Can CASL subtests stand-alone?

Subtests can be used either as stand-alone assessments of specific areas of interest, or in combination for a broad evaluation of oral language skills. The CASL-2 has the same theoretical foundation of Integrative Language Theory as the Oral and Written Language Scales II (OWLS-II).

What is the CASL Assessment?

The Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (Carrow-Woolfolk, 1999a) is a norm-referenced, individually administered test designed to measure expressive, receptive, and retrieval skills in oral language. The CASL is intended to be administered to individuals between the ages of 3 and 21 years.

What are the CASL subtests?

The 14 CASL-2 subtests are:

Receptive Vocabulary.
Antonyms.
Synonyms.
Expressive Vocabulary.
Idiomatic Language.
Sentence Expression.
Grammatical Morphemes.
Sentence Comprehension.

How long does the CASL take?

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. Generally, the Core battery takes about 20–30 minutes for examinees aged 3 through 5, and about 45 minutes for older examinees.

Who can give the CASL?

3 to 21 years old
The Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, Second Edition (CASL-2; Carrow-Woolfolk, 2017) is an individually-administered, norm-referenced instrument for persons 3 to 21 years old that measures the oral language processing skills of comprehension and expression.

What is the purpose of the CASL?

The CASL-2 Pragmatic Language Test is particularly useful for measuring social communication skills in people with an autism spectrum disorder or social (pragmatic) communication disorder, it measures the ability to understand and apply societal rules and expectations.

Can the CASL-2 be administered online?

Yes, the CASL-2 manual and digital easels are available on the WPS Online Evaluation System (platform.wpspublish.com).

How long does the CASL-2 take to administer?

between 5 and 10 minutes
The CASL-2 is an in-depth evaluation of an individual’s oral language skills. Designed for use with children and young adults aged 3 to 21 years, the CASL-2 consists of a battery of 14 stand-alone tests, each of which measures a specific oral language skill. Administration of each test takes between 5 and 10 minutes.

What does CASL-2 measure?

The Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language Second Edition (CASL®-2) measures spoken language across four structural categories: Lexical/Semantic, Syntactic, Supralinguistic and Pragmatic Language.

How is CASL-2 scored?

The CASL-2 index scores have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 and are interpreted in the same manner as the individual test standard scores, using the same descriptive ranges (Table 3.1, p. 27).

What does the CASL-2 assess?

What is a CASL test?

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:

What is CASL®-2?

How are age-based norms used in CASL?

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. 105–17). CASL can assist in understanding the relationship between an individual’s ability scores and any delays or disorders in language.

Does the casl-2 measure unique aspects of spoken language?

Comparative studies with the CASL, OPUS, OWLS-II, and CELF-5 show that correlations are strong but differentiate enough to support that the CASL-2 measures unique aspects of spoken language.