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2. DIBELS - Wikipedia

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   DIBELS ( Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) is a series of short tests designed to evaluate key literacy skills among students in kindergarten through 8th grade, such as phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. The theory behind DIBELS is that giving students a number of quick tests, will ...

3. Progress in International Reading Literacy Study - Wikipedia

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   The IEA's Progress in International Reading Literacy Study ( PIRLS) [1] is an international study of reading (comprehension) achievement in 9-10 year olds. It has been conducted every five years since 2001 by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). It is designed to measure children's reading literacy ...

4. Lexile - Wikipedia

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   For an individual, a Lexile measure is typically obtained from a reading comprehension assessment or program. These range from the adolescent level (DIBELS: Dynamic indicators of basic early literacy skills) to the adult level (TABE: Test of adult basic education ).

5. SLUMS Test for Dementia: Usage, Scoring, Reliability - Healthline

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   The SLUMS test is a screening tool designed to detect early signs of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. It assesses memory, language, executive functions, and more. Detecting dementia in its ...

6. Pseudoword - Wikipedia

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   Pseudoword. A pseudoword is a unit of speech or text that appears to be an actual word in a certain language, while in fact it has no meaning. It is a specific type of nonce word, or even more narrowly a nonsense word, composed of a combination of phonemes which nevertheless conform to the language's phonotactic rules. [1] It is thus a kind of ...

7. Language Delay: Types, Symptoms, and Causes - Healthline

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   Common symptoms of a language delay include: not babbling by the age of 15 months. not talking by the age of 2 years. an inability to speak in short sentences by the age of 3 years. difficulty ...

8. Diabetes Diagnosis: Tests Used to Detect Diabetes - WebMD

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   The following tests are used for the diagnosis of diabetes: A fasting plasma glucose test measures your blood glucose after you have gone at least 8 hours without eating. This test is used to ...

9. How to Read an Eye Prescription: What the Numbers Mean

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   If your prescription reads -1.00, that means your eyeglasses need 1 diopter of strength to correct nearsightedness. If your prescription reads +2.50, your eyeglasses need 2.5 diopters of strength ...