CASL Test Chart

Introducing the clinician's ultimate diagnostic battery, the CASL™ 2. Fifteen tests let you measure specific aspects of oral language ability. You can administer Core tests to derive a global language composite. Supplementary tests provide you with additional diagnostic information.

Basic Concepts
Range	Core: 3–4 Sup: 5–6
Measures	Comprehension of perceptual & conceptual words.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Receptive
Structure Category	Lexical/Semantic
Description	Examiner reads a sentence aloud while examinee looks at four pictures. Examinee points to the picture or part of the picture that represents the correct response.
Example	Here are some pictures. Point to the little cat.
Antonyms
Range	Core: 5–12 Sup: 13–21
Measures	Word retrieval & knowledge of opposites.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Retrieval and Expressive
Structure Category	Lexical/Semantic
Description	Examiner says a stimulus word. Examinee must respond orally with a single word that means the opposite of the stimulus word.
Example	Tell me the opposite of yes. Either yes or _____.
Synonyms
Range	Core: 13–21 Sup: 7–12
Measures	Recognition of two words that have the same meaning.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Receptive
Structure Category	Lexical/Semantic
Description	Examiner says a stimulus word and four synonym options, then repeats the stimulus word. The examinee chooses the option that means the same as the stimulus.
Example	The first word is glad. The four words to choose from are hurt, hungry, sleepy, happy. Which word means the same as glad?
Sentence Completion
Range	Sup: 11–21
Measures	Word retrieval given the context of a spoken sentence.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Retrieval and Expressive
Structure Category	Lexical/Semantic
Description	Examiner reads the stimulus sentence, which is missing the last word. The examinee must respond with a single word that meaningfully completes the sentence.
Example	In order to start the car, Dad must turn the _____.
Idiomatic Language
Range	Sup: 11–21
Measures	Oral expression of common idioms
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Expressive
Structure Category	Lexical/Semantic
Description	Examiner reads the stimulus idiom, which is missing its final part. The examinee must complete the phrase with an acceptable form of the idiom.
Example	Finish what I say: After Kim broke the plate, mother said, "Don’t cry over spilled _____."
Syntax Construction
Range	Core: 3–10 Sup: 11–21
Measures	Grammatically correct oral expression of phrases & sentences.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Expressive
Structure Category	Syntactic
Description	Examiner reads the stimulus item while the examinee looks at a picture. The examinee must respond with a word, phrase, or sentence that is grammatically and semantically appropriate.
Example	Here the boy is standing (examiner points to the standing boy). Here (examiner points to the sitting boy) the boy is _____.
Paragraph Construction of Syntax
Range	Core: 5–10 Sup: 3–4 and 11–12
Measures	Comprehension of syntactic structures.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Only one incorrect item (score 0) in a paragraph Ceiling: Stop testing when the paragraph total is 0 or 1
Processing Skills	Receptive
Structure Category	Syntactic
Description	Examiner reads a stimulus paragraph twice, then reads a series of items relating to the paragraph while the examinee looks at a set of pictures for each item. The examinee must respond by pointing to or giving the number of the correct response.
Example	This story is about a family of four. Besides the mom and the dad, there are two children, a boy and a girl. The boy’s name is Rick, while the girl’s name is Anna. Examiner repeats the story and turns the Test Book page so the examinee can see the pictures of the family. Which one is Anna?
Grammatical Morphemes
Range	Core: 11–12 Sup: 7–10 and 13–21
Measures	Knowledge & expression of grammatical analogies.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Expressive
Structure Category	Syntactic
Description	The examiner reads one pair of words or phrases that demonstrates an analogy, then reads the first word or phrase of a second pair. The examinee must complete the analogy of the second pair.
Example	Skate is to skated, as talk is to _____.
Sentence Comprehension of Syntax
Range	Core: 11–12 Sup: 13–21
Measures	Given syntactically different sentences, recognition of same or different meanings.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Receptive
Structure Category	Syntactic
Description	For each item, examiner reads two pairs of stimulus sentences, one pair at a time. The examinee must determine whether both sentences in each pair mean the same thing.
Example	The boy watched TV after supper. After he had watched TV, the boy ate supper. Do these two things mean the same? Tell me "yes" or "no."
Grammaticality Judgment
Range	Core: 13–21 Sup: 7–12
Measures	Judgment of & ability to correct sentence grammar.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: 3 consecutive maximum point awards Ceiling: 5 consecutive items without the maximum point award
Processing Skills	Expressive
Structure Category	Syntactic
Description	Examiner reads a stimulus sentence that is grammatically either correct or incorrect. The examinee must judge the correctness of the sentence and, if it is incorrect, must correct it by changing only one word.
Example	The boy are happy. Does that sound right? If the examinee responds correctly with "no," examiner says: Now make it sound right. Change only one word.
Nonliteral Language
Range	Core: 7–21
Measures	Understanding of spoken messages independent of literal interpretation.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Primarily Comprehension with Expression
Structure Category	Supralinguistic
Description	Examiner reads the stimulus item and the accompanying question. The examinee must answer by explaining the nonliteral meaning of the item.
Example	When 5-year-old Jimmy started pulling his sister’s hair, Dad said, "Jim, you’re not a puppy anymore." What did he mean?
Meaning from Context
Range	Core: 13–21 Sup: 11–12
Measures	Derivation of the meaning of words from their linguistic context.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Primarily Comprehension with Expression
Structure Category	Supralinguistic
Description	Each item contains a very uncommon word. The examiner reads the item and the examinee must explain the meaning of the uncommon word by using context clues.
Example	As they paraded slowly through the extremely narrow streets, the band members were so serried that they could hardly play their instruments next to each other. Explain what serried means.
Inference
Range	Sup: 7–17
Measures	Use of world knowledge to derive meaning from inferences.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Receptive and Expressive
Structure Category	Supralinguistic
Description	Examiner describes a situation in which part of the information is omitted, then asks an accompanying question. The examinee must answer the question using world knowledge to infer the missing information.
Example	Before Jim left for work, he put on a heavy woolen coat. What was the weather like?
Ambiguous Sentences
Range	Sup: 11–21
Measures	Comprehension of words, phrases, and sentences that have more than one meaning.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Primarily Comprehension with Expression
Structure Category	Supralinguistic
Description	Examiner reads the stimulus item and examinee must respond with two possible meanings for the item.
Example	It is light. Tell me two different meanings for this sentence.
Pragmatic Judgment
Range	Core: 3–21
Measures	Knowledge & use of appropriate language.
Basal and Ceiling Rules	Basal: Score of 1 on 3 consecutive items Ceiling: Score of 0 on 5 consecutive items
Processing Skills	Primarily Expression with Comprehension
Structure Category	Pragmatic
Description	Examiner reads a situation that represents some aspect of everyday life that requires communication or a pragmatic judgment on the part of the examinee. The examinee responds with the appropriate thing to say or do in the situation.
Example	Suppose the telephone rings. You pick it up. What do you say?

CASL Test Chart

Basic Concepts

Antonyms

Synonyms

Sentence Completion

Idiomatic Language

Syntax Construction

Paragraph Construction of Syntax

Grammatical Morphemes

Sentence Comprehension of Syntax

Grammaticality Judgment

Nonliteral Language

Meaning from Context

Inference

Ambiguous Sentences

Pragmatic Judgment

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