Test of Semantic Skills-Primary (TOSS-P)

Test of Semantic Skills-Primary (TOSS-P)

by Linda Bowers, Rosemary Huisingh, Carolyn LoGiudice, Jane Orman

Ages: 4-8   Grades: PreK-3rd

Analyze the receptive and expressive skills that are crucial for conversation, reading comprehension, and academic achievement with the research-based Test Of Semantic Skills-Primary.

Benefits

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  Contextual assessment through scenes representing familiar themes that are important and relevant to young children


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  Five receptive and five expressive subtests provide a clear profile of the student’s strengths and weaknesses


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  Parallel subtests allow for analysis and comparison of verbal and nonverbal performance


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  Analyze a comparison of total test scores to detect receptive/expressive performance gaps


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  Extensive discussion of performance discusses each subtest skill and provides recommendations for therapy


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  Ethnicity representative of minority populations based on the 2000 National Census


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  Statistical studies examine the performance of students with language disabilities and from all socioeconomic levels


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  All new norms provide clinical information to ensure that you have the most up-to-date standards on your students’ semantic skills  

Features

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  Strong study design included a normative population of 1510 students across the United States ages 4 years, 0 months to 8 years, 11 months


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  Yields age equivalency, percentile rank, and standard score for each subtest and the total test


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  Test-retest coefficients for total test scores average .88 and range from .77 to .94 across age levels


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  Average correlations between item scores and total test scores are significant at .05 level in 87% of 1030 comparisons and at .01 level in 78% of 1030 comparisons


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  Differences between normal subjects and subjects with language disorders are significant (.01 level) at each level for the total test


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  20 realistic black-line illustrations depict familiar themes of everyday life meaningful to the experiences of young children


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  Test results clearly indicate therapy objectives and priorities for remediation


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  Racial/ethnic performance statistical analysis indicates no item bias


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  Quick and easy to administer and score


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  Thorough, complete, and child-friendly! 

The TOSS-P is a receptive and expressive diagnostic test designed to assess a child’s semantic skills. The receptive and expressive subtests include:

Labels    Receptive     Show me the boy’s  elbow.    Expressive   What’s this called?    faucet

Categories    Receptive     Show me an appliance.    Expressive   What are all of these called?   1  4  7

Attributes    Receptive     Show me something with a handle.    Expressive   What are grocery bags made of?

Functions    Receptive     Show me a machine we use for communication.    Expressive    What does a mail carrier do?

Definitions    Receptive      I see a metal container that holds mail.    Show it to me.    Expressive     It’s dark outside.    Tell me what dark means.

The TOSS-P has been carefully developed to meet the need to analyze the receptive and expressive skills that are crucial for conversation, reading comprehension, and academic achievement. Test results give you standardized analyses of receptive, expressive, and overall semantic and vocabulary abilities, a thorough discussion of performance, and clear direction for where to start therapy.

Complete Test Set: examiner\’s manual, picture stimuli book, package of 20 test forms