Pre-Test FAQs
Must have:
Student Test booklets (aka Scannable Score Sheets)
Cue Picture Book
Optional:
Examiner's Guide
Audio CD/PDF of Audio Files
Game Board (if administering the pre-literacy component)
Correct. You do not need to bubble student identifying information when you can write out the information (i.e. student name).
Yes on the "Cut off Levels and Interpretation of Scores" section of the student answer document.
No, these are copyrighted materials.
DRC has posted audio files to our INSIGHT portal for download in the "General Information" section under the "Documents" tab. You will still receive the cd's in your kits as we are unable to remove them and repackage the kits.
Test Administration FAQs
No. Directions must be given in the language of the test.
For preLAS, you may prompt no more than two times for all items.
The test administrator should wait no more than 3-5 seconds for the student to respond.
A test administrator may model the response after each practice response if the student doesn't respond or responds incorrectly. Once you have moved to #1, you no longer may model the response/give the student the correct answer.
If the student has failed or does not respond to, any five consecutive items, including the practice items, stop testing in that part and move on to the next part of the test.
If the student misses or does not respond to five consecutive items in two consecutive parts, stop the test.
Please refer to page 14 of the Examiner's Manual for more information.
No, they have to get 5 in a row incorrect to stop that section and move to the next section.
Correct. If you start testing but need to stop for whatever reason, you may resume testing when ready.
Do not forget is correct as the answer provides the negative command which is the structure tested for that particular item.
Yes, although use of the audio files is highly recommended for the Let's Tell Stories section of the test.
Yes, except you may omit the home language words by indicating those words with "HL".
Yes, but make sure you transcribe their answer onto the test in a reasonable amount of time. You then must delete the recording - again in a reasonable amount of time.
The preLAS rubrics are the same across preK3 - K. The LAS Links rubrics are the same from 1 -12 for Speaking and 2-12 for Writing.
That is correct. Also, the "I don't know" has to be in the language of the test.
Yes, and you may remind them to tell you in English but then if they start again in their HL, you may stop the telling of the story and indicate this by writing (HL) at the end of their story indicating that the rest is in their HL.
A zero. It must relate to the prompt to receive a 1. A caveat for preLAS (not LAS Links) is that if the student provides a verbal expression such as "Good morning" , "How are you" and/or "I don't know", you may give this response a 1.
You may and this is considered their second prompt.