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Frequently Asked Questions About the
Stanford Achievement Test 10th Edition |
| Important: This web site is for test users with deaf and hard of hearing students. Test users with other students may contact the publisher of the Stanford Achievement Test at HarcourtAssessment.com or 800-211-8378. |
10th Edition Norming
Important Stanford Achievement Test Information: To request a Stanford 9 or Stanford 10 order form, please call 202-651-5575 and be prepared to give your name, the name of your program for deaf and hard of hearing students, your telephone number, and your fax number, as well as the edition (9th or 10th) of the Stanford you are interested in. |
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Test Description & Related Materials
The 10th Edition of the Stanford Achievement Test has been receiving
positive reviews from students for its friendly new look in its format
and use of color. Now that the norming of the 10th Edition with deaf
and hard of hearing students has been completed, we are preparing (and
will soon provide here) a list of tests and related materials
available from the Gallaudet Research Institute and from the
publisher, Harcourt Assessment. To see the publisher's catalog
immediately, please contact the publisher at 800-211-8378 or see www.HarcourtAssessment.com.
To order the 10th Edition materials available from the Gallaudet
Research Institute, please call 202-651-5571 and request an order form
to be faxed or mailed to you. Please note that 9th Edition
materials are still available during the 2004-05 school year.
Norms for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
During Fall Semester 2003 and Spring Semester 2004 (both semesters are
in the 2003-2004 school year), the Gallaudet Research Institute
collected test responses from programs serving students who are deaf
or hard of hearing. With the 10th Edition of the Stanford, we have
developed two screening tests (reading and mathematics) for each of
the test levels Primary 1 (grade 1.5 - 2.5) through Advanced 2 (grade
8.5 - 9.9). We collected test responses from levels Primary 1 through
TASK 3 (grade 11.0- 13.0). With previous editions (6th Edition
through 9th Edition) of the Stanford, we have not used the TASK 1
(grade 9.0-9.9), TASK 2 (grade 10.0-10.0), and TASK 3 (grade
11.0-13.0) in the norming.
Data collection was completed in Spring Semester 2004, and was followed by data analysis at the Gallaudet Research Institute to calculate the age-based norms. These data were provided to the test scoring programs, so that score reports could include age-based norm scores for deaf and hard of hearing students.
Score reports now include the deaf and hard of hearing percentiles by age.
Test Accommodations & Screening Procedures
A major change with the 10th Edition of the Stanford Achievement Test
is that the Stanford 10 is untimed; there is no need to consider
requests for extra time in testing.
As mentioned above, the screening procedures for the 10th Edition involve separate screening tests for reading and mathematics subtests. It is possible to give more than one test level to a student, with some subtests taken at one level and other subtests at a different test level.