The Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language-Second Edition (CASL-2) is a norm-referenced oral language assessment. It consists of various tests and it is appropriate for ages ranging from 3 to 21 years old.   Each of the CASL-2 tests are individually administered and yields a standard score compared to other individuals with the same chronological age.~ The mean standard score for the CASL-2 is 100 and a standard score ranging from 85 to 115 is considered to be in the average range.

The Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language-2nd Edition  (CASL-2) is a norm-referenced oral language assessment battery of tests for children and adults aged 3-21.  Each of the CASL-2 tests is individually administered and yields a standard score compared to other individuals of the same chronological age.  For this standard score 100 is mean and 85-115 is considered the range of average for      ’s chronological age.  STUDENT’s performance resulted in a standard score of  XX, which is at the XX percentile.  This is within the range of XXX when compared to STUDENTs same-aged peers.

Lexical/Semantic Category of Tests

The CASL-2- Receptive Vocabulary Test: This test is designed to measure auditory comprehension of spoken words that refer to basic perceptual and conceptual relations.  The student is able to discriminate characteristics or qualities of the target word, has formed the concept of these qualities, and understands the word by associating its qualities with its concept. Items are presented verbally with pictures.  Responses are given verbally or nonverbally to indicate the multi-choice option.       's standard score of       is considered      .  This is within the range of XXX when compared to STUDENTs same-aged peers.  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

The CASL-2- Antonyms Test:  This test is designed to measure the ability to identify words that are opposite in meaning and to be able to retrieve, generate and produce a single word when its opposite is given as a stimulus.       's standard score of       is considered      .  This is within the range of XXX when compared to STUDENTs same-aged peers.  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

The CASL-2- Synonyms Test:  This test is designed to measure recognition of words that have similar meanings using a multiple-choice format with four options.  It requires the student to have a clear understanding of the specific features of a word’s meaning and the ability to recognize a correspondence with another word with the same features.       's standard score of      , which is at the XXX percentile, is considered to be in the       range.  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

The CASL-2-Expressive Vocabulary Test: This test meausres knowledge, retrieval and oral expression of a word that best completes a sentence.  Stimulus items are presented with a picture at the beginning of the test, and without pictueres for the last 51 items. Responses are to be single words. 

The CASL-2-Idiomatic Language Test:  For this test, students are asked to complete a given idiom.  Idioms are defined as a group of words that when used together in a particular linguistic or environmental context, have a conventional meaning different from the literal rendering of the individual words.  This test measures a student’s knowledge, retrieval and oral expression of American English idioms.       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

Syntactic Category of Tests

The CASL-2-Sentence Expression Test:  This test is designed to measure oral expression of accurate syntax: grammatical morphemes, sentence structure and word order. It indicates the ability to formulate and express basic sentence types and basic syntax of verb tenses. Students are presented oral stimulus items that are paired with pictures. Responses are to be given as a word, phrase or sentence depending on the item.       's standard score of       is considered      .  Analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

The CASL-2-Grammatical Morphemes Test:  This test measures the metalinguistic knowledge of the form and meaning of the grammatical morphemes in the English language.  Morphemes are words or word endings that add meaning to sentences such as plurals, possessives, pronouns, derivational suffixes, etc…       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      

The CASL-2-Sentence Comprehension Test:  This test measures the ability to comprehend the meaning of the structure organization of sentences.  It assesses the ability to comprehend sentence types such as simple, complex, and embedded declarative sentences with one or more phrase/clause and grammatical structures including active/passive voice, direct/indirect objects, possessive forms, prepositions and negatives.  It also assesses the ability to comprehend word order when such order distinguishes meaning.       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

The CASL-2-Grammaticality Judgment Test:  This test assesses the student’s ability to make immediate judgments of the grammaticality of presented sentences and to correct those sentences that present with errors.   The test looks at the student’s ability to recognize and correct errors in the use of the syntactic areas of noun-verb agreement, noun number, verb tense, pronouns, negatives, prepositions, irregular forms, direct/indirect objects, active/passive voice coordination, and embedding.       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      . 

Supralinguistic Category of Tests

The CASL-2-Nonliteral Language Test:  This test is designed to assess the ability to comprehend nonliteral language in the form of figurative speech, indirect requests, and sarcasm.  The student must be able to recognize that spoken language cannot always be interpreted in a literal manner and then give an explanation of how the spoken language was intended to be interpreted.       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

The CASL-2-Meaning from Context Test:  This test measures derivation of the meaning of words from their oral linguistic context.  It measures the inference ability that does not require the student to use world knowledge to arrive at the full meaning of the spoken text but rather for him/her to rely on information found within the linguistic context of the immediate stimulus to determine meaning of an unknown word.       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

The CASL-2-Inference Test:  This test measures the student’s ability to use previously acquired world knowledge to derive meaning from inferences.  Students must integrate appropriate world knowledge with information provided in messages spoken by the examiner in order to comprehend what the sentences mean.       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

The CASL-2-Double Meaning Test:  This test measures the ability to identify and express two possible meanings for a single word or sentence that has multiple interpretations. Each item includes two meanings that are either semantically or syntactically ambiguous.  Stimulus items are presented verbally without pictures.  Responses are given as words, phrases or sentences.       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

Pragmatic Category of Tests

The CASL-2- Pragmatic Judgment Test:  This test is designed to measure the knowledge and use of pragmatic rules of language by having the student judge the appropriateness of language used in a specific situation or to actually respond with appropriate language for a given situation.       's standard score of       is considered      .  An analysis of       responses indicated strengths/difficulty      .

CASL-2 results:

The Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language-Second Edition (CASL-2) is a norm-referenced oral language assessment. It consists of various tests and it is appropriate for ages ranging from 3 to 21 years old.   Each of the CASL-2 tests are individually administered and yields a standard score compared to other individuals with the same chronological age.~ The mean standard score for the CASL-2 is 100 and a standard score ranging from 85 to 115 is considered to be in the average range.