
Test of Written Spelling - Fifth Edition (TWS-5)
#CompleteTest Grades: 6 through 18 Testing Time: about 20 minutes Administration: Individual or Group Normed A User qualification code classifies all tests. This test requires QUALIFICATION LEVEL B. The revised TWS-5 is an accurate and efficient test that uses a dictated-word format to assess spelling skills in school-age children and adolescents. It has two forms that can be administered in 20 minutes, and each form contains fifty spelling words drawn from eight basal spelling series and graded word lists. The test was normed on a representative sample of 1,634 students from 23 US states. Uses of the TWS-5: Identifying students whose scores are significantly below those of their peers and who might need interventions designed to improve spelling proficiency Documenting overall progress in spelling as a result of intervention programs Measuring research efforts designed to investigate spelling Provides percentiles, standard scores, age and grade equivalents. Kit includes Examiner