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Do you wish you had a fast, easy,
reliable way to screen students for
language and literacy disorders?

Your solution is here! The Student Language Scale (SLS)
is a new and better way to screen students ages 6–18 years for
language and literacy disorders, including dyslexia. Filled out by
parents, teachers, and students, the SLS quickly uncovers how students are performing on academic tasks as compared to their same-age peers. !

The SLS helps you

• screen for language/literacy disorders by gathering teachers’ and parents’ ratings of students

• gather input about a struggling student’s strengths and needs from multiple sources

• enhance home–school communication by gaining new insight into the student’s performance and the parent’s perspective, whether or not everyone agrees and whether or not there are concerns

Why use the SLS?

Expert-developed. The SLS developers are highly respected for their testbuilding skills and evidence-based work in the fields of language and literacy assessment and school social work.

3 Fast and easy. The three-part SLS can be completed in just three minutes or
less. Administration and scoring are simple—a pencil and paper are all you
need.

Strong sensitivity and specificity. Sensitivity of the SLS to risk of language/ literacy disorder is .92 for teachers and .85 for parents, and specificity (correct identification of typical learners) is .90 for teachers and .83 for parents.

Perfect for use with TILLS!

Look inside the SLS!

The SLS is an ideal companion to the groundbreaking TILLS™ test,
which assesses students’ oral and written language skills. Screen
students with the SLS, and if results indicate that a student is at risk,
follow up with TILLS.

3 Cost effective. The SLS helps you screen effectively at a lower cost than
comparable tools on the market.

WHAT’S IN

THE SLS KIT

This concise manual gives
you reader-friendly guidance
on how to administer the
SLS; a complete guide to SLS
technical data; and three case
examples that show how the
SLS can help you make sound
decisions about follow-up for
students who need it.

The quick and easy 12-question screener is filled out by parents, teachers and students to show each party's perspective on how the student is performing on academic tasks as compared to their same-age peers.

One gummed tablet of 50 TILLS™ Student Language Scale forms.

What’s the data behind the SLS? Can something so simple and easy be backed by research? Yes—and this excerpt from the User’s Manual takes you inside the research behind the SLS and offers a clear explanation of the screener’s validity and reliability. DOWNLOAD IT NOW

One SLS
Quick Start Guide

Keep this one-page guide at your fingertips for basic instructions on administering and scoring and quick answers to six frequently asked questions.

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HOW THE

SLS WORKS

The SLS is just one page, divided into four sections:

Basic information about the student and the teacher or parent filling out the SLS.

Student Language Scale

SLS Student
Student
Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Language Scale
Barbara Howes, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Michele A. Anderson, Ph.D., CCC-SLPLanguage Scale
SLS
Student Language Scale
Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Language Scale

This Student Language Scale may be used with the Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills ™, other assessment tests, or as a stand-alone measure to gather multiple perspectives on a student's language/literacy abilities and other skills.

Student's name: Justin
Grade: 5th
Date: 1/20/16
Person responding: General education teacher
Student
2. Special education teacher
Parent/guardian

A 12-item rating scale. Rate the student on each item using a 7-point Likert scale, comparing their performance with that of their same-age peers.

Compared with other students of the same age,

Ability checklist, RATING SCALE
number to show how good this student is at. . .

Understanding school vocabulary words
Using school vocabulary words when talking
Figuring out new words when reading
Spelling words correctly when writing
Understanding a story when listening
Telling a story that makes sense
Understanding a story when reading
Writing a story that makes sense
Following spoken directions
Being organized about schoolwork
Paying attention in school
Interacting socially with other students

ABILITY CHECKLIST

Compared with other students of the same age, circle the number to show how good this student is at...	Not good						Very good
1. Understanding school vocabulary words	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2. Using school vocabulary words when talking	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
3. Figuring out new words when reading	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
4. Spelling words correctly when writing	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
5. Understanding a story when listening	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
6. Telling a story that makes sense	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
7. Understanding a story when reading	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8. Writing a story that makes sense	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
9. Following spoken directions	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
10. Being organized about schoolwork	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
11. Paying attention in school	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
12. Interacting socially with other students	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

PRIORITY QUESTION

This open-ended question asks you to prioritize
the area of greatest concern.

What one thing do you think is most important to help this student do better at school?

"I CAN RECOMMEND THE SLS HIGHLY.
IT PROVIDES A QUICK AND EASY WAY
to obtain qualitative information about
a child’s speech and language abilities
FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES. I USE THE SLS BOTH
to screen for language disorders and
plan effective therapy; it’s an integral
PART OF MY ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT"
—Carrie Goodwiler, MA, CCC-SLP, San Diego State University

"As an enthusiastic user of the TILLS, I am very happy to have the SLS as an additional tool...The SLS offers an even stronger view of the student's profile of strengths and needs with a clear and manageable rating scale that can easily be incorporated into assessment with TILLS."

LEARN MORE

Get a slideshow overview of the SLS DOWNLOAD AND WATCH A WEBINAR!

Order the SLS kit

One SLS User’s
Manual, one gummed
tablet of TILLS™
Student Language
Scale forms, one SLS
Quick Start Guide with
basic instructions on
administering and
scoring.

Screen for language & literacy disorders—
including dyslexia—quickly and reliably!
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“An incisive, elegant screening tool to
guide the recommendation for in-depth
language and literacy assessment.”

—Sue Ellen Krause, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, BCS-FD, Krause Speech & Language Services

For use with students ages 6–18 years, the research-based
Student Language Scale (SLS) is your fast and reliable way to
• screen for language/literacy disorders, including dyslexia, by • gather input about a struggling student’s strengths and needs from multiple sources.