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BENEFITS

• Measures what’s important. QUILS screens key domains of language knowledge that predict a child’s later academic success.

• Fun and engaging for kids. With its interactive items and cute cartoon illustrations, QUILS hooks young children’s attention—and it’s so much fun, kids might ask if they can do it again!

Student Information

! Student Name: Mia Brown
Student ID: 145487
Date of Screening: 06/13/2017
Age at Screening: 5 years

Strong language skills are essential for every student's success in school and in life. The QUILS measures a student's emerging abilities in Vocabulary, Syntax, and Process and offers an overall rating. These results are expressed as standard scores and percentile ranks. (See Chapter 9 of the QUILS User's Manual for more information.)

Mia Brown's Performance

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51.4 Rank Score
Vocabulary area asks about words students use or understand, including ordinary things (nouns), actions (verbs), prepositions, and conjunctions.
102 58.0 Rank
Syntax area asks about structure of sentences including interrogative forms and other sentence types.
103 68.7
Process area asks about learning new words (verbs, nouns, and adjectives) and about how children use syntax, such as converting active sentences to passive sentences.
93 37.4

Recommendation

Based on Mia Brown's performance on the QUILS, Mia Brown's language comprehension appears to be within the typical range relative to age, and no follow-up evaluation is recommended at this time.

Criteria for Recommendation

• Students with an overall percentile rank below 25 should be referred for follow-up evaluation.
• Students with an overall percentile rank below 25 in the Process area (regardless of the Vocabulary and Syntax scores) should be referred for follow-up evaluation.
• Students with percentile ranks below 25 in both Vocabulary and Syntax (regardless of the Process score) should be referred for follow-up evaluation.

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Your new screener for early language skills!
Convenient and time-saving. Automatically generated scores and reports save time for busy teachers. Research shows close links between early language skills and school success—but too many children enter kindergarten with potential language issues. Research shows close links between early language skills and school success—but too many children enter kindergarten with potential language issues.

• No special training required. Children can complete QUILS with just a little supervision from any teacher, paraprofessional, parent, or classroom volunteer.

For more information, read the technical report from the User’s Manual at www.myquils.com/research.