Diagnostic Spelling | Essential Skills

Diagnostic Spelling Test

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This test can be administered to groups or individuals and is designed to provide teachers with a practical means of assessing students' spelling abilities:

Targeted Skills

Inital, Final Consonants

Short Vowels

Long Vowels a-e i-e o-e u-e

Consonant Digraphs

R- Controlled Vowels

Hard and Soft C and G

Sounds of Y

Long Vowels and blends

Vowel Digraphs and blends

Diphthongs and Blends

Common Word Ending

Common Spelling Rules

The student hears a word and then types the word.

This provides a diagnostic report for each student.

Each word is presented by itself, then in the context of a sentence, and then once more by itself.

Results are monitored and recorded for the teacher

Comprehensive and easy to administer with no training required

Can be customized for the approximate spelling level of each student

Skills to be tested can be configured for individual students or an entire class.

Student results can be displayed in a variety of formats.

Tests can be administered to groups or individuals

Tests can be used for an unlimited number of students, year after year

Provides an accurate and reliable spelling level for students up to grade nine

No need to purchase test kits, student forms, booklets, scoring materials or examiner manuals