TACL-4/TEXL Comprehensive Scoring Supplement …

1 TACL-4/TEXL Comprehensive Scoring SupplementElizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk and Elizabeth A. Allen8700 Shoal Creek Boulevard Austin, Texas 78757-6897800/897-3202 Fax 800/397-7633 2014 by PRO-ED, Shoal Creek BoulevardAustin, Texas 78757-6897800/897-3202 Fax 800 rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the copyright in the United States of America1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 141 Combining the TACL-4 and TEXL Results to Produce a Comprehensive Measure of Oral Language Clinicians who have given both the TACL-4 and TEXL to the same child may want to combine these scores to obtain a Comprehensive measure of oral language abilities.

2 The procedures described in this document will produce measures of language ability across linguistic features (semantics and grammar) and linguistic systems (receptive and ex-pressive) as well as overall oral language ability. The reproducible TACL-4/TEXL Sum-mary Form (found in Appendix C of this document and provided as a free download on the tests product pages at ) provides space to record the TACL-4 and TEXL scores, calculate additional composite scores, conduct receptive expressive discrepancy analyses, and profi le these scores. These scores provide Comprehensive information on oral language skills comparable to scores derived from the Test of L a n-guage Development Primary, Fourth Edition (TOLD-P:4; Newcomer & Hammill, 2008), the Test of Language Development Intermediate, Fourth Edition (TOLD-I:4; Hammill & Newcomer, 2008), the Oral and Written Language Scales, Second Edition (OWLS-II; Eliz-abeth Carrow-Woolfolk, 2011), the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fifth Edition (CELF-5; Semel, Wiig, & Secord, 2013), and the Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL; Carrow-Woolfolk, 2008).

3 The following sections will discuss (a) how to complete the TACL-4/TEXL Sum-mary Form; (b) how to interpret the results; and (c) the psychometric properties of the features, systems, and overall composite the TACL-4/TEXL Summary FormThis form has six sections: Identifying Information, Summary of Subtest Scores, Sum-mary of Composite Scores, Language Index Comparisons, Profi le of Standard Scores, and Descriptive Terms. A completed example is provided in Figure 1. Each of these sec-tions are described 1. Identifying InformationIn Section 1, record the examinee s name, age at the time of the TACL-4 and TEXL test-ing, gender, grade, and school (if appropriate). Record the examiner s name and title, and reason for testing.

4 Section 2. Summary of Subtest ScoresIn Section 2, record each of the TACL-4 and TEXL subtest scaled scores in all the blank spaces provided for the subtests, then sum these scaled scores across each row to arrive at the sums of scaled scores for the composite FormElizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk and Elizabeth A. AllenSection 1. Identifying InformationName _____ Female Male Grade _____ Year Month School _____Age at TACL-4 Testing _____ _____ Examiner s Name _____Age at TEXL Testing _____ _____ Examiner s Title _____Reason for Testing _____ _____ _____Section 2.

5 Summary of Subtest ScoresTACL-4/TEXL CompositesSubtest Scaled ScoresSum of Scaled ScoresTACL-4 TEXL VGMEPSVGMEPSV ocabularyMorphologySyntaxReceptive LanguageExpressive LanguageOral LanguageSection 3. Summary of Composite Scores Sum of %ile Index Confidence Descriptive Composite Scores Scaled Scores Rank Score SEM Interval TermVocabulary Index (VI)

6 _____ _____ 3 ____ ____ _____Morphology Index (MI) _____ _____ 3 ____ ____ _____Syntax Index (SI) _____ _____ 3 ____ ____ _____Receptive Language Index (RLI) _____ _____ 3 ____ ____ _____Expressive Language Index (ELI) _____ _____ 3 ____ ____ _____Oral Language Index (OLI) _____ _____ 3 ____ ____ _____Linguistic Systems Linguistic Features 2014 by PRO-ED, Inc.

7 PRO-ED, Inc. grants permission to reproduce this form for use with your clients. This license does not grant the right to reproduce these materials for resale, redistribution, or any other purposes. This Summary Form is available as a free PDF download on the TACL-4 and TEXL product pages at Alex x 4 Pillow School 10 5 T. Cox 10 5 CCC-SLP Alex has been identified as dyslexic; his parents are concerned about language skills, as well.

8 11 5 16 10 6 16 9 6 15 11 10 9 30 5 6 6 17 11 10 9 5 6 6 47 16 27 91 88 94 Average 16 30 92 89 95 Average 15 23 89 86

9 92 Below Average 30 50 100 97 103 Average 17 5 75 72 78 Borderline Impaired 47 25 90 87 93 AverageFigure 1. Example Summary Form completed for 2014 by PRO-ED, Inc. PRO-ED, Inc. grants permission to reproduce this form for use with your clients.

10 This license does not grant the right to reproduce these materials for resale, redistribution, or any other purposes. This Summary Form is available as a free PDF download on the TACL-4 and TEXL product pages at Section 4. Language Index ComparisonsIndex ScoreStatistically SignificantClinically Meaningful% of Sample With ThisDifferenceRLIELID ifferenceRLI vs. ELI Comparison_____ _____=>6>20_____Section 5. Profi le of Standard ScoresSubtest Scaled ScoresComposite IndexesTACL-4 TEXLL inguistic FeaturesLinguistic SystemsOLIVGMEPSVGMEPSVIMISIRLIELI160155 2015019145181401713516130151251412013115 121101110510100 9 95 8 90 7 85 6 80 5 75 4 70 3 65 2 60 1 55 50 Section 6. Descriptive TermsScaled Score 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 Descriptive Term Impaired or Borderline Below Average Above Superior Gifted or Delayed Impaired or Delayed Average Average Very AdvancedIndex Score 70 70 79 80 89 90 109 110 119 120 129 129100 75 25 1.