Memory & Learning Assessments

Developmental Assessment of Young Children [DAYC]
Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory [LDDI]
Learning Efficiency Test - II [LET-II]
Quick Neurological Screening Test - II [QNST-II]
Test of Memory and Learning [TOMAL]
Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning - Second Edition [WRAML2]

Developmental Assessment of Young Children [DAYC]

Judith K. Voress, Taddy Maddox

Use the DAYC to identify children birth through 5-11 with possible delays in the domains of cognition, communication, social-emotional development, physical development, and adaptive behavior. Five subtests (one of each of the above domains) can be administered separately or as a comprehensive battery to individual children in about 10-20 minutes. Identify infants and young children who may benefit from early intervention. Obtain standard scores, percentile scores, and age equivalents. The test also gives a General Development Quotient (GDQ) if all 5 subtests are completed, but all subtests can be used independently for each domain.

Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory [LDDI]

Donald D. Hammill, Brian R. Bryant

The LDDI is a rating scale designed to help psychologists, diagnosticians, LD specialists, speech-language pathologists, and others identify (i.e., diagnose) intrinsic processing disorders and learning disabilities in students between the ages of 8-0 and 17-11. A reliable and valid norm-referenced inventory which takes 10-20 minutes to administer individually, the LDDI is composed of six independent scales: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Reasoning. The LDDI reports its scores in terms of stanines (i.e. standard scores with a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of 1.96) and percentiles.
The examiner should be a school psychologist, educational diagnostician, speech-language pathologist, LD specialist, or similarly trained professional who knows how to interpret quantitative and qualitative information and use it to diagnose specific learning disabilities. The examiner will identify the professional who is to administer the ratings; make sure the ratings are scored properly; interpret and share the results; and participate in any diagnostic, classification, or placement decisions.
The rater is the person (e.g., general educator, speech-language pathologist, special educator, or other qualified professional) who actually responds to the items on each scale. He or she is the professional who works closely with the individual being evaluated and who is well acquainted with his or her skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, mathematics, and/or reasoning. Usually the rater will be the student’s teacher, remedial-education teacher, speech-language pathologist, or some other professional who knows the student well enough to rate the items.

Learning Efficiency Test - II [LET-II]

Raymond E. Webster

The LET provides a quick and reliable measure of visual and auditory memory characteristics and is useful in determining memory deficits that may be related to learning problems in the classroom.
The LET can be administered in 10 to 15 minutes. Strings of 2 to 9 non-rhyming letters are presented either visually or orally. Memory is assessed in two modalities (visual and auditory) and in three recall conditions (immediate recall, short-term recall and long-term recall). The LET is designed for children 5 years to adult.

Quick Neurological Screening Test - II [QNST-II]

M. Mutti, H. Sterling, N. Martin, N. Spaulding

The popular Quick Neurological Screening Test (QNST) has been updated to include the latest research findings concerning the soft neurological signs that may accompany learning disabilities. Other features include: Instruction for each of the 15 subtests have been clarified to facilitate administration. All of the original QNST subtest have been retained in their original order. Scoring directions are easier to understand.
QNST-II protocol sheets include a handy summary of all subtest scores and classifications as well as the overall score and functional category determination. The test is designed for ages 5 through 18, administered on an individual basis.

Test of Memory and Learning - Second Edition [TOMAL-2]

Cecil R. Reynolds, Judith K. Voress

The Test of Memory and Learning - Second Edition (TOMAL-2) was normed on more than 1900 children, adolescents, and adults, ages 5 years to 60 years. The eight core, six supplemental subtests, and two delayed recall tasks are designed to give information on specific and general aspects of memory and are used to derive the Core Indexes and the Supplementary Indexes. Subtests include Memory for Stories, Facial Memory, Word Selective Reminding, Visual Selective Reminding, Object Recall, Abstract Visual Memory, Digist Forward, Visual Sequential Memory, Paired Recall, Memory for Location, Manual Imitation, Letters Forward, Digits Backward, and Letters Forward, along with two verbal delayed recall tasks and cued recall procedures.
TOMAL-2 scores include standardized or scaled scores and percentiles. Administration time is between 30 and 60 minutes on an individual basis.

Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning - Second Edition [WRAML2]

The Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning - Second Edition (WRAML2, ©2003) is a revision of the popular WRAML (©1990). The WRAML2 covers the age range 5 through 90, allowing users to become familiar with memory function and dysfunction across development and alleviates the need for two different memory tests to accommodate adults and children. In addition, the Core Battery consists of only 6 subtests and requires well under an hour to administer; a 4-subtest Memory Screening measure is also available.
In addition to the Core Battery, there are two optional Working Memory subtests and the Delayed Memory subtests have been expanded to include 4 recognition subtests, often important measures with clients with various forms of dementia. Some subtests have been added (Verbal Working Memory and Symbolic Working Memory) to match contemporary interests in the clinical evaluation of memory function, while other subtests have been made optional (e.g., Sentence Memory) or limited to a specific age group (e.g., Sound-Symbol for those 5-8 years of age).
The WRAML2 Scoring Program Software has just arrived. Enter subject’s name, age, and test date. Enter raw test data as requested. As raw scores are entered, scaled scores and other interpretive information appear automatically. After all requested information is filled in, the program prints out a completed report identical to the first 4 pages of the WRAML2 Examiner Form, including charts and graphs. System requirements: Windows 98 or above.