 norms from ages 2-90+ Picture Vocabulary, Oral Vocabulary, Verbal Analogies, Listening Comprehension, Memory for Sentences
GORT-4: 2001 norms from ages 7-18.11
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test- 3rd Edition (PPVT-3rd) 1998 norms from ages 2.5-90
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-3rd Edition (CELF-3) 1995 norms from ages 6.0-21.11
Test of Adolescent and Adult Language (TOAL-3) 1994 norms from ages 12.0-24.11
Detroit Test of Learning Aptitude-Adults (DTLA-A) 1991 norms from ages 16-79
Test of Language Competence Expanded Edition Level 2 1989 norms from ages 9-19
WRAT-Expanded 1997-1998 norms from ages 4-24 Oral Expression, Listening Comprehension (SCREENING/SUPPLEMENTAL USE ONLY)
Detroit Test of Learning Aptitude-Adults (DTLA-A) 1991 norms from ages 16-79

Auditory Processing

WJ-III COG: 2001 norms from ages 2-90+ Auditory Processing Cluster
DTLA-A: 1991 norms from ages 16-79
WRAT-Expanded 1997-1998 norms from ages 5-24 Listening Comprehension (SCREENING/SUPPLEMENTAL USE ONLY)

Memory

WJ-III COG: 2001 norms from ages 2-90+ Short-term Memory Cluster, Long-term Retrieval Cluster
Wechsler Memory Scales-III (WMS-III) 1997
Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML)1991 norms from ages 5-17
DTLA-A: 1991 norms from ages 16-79
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) 1996
California Verbal Learning Test - Second Edition (CVLT-II): 2000 norms from ages 16-89
Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, Meyers and Meyers 1995

Fluid Reasoning

WJ-III COG: 2001 norms from ages 2-90+ Fluid Reasoning Cluster
KAIT:1993 norms from ages 11-85+ Fluid Reason Cluster
Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices Test 1998 no standardization group, based on previous 1986 school age population

Attention and Concentration

Wechsler Memory Scale III (WMS-III) 1997
WAIS III: 1997 Working Memory Scale
Behavior Checklists (e.g. BASC, Barkley, MACI, Brown, Wender-Utah, Conners, MMPI-2)
DTLA-A:1991 norms from ages 16-79
Continuous Performance Tests (IVA-CPT, TOVA, Gordon, Connors)