TILLS Correction Download_6_16 copy

June 2016

Dear Customer,

Thank you for purchasing the new Test of Integrated Language & Literacy Skills (TILLS)!

Since publication, we have identified three errors that need to be corrected in your TILLS Examiners Manual. When you open your TILLS kit, please turn to the following pages in your Examiners Manual and make these corrections:

  1. On page 141, in the legend for Figure 4.8.2, change the word “low” to “high,” so it reads, Quadrant profile for Randy. He is showing high scores on sound/word level abilities.
  2. On page 161, in the Written ExpressionDiscourse (WE-Disc) column, locate the cell that aligns with a Standard Score of 2. This cell should read “48-52” rather than “48.” A corrected version of page 161 can be found on page two of this document. Please feel free to print and place it inside your Examiners Manual.
  3. On pages 193 and 194, several values in the Identification Core Composite column have been corrected. Corrected versions of pages 193 and 194 can be found on pages 3 and 4 of this document. Please feel free to print and place them inside your Examiners Manual. If you have questions about any of these corrections, do not hesitate to contact me for further clarification. Sincerely, Sharon Larkin Senior Marketing Manager Brookes Publishing Co. PO BOX 10624 Baltimore, MD 21285-0624 Phone: 410-337-9580 x151 Fax: 410-279-0016
Standard Score (Mean = 10; SD = 3) Vocabulary Awareness (VA) Phonemic Awareness (PA) Story Retelling (SR) Nonword Repetition (NWRep) Nonword Spelling (NWSpel) Listening Comprehension (LC) Reading Comprehension (RC) Following Directions (FD) Delayed Story Retelling (DSR) Nonword Reading (NWRead) Reading Fluency (RF) Written Expression-Discourse (WE-Disc) Written Expression-Sentence (WE-Sent) Written Expression-Word (WE-Word) Social Communication (SC) Digit Span Forward (DSF) Digit Span Backward (DSB)
19 >3.18 15
18 3.04-3.18 14
17 24 27 2.88-3.03 13
16 50 23 26 20 24 2.73-2.87 15 12
15 48-49 33 21-22 25 19 33 23 2.57-2.72 14 11
14 45-47 31-32 19-20 24 21 18 31-32 22 2.41-2.56 13 10
13 43-44 22 30 24 18 23 20 17 29-30 20-21 130 100 2.26-2.40 100 12 12 9
12 41-42 21 28-29 23 16-17 22 19 15-16 27-28 19 129 97 2.10-2.25 99 -- 11 8
11 39-40 19-20 26-27 22 14-15 21 18 14 26 18 128 94 1.95-2.09 97-98 11 10 7
10 37-38 18 25 -- 12-13 20 17 13 24-25 17 -- 87-90 1.79-1.94 96 10 9 6
9 34-36 17 23-24 21 10-11 19 16 12 22-23 15-16 127 84 1.64-1.78 95 9 8 5
8 32-33 16 21-22 20 9 18 15 11 20-21 14 126 81 1.48-1.63 9 8 7 4
7 30-31 14-15 19-20 19 7-8 17 14 10 19 13 125 74-77 1.33-1.47 93 7 6 3
68% 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
90% 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1

STANDARD SCORES FOR THE TILLS TOTAL, COMPOSITE, AND IDENTIFICATION CORE SCORES: 7;6 to 7;11 (years;months)*
Locate the sum of the standard scores from the Examiner Record Form for each Composite. Find the corresponding standard score in the left hand column.

Standard Score (Mean=100; SD=15) TILLS Total Sound/ Word Composite Sentence/ Discourse Composite Oral Composite Written Composite Identification Core Composite Standard Score (Mean=100; SD=15) TILLS Total Sound/ Word Composite Sentence/ Discourse Composite Oral Composite Written Composite Identification Core Composite
145 >246 >96 >133 >147 >112 >47 117 199-200 74 107 118 86 -
144 245-246 96 133 147 112 - 116 197-198 73 106 117 85 -
143 243-244 95 132 146 111 47 115 196 72 105 116 84 36
142 241-242 94 131 145 110 - 114 194-195 71 104 115 83 -
141 240 93 130 144 109 - 113 192-193 - 103 114 82 35
140 238-239 92 129 143 108 46 112 190-191 70 102 113 81 -
139 236-237 - 128 142 107 - 111 189 69 101 112 80 -
138 235 91 127 141 106 45 110 187-188 68 100 111 - 34
137 233-234 90 126 140 105 - 109 185-186 67 99 110 79 -
136 231-232 89 125 139 104 - 108 184 66 98 109 78 33
135 230 88 124 138 103 44 107 182-183 - 97 108 77 -
134 228-229 - 123 136-137 102 - 106 180-181 65 96 107 76 -
133 226-227 87 122 135 101 43 105 179 64 95 106 75 32
132 224-225 86 121 134 100 - 104 177-178 63 94 105 74 -
131 223 85 120 133 99 - 103 175-176 62 93 104 73 31
130 221-222 84 119 132 - 42 102 173-174 - 92 102-103 72 -

*This version has corrected values in the column labeled 'Identification Core Composite'.

STANDARD SCORES FOR THE TILLS TOTAL, COMPOSITE, AND IDENTIFICATION CORE SCORES :7;6 to 7;11 (years;months)* (continued)

Standard Score (Mean=100; SD=15) TILLS Total Sound/ Word Composite Sentence/ Discourse Composite Oral Composite Written Composite Identification Core Composite
89 151-152 51 80 89 -- --
88 150 50 79 88 59 25
87 148-149 49 78 87 58 --
86 146-147 -- 77 85-86 57 --
85 145 48 76 84 56 24
84 143-144 47 75 83 55 --
83 141-142 46 74 82 54 23
82 139-140 45 73 81 53 --
81 138 -- 72 80 52 --
80 136-137 44 71 79 51 22
79 134-135 43 70 78 50 --
78 133 42 69 77 49 21
77 131-132 41 -- 76 48 --
76 129-130 -- 68 75 47 --
75 128 40 67 74 46 20
74 126-127 39 66 73 45 --
73 124-125 38 65 72 44 19
72 122-123 37 64 71 43 --
71 121 36 63 70 42 --
70 119-120 -- 62 68-69 41 18
69 117-118 35 61 67 40 --
68 116 34 60 66 -- 17
67 114-115 33 59 65 39 --
66 112-113 32 58 64 38 --
65 111 -- 57 63 37 16
64 109-110 31 56 62 36 --
63 107-108 30 55 61 35 15