Pearson - Clinical and Talent Assessment - Australia and New Zealand

The Differential Ability Scales -Second Edition (DAS-II ) continues the tradition of providing an in-depth analysis of children’s learning abilities. Use profile analysis to identify a child’s strengths and weaknesses, to develop appropriate IEP goals, intervention strategies, and monitor progress.

FEATURES OF THE DAS-II

• Subtests that assess narrowly defined processing areas and provide a measure of expressive and receptive language comprehension

• Includes decision points, which provide the flexibility to customise the assessment based on each child’s needs

• Expanded assessment of lower functioning children close up, ensuring confidence when evaluating children with severe disabilities

• Incorporates a very engaging format appropriate for young children

  DAS–II Expanded Based on Your Feedback!

• Includes extended and out-of-level testing capabilities

• Contains an expanded range of clinical studies

• Provides updated validity studies

• Offers additional diagnostic subtests which evaluate aspects of memory and reading prerequisites

• Includes signed nonverbal subtest administration instructions for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

  Clinical Studies

• Developmental Risk

• Intellectual Disability, including children with Down syndrome

• Learning Disability in Reading

• Learning Disability in Reading and Writing

• Learning Disability in Mathematics

• Expressive Language Disorder

• Mixed Receptive/Expressive Language Disorder

• ADHD with Learning Disabilities (Reading, Writing, Mathematics)

• ADHD

• Limited English Proficiency

• Deaf or Hard of Hearing

  DAS-II is linked to other assessments such as;

• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT–II)

• Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart (Greenspan)

• Infant-Toddler and Brief Infant-Toddler Social Emotional Assessments (ITSEA / BITSEA)

• Bracken School Readiness Assessment (BSRA)

• Process Assessment of the Learner (PAL)

• Early Reading Success Indicator (ERSI)

DAS-II SCORING ASSISTANT®

Quickly and accurately score DAS–II test results, maintain demographic information, store raw scores, and create comprehensive graphical and narrative reports. Plus, analyse DAS–II ability and WIAT–II achievement discrepancies (US norms only).

NOTE: This software is not Mac OS compatible.