Comprehensive Assessment Of Spoken Language Examiners Manual
Publication Data Instrument name/abbreviation Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL) Author Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk Publisher/address Pearson Assessments, Bloomington, MN Copyright date 1999 Product Description Brief description CASL is an individually administered, research-based, theory-driven, in-depth oral language assessment for children and young adults aged 3 through 21. The CASL battery of 15 tests measures comprehension, expression, and retrieval in four language categories: Lexical/Semantic—assesses knowledge and use of words and word combinations Syntactic-assesses knowledge and use of grammar Supralinguistic—measures comprehension of complex language in which meaning is not directly available from lexical or grammatical information Pragmatic—measures awareness of appropriate language in a situational context and ability to modify this language as necessary The CASL battery is divided into Core and Supplementary tests.
Comprehensive Assessment Of Spoken Language Protocol
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL). Knowledge & use of appropriate language. Examiner reads a situation that represents. Technical Information.
The Core tests measure the most representative aspects of each language category for each of six age bands. Examinees take three, four, or five Core tests depending on age. The Supplementary tests provide additional diagnostic information to yield data for both quantitative (profile) and qualitative (clinical) analyses. Primary use/purpose To assist speech/language pathologists, psychologists, educational diagnosticians, early childhood specialists, and other professionals in measuring oral language knowledge and processing skills in preschoolers through young adults.
CASL’s age-based norms can be used in assessments to identify language impairments to meet the requirements of P.L. 94–142 (now incorporated into IDEA, reauthorized as P.L. CASL can assist in understanding the relationship between an individual’s ability scores and any delays or disorders in language. By comparing performance on the developmentally appropriate CASL tests, clinicians can form hypotheses about an examinee’s language processing abilities or deficits and then generate intervention plans. CASL can also provide a record of growth in language skills across a broad time span. Age range covered 3 years to 21 years Administration time Testing time for the CASL depends on which tests form the Core battery (different for each age band) and on how many Supplementary tests the examiner elects to give.
Comprehensive Assessment Of Spoken Language
Generally, the Core battery takes about 20–30 minutes for examinees aged 3 through 5, and about 45 minutes for older examinees. Individual vs.