- Ages: 6-0 through 14-11
- Testing Time: 90 to 120 minutes
- Administration: Individual
- Normed
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 to identify a child's strengths and weaknesses across several areas of achievement. 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.
DAB-3 Subtests: Math Reasoning, Math Calculation Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling, Characteristics, Synonyms, Contextual Language, Story Comprehension, Story Construction, Phonemic Analysis (supplemental subtest, new to this edition of the DAB), Grammatic Completion, Alphabet/Word Knowledge, Reading Comprehension.
Subtest scores can be combined to form eight composites:
- Total Achievement
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Spoken Language
- Written Language
Provides standard scores, percentile ranks, and age/grade equivalents.
- Kit includes: Manual, Student Booklet, 25 Profile/Examiner Record Booklets, 25 Student Response Booklets, Assessment Probes, and an Audiotape, in a storage box.
