Diagnostic Achievement Battery (DAB-3) (#20916-IN)

Ages 6 through 14. The Diagnostic Achievement Battery (DAB-#) is a norm-referenced measure with subtests that can be used to assess achievement in a variety of areas. Norms were collected on 1,534 students.

The DAB-3 is a revision of one of the most popular and useful individual tests of school achievement ever made. The DAB-3 uses 14 short subtests:

• Story Comprehension
• Characteristics
• Synonyms
• Grammatic Completion
• Alphabet/Word Knowledge
• Reading Comprehension
• Capitalization
• Punctuation
• Spelling
• Contextual Language
• Story Construction
• Math Reasoning
• Math Calculation
• Phonemic Analysis (supplemental subtest, new to this edition of the DAB)

Scores from these subtests can be combined to form eight composites:

• Total Achievement
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
• Mathematics
• Spoken Language
• Written Language

Improvements in the current edition include the following:

• all-new normative data reflecting the changing population characteristics of the United States, collected from 1997 to 2000
• several new validity studies, including correlations with the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children-III and the Stanford Achievement Test-Ninth Edition, as well as a confirmatory factor analysis confirming the model on which the DAB-3 is based
• studies showing the absence of gender, ethnic, and disability bias
• improved scoring criteria for the written composition that includes contextual language and story construction
• more appealing and realistic color pictures
• clearer administration procedures
• fewer items on the Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation subtests
• a new audiotape that the examiner plays for the child for the Story Comprehension subtest
• clarified entry items, basals, and ceilings for test administration

The DAB-3 generates standard scores (M = 10, SD = 3 for the subtests, and M = 100, SD = 15 for the composites), percentile ranks, and age/grade equivalents. The DAB-3 includes a supplemental manual enabling the examiner to probe student responses on the standardized test. The purpose of probing is to identify the thinking processes and problem-solving strategies that result in both correct and incorrect responses.  

The complete kit includes the Manual, Student Booklet, 25 Profile/Examiner Record Booklets, 25 Student Response Booklets, Assessment Probes, and an Audiotape, all in a durable storage box.

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