Understanding Directions - the student follows oral directions to point to different parts of pictures.ġ2 Story Recall – Delayed - the student answers questions about the stories heard earlier.ġ4. Story Recall - the student answers oral questions about stories that were dictated to the student.Ĥ. Math Clustersīroad Math (Is combination of these 3 subtests):ģ. Quantitative Concepts - oral questions about mathematical factual information, operations signs, etc. Applied Problems - are oral, math "word problems," solved with paper and pencil.ġ8. Math Fluency - speed of performing simple calculations for 3 minutes.ġ0. Calculation - involves arithmetic computation with paper and pencil.Ħ. Punctuation and Capitalization - formal writing test of these skills.īroad Written Language (Is combination of these 3 subtests):ĥ. Spelling of Sounds - written spelling of dictated nonsense words. Editing - orally correcting deliberate errors in typed sentences. Writing Samples - writing sentences according to directions many items include pictures spelling does not count on most items. Writing Fluency - writing simple sentences, using three given words for each item and describing a picture, as quickly as possible for seven minutes. Spelling - writing letters and words from dictation. Other academic areas to assess: writing, spelling and math, including writing fluency and math fluency. Other useful subtests are Spelling of sounds subtest, and Picture Vocabulary subtest. (5.) Passage Comprehension (low level comprehension at the sentence level, using fill in the blank.) (2.) Word Attack, the ability to read nonsense words (Phonics) (1.) Sound Awareness subtest (for Phonemic Awareness subtest) and Sound Blending subtest These 5 areas of reading are included in the assessment recommended by NCLB (NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND) : Reading Clusters (Are a combination of subtests, they are an average of scores.) Sound Awareness - rhyming, deletion, substitution, and reversing of spoken sounds. Reading Vocabulary - orally stating synonyms and antonyms for printed words and orally completing written analogies (e.g., elephant : big :: mouse : _ ). Word Attack - reading nonsense words (e.g., plurp, fronkett) aloud to test phonetic word attack skills.ġ7. (e.g., "Woof," said the _, biting the hand that fed it.").ġ3. Passage Comprehension - orally supplying the missing word removed from each sentence or very brief paragraph. Reading Fluency - speed of reading sentences and answering "yes" or "no" to each.ĩ. Letter-Word Identification - naming letters and reading words aloud from a list.Ģ. GROUPINGS AND EXPLANATIONS OF THE WJIII SUB TESTS