Assessment, Data Sheets & Resources

NEMLDC Outreach Assessment Recommendations

The NEMLDC Outreach Service has reviewed a large number of assessments, and chosen a selection of research based assessments as primary (though not only) assessments recommended to schools. Click here for more information.
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Assessment Information & Spreadsheets

Overview of assessment resources available:

Grammar and Phonology Screening Test (GAPs)General all purpose data templatesFootball Story
CUBED assessments: NLM-3 & DDM-3Grammar Evaluation & Analysis Tool (GEAT)Vocabulary measures
DIBELs 8th Ed.MOTIF Assessments  (including the DiST-N)
2024 Letters & Sounds TrackerMonitoring Index of Scholarly Language (MISL)

Resources

Grammar and Phonology Screening Test (GAPs)

The GAPs is an assessment which was developed by Dr. Heather Van Der Lely. This tool is typically distributed for free by the HVDL Foundation at hvdl.org.uk. While this site is out of service however, the GAPS can be downloaded here:

  • Score form   [Grammar and Phonology Screening Test (GAPs)]
  • Administraton manual   [Grammar and Phonology Screening Test (GAPs)]
  • Picture book   [Grammar and Phonology Screening Test (GAPs)]
  • Optional: Technical manual    [Grammar and Phonology Screening Test (GAPs)]
  • Optional: Bik cut-out    [Grammar and Phonology Screening Test (GAPs)]

CUBED-3 

Data spreadsheet troubleshooting guide here. If having difficulty with the main data templates, try using the non-template links below.

NLM3 – Listening:

Data spreadsheet – WA Kindy (v1.4.2)    Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA PP (v1.5.3)     Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 1 (v1.4.1)       Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 2 (v1.4)      Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 3 (v1.4)      Non-template version here.

If you have trouble downloading the spreadsheets using the above links, try downloading them from here.

NLM3 – Reading: 

Data spreadsheet – WA Year 1 (v1.5)     Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 2 (v1.5)     Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 3 (v1.4)    Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 4 (v1.4)      Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 5 (v1.4)     Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 6 (v1.4)     Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 7 (v1.4)     Non-template version here.
Data spreadsheet – WA Year 8 (v1.4)     Non-template version here.

If you have trouble downloading the spreadsheets using the above links, try downloading them from here.

About the NLM-L & NLM-R data spreadsheets:

These spreadsheets…

  • Have space for 3 data collection points – BOY, MOY & EOY
  • Analyse student data (colour coding scores, calculating total scores, risk interpretations)
  • K-Y3: Allow you to capture students’ real world performance on factual comprehension questions, while automatically applying the scoring rules for this section for the benchmark scores.
  • Can be used with both benchmark and progress monitoring assessments
  • Display summary data & graphs for each time point, and these can be filtered by class & other details entered (e.g. EALD,  SAER etc.)
  • Do not yet show comparison of data across time – version 2 of the spreadsheets which is being developed will have this capability.
  • Makes it easy to copy & paste data into later versions of the spreadsheet / different year groups’ spreadsheets if the wrong one was used when entering the data. 
  • For WA Kindy (where the CUBED-3 does not provide benchmark interpretations at BOY & MOY), benchmark estimates are provided for BOY & MOY narrative retells. Please note that these are very rough estimates based on the original CUBED assessment  and have not been validated through formal research.
  • Unlike previous spreadsheets, at the moment there is a spreadsheet per grade (vs a single sheet used for all year groups). Make sure to use the spreadsheet & tab for the correct year group and time point in the year to ensure that risk categories are calculated correctly.

DDM3:

Original CUBED assessment materials

Original CUBED Narrative Language Measures-Listening

NLM assessment information
NLM-L datasheet template (pre/post + graphs)    

[If the download fails, copy & past the following into a web browser, then check your download file: http://northeastldc.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0.-NLM-L-Pre-Post-Data-Spreadsheet-v3.xltx  ]

Original CUBED Narrative Language Measures-Reading

NLM assessment information
NLM-R datasheet template (pre/post +graphs)    

[If the download fails, copy & past the following into a web browser, then check your download file: http://northeastldc.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLM-R-template-v3-norms-pre-post-graphs.xltm ]

Original CUBED Dynamic Decoding Measures

DDM assessment information
DDM datasheet template (4 data points with graphs) – up to 200 students
DDM datasheet template (4 data points with graphs) – 200+ students 

DIBELS 8th ed.

DIBELS 8th ed. information (2024)
DIBELS 8th ed. data spreadsheet template (v2.3) – Spreadsheet features: single timepoint, colour coding, graphs & cohort summary scores 
Actions flowchart if using the MOTiF DiST-N & the DIBELS MAZE assessments together

MOTiF Assessments

MOTIF assessment information
DiST-N single datapoint data spreadsheet template v 2.1 – Spreadsheet features: single timepoint, colour coding & analysis, graphs
Actions flowchart if using the MOTiF DiST-N & the DIBELS MAZE assessments together
 
Football Story

Culturally appropriate oral story telling and comprehension assessment for Aboriginal Students. Click here for more information & test materials.
 
2024 Letters and Sounds Tracker

Full tracking booklet (phases 2-5 only; phase 6 coming soon)
All student stimulus materis (phases 2-5 only; phase 6 coming soon)

Data spreadsheet (coming soon)
Tracker & materials separated out:Student booklet cover sheet

Instructions sheet
Phase 2 materials (all)
Phase 3 materials (all)
Phase 4 materials (all)
Phase 5A materials (all)
Phase 5B materials (all)
Phase 5C materials (all)

Grammar Evaluation & Analysis Tool (GEAT)

GEAT-v1 explanatory document & use guide
Broad analysis data template (functional grammar parts, sentence types & custom analysis)
Detailed analysis data template (genre specific – electronic & printable sheets; word types within functional grammar parts)

Monitoring Index of Scholarly Language (MISL)

Find out more about the tool
View the original rubric

Vocabulary Measures

Vocabulary measures outline
Vocabulary measures datasheet
Transcript template

General, all purpose spreadsheets

Generic data collation spreadsheet:

  • for use with any quantitative or qualitative data.e Outreach Team
  • Research updates on relevant topics