Assessment of Story Comprehension Set

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Trina D. Spencer, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Howard Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Early Childhood, Communication and Language

This set includes the ASC manual and a pack of 10 forms.

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STOCK NUMBER	ISBN
52384	978-1-68125-238-4
COPYRIGHT
2019
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Listening comprehension during shared storybook reading is a foundational skill—and an indicator that children are ready for the language demands of kindergarten. With the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC™), pre-K programs finally have a fast, easy way to

measure the story comprehension of children ages 3–5
identify children who may need language intervention
monitor the progress of children receiving intervention
determine when comprehension has meaningfully improved

A quick check that takes just 3 minutes to complete, the ASC is the sensitive, reliable tool that programs need to test the comprehension skills of all young learners and pick up even small improvements as the school year progresses. It's an essential tool for assessing and monitoring a wide range of young children, including those with language impairments and developmental disabilities, children at risk for early literacy difficulties, and young English language learners (ELLs). Used on its own or in tandem with Story Friends™ and PAth to Literacy, the ASC is the key to assessing and improving an essential building block of reading success and school readiness.

This set includes

A package of 10 ASC record forms—six brief tests, each with a teacher script, story, and eight literal and inferential comprehension questions
A manual that introduces the tool and its components and provides detailed guidelines on how to administer the ASC, score responses, and use results
Downloadable materials, including basic and extended scoring guides, fidelity checklists, and two practice sets of materials to train examiners

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Learn more about the complete Multitiered Interventions for Language & Literacy in Early Childhood (MILLIE™) product suite.

Assessment of Story Comprehension Manual Contents

About the Downloads
About the Authors
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC)
Language and Reading Comprehension
Purposes of the ASC and Curriculum-Based Measurement
Technical Adequacy
Organization of the ASC Manual

Chapter 2: Overview of the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC)
What Is the ASC?
ASC Stories
ASC Questions

Chapter 3: Administering the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC)
Qualifications and Training of Examiners
Frequency and Timing of the ASC
Materials and Setting
Building Rapport and Managing Behaviors
Specific Administration Guidelines

Chapter 4: Scoring the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC)
Terms to Know
General Rules and Scoring Tips
Scoring Tips by Item
Frequently Asked Scoring Questions
Establishing and Maintaining Scoring Reliability
Appendix: Extended Scoring Guides

Chapter 5: Using the Results of the Assessment of Story Comprehension (ASC)
Interpretation of ASC scores
Special Populations
Sharing Results
Linking to Intervention

Appendix A: Basic Scoring Guides
Appendix B: Fidelity Checklists
Appendix C: Practice Sets 1 and 2

References
Index

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Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D., Chair, National Early Literacy Panel, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Finally, a reliable standardized listening comprehension assessment for use in preschool and kindergarten. Now teachers can not only easily monitor early phonological and alphabet skills, but important language abilities, too. The ASC™ is an essential addition to the classroom prereading screening battery."

Anne Van Kleeck, Ph.D., Professor and Callier Research Scholar, The University of Texas at Dallas

"The ASC™ is a unique, state-of-the-art, engaging, solidly evidence-based, and psychometrically very well designed assessment tool for regularly monitoring preschoolers' progress in story comprehension—a foundational skill for later reading comprehension—to determine if they need supplemental language intervention."

Authors: Trina D. Spencer Ph.D., BCBA-D, Howard Goldstein Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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ASC At-a-Glance

Read an excerpt
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Assessment of Story Comprehension

See a sample ASC form

ASC Completed Form Sample