Assessment Tools and Approaches

This section takes 10 to 12 minutes to complete.

1. For each stage of assessment, indicate whether your program uses assessment tools.

	Yes	Sometimes	No
Initial Assessment
On-going Assessment
Exit Assessment

2. Which of the following tool(s) are used for each stage of assessment in your program?
(Check all that apply.)

	Initial Assessment	On-going Assessment	Exit Assessment
None
Tools developed by practitioners
Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE)
Bader Reading and Language Inventory
Canadian Achievement Test (CAT)
Canadian Adult Achievement Test (CAAT)
Canadian Adult Reading Assessment (CARA)
Common Assessment of Basic Skills (CABS)
Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests
Nelson-Denny Reading Test
Schonell Graded Word Spelling
Silveroli Classroom Reading Inventory
Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test
Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE)
Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES)
Wide Range Achievement (WRAT)
Woodcock Reading Mastery Test