4th Edition

Donald D. Hammill, Virginia L. Brown, Stephen C. Larsen & J. Lee Wiederholt
The fourth revision of this enduring test measures spoken and written language skills in people between the ages of 12 and 24. Because the TOAL-4 is free of bias in regard to gender, race, and ethnicity, it can be used with virtually all young people, including those who have only limited mastery of English.

The TOAL-4 is composed of six subtests:

Word Opposites
Word Derivations
Spoken Analogies
Word Similarities
Sentence Combining
Othographic Usage
Each of these subtests measures integrative language as well as expressive and receptive language. And each requires the examinee to (1) listen to or read a brief stimulus; (2) transform the stimulus in some way; and (3) express the new format in speech or writing.

Suitable for either individual or group administration, the TOAL-4 can usually be completed in an hour. (Testing ends on each subtest when three consecutive items are scored incorrect.) The test provides scaled scores and percentile ranks for all subtests, plus three composites: Spoken Language, Written Language, and General Language. Norms are based on a nationally representative sample of 1,671 individuals between the ages of 12-0 and 24-11 years. Selected demographic variables--geographic region, ethnicity, Hispanic status, family income, parental education, and postsecondary education--are stratified by age.

The TOAL-4 is typically used to identify adolescents and young adults who need help with language proficiency. It sheds light on their specific strengths and weaknesses, often revealing large differences in written and spoken language skills. The information the TOAL-4 provides is extremely helpful in determining instructional goals for particular individuals

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