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National Evaluation of Early Reading First
NCEE 2007-4007
May 2007

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Table 2.  Data-collection instruments: child assessments

Instrument name Domain measured Psychometric information from published sources
(Pre-LAS)1 English proficiency screening Internal consistency
reliability = .86–.90
Preschool Comprehensive Test of Phonological and Print Processing (Pre–CTOPPP)2 Print and letter knowledge Test of Preschool Early Literacy (TOPEL):
  • Internal consistency
  • reliability = .95
  • Test-retest reliability = .89
Elision3 Internal consistency
reliability = .71–.88
Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT)4 Expressive vocabulary
  • Internal consistency
    reliability coefficients = .96–.98
  • Test-retest reliability = .95
Preschool Language Scale (PLS-4)5 Auditory comprehension
  • Test-retest reliability = .83–.91
  • Internal consistency
    reliability coefficients = .83–.90
Social Competence & Behavior Evaluation (30–item)–Teacher Rating6
  • Social competence
  • Anger-aggression
  • Anxiety-withdrawal
 Internal consistency reliability
coefficients = .85–.92
1 Duncan, S. E., and DeAvila, E. A. (1998). Pre-LAS 2000. Monterey, CA: CTB/McGraw-Hill.
2 Lonigan, C., Wagner, R., Torgesen, J., and Rashotte, C. (2007). The Test of Preschool Early Literacy (TOPEL). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
3 Internal-consistency reliability coefficients of Elision subtest from unpublished tabulations using data from the Head Start Impact Study (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2005), and the forthcoming Even Start Classroom Observations and Interventions and Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research studies, both being conducted by IES.
4 Brownell, R. (2000). Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test Manual. Novato, CA: Academic Therapy Publications.
5 Zimmerman, I. L., Steiner, V.G., and Pond, R.E. (2002). Preschool Language Scale-4th Edition, Examiner's Manual. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
6 La Freniere, P. J., and Dumas, J. E. (1996). “Social competence and behavior evaluation in children ages 3 to 6 years: The short form (SCBE-30),&rdquo: Psychological Assessment, 8, 369–377.