Bracken Basic Concept Scale | Third Edition: Receptive

The BBCS-3:R assesses a child’s basic concept skills receptively (nonverbal responses), and compares results to national norms. Spanish-language adaptations of the record forms are also available.

Benefits

• Determine if a child has mastered the basic concepts needed to be successful in formal education.
• Identify deficits and use results to plan intervention with the Bracken Concept Development Program..
• Match to goals of state Early Childhood standards. These tests comply with No Child Left Behind and IDEA 2004 requirements.
• Complete a discrepancy comparison to identify whether a child has a generalized concept deficit in both receptive and expressive skills or whether the deficit is primarily receptive or expressive.
• Obtain criterion-referenced information for Spanish-speaking students using the Spanish adaptation of the Bracken Receptive and Bracken Expressive.

Features

Ten areas of assessment are covered, in a test that has excellent psychometric characteristics, with extensive reliability and extensive validity evidence

• Assesses awareness of Color, Shapes, Sizes/Comparisons, Texture/Material, Letters/Sounds, Numbers/Counting, Quantity, Direction/Position, Self-/Social Awareness, and Time/Sequence.
• The standardization sample of 750 children is representative of the U. S. population and stratified by age, sex, race/ethnicity, geographic region, and primary caregiver education level.
• Test items were reviewed for content and cultural bias by a panel of speech language pathologists and education specialists with expertise in assessment of diverse populations.
• Internal consistency reliability coefficients and an intercorrelation study with the English version demonstrate that the BBCS-3:R and BBCS:E reliably assess basic concepts. Evidence of validity based on test content and internal structure is presented.
• Use together with the BBCS-E, BSRA-3, and BBCS, for a powerful set of tools for a child’s concept formation and academic success.

Sample Reports

The Bracken Scoring Assistant software quickly and accurately scores test results, maintains test records, and creates graphical and summary reports for the BBCS-3: R and BBCS: E. It also helps identify appropriate interventions.

The following sample reports are available for BBCS-3:R.

• BBCS-3-R Parent Report
• BBCS-3-R Spanish Pre-Posttest Teacher Report
• BBCS-3-R Spanish Primera-Segunda Reporte Para Los Padres
• BBCS-3-R Spanish Reporte Para Los Padres
• BBCS-3-R Spanish Teacher Report
• BBCS-3-R Teacher Report

• Bracken Sample Report
• Bracken Scoring Assistant Sample Report
• BBCS Parent Report, Description of Scores in English and Spanish

The following resources are available for BBCS-3:R.

• Bracken State Standards Sheet
• BBCS-3:R Update Letter
• BBCS-3:R Sticker
• Bracken Basic Concept Scale: Concept Development and Early Childhood Assessment
• Case Study: Getting the Whole Picture: Assess Receptive and Expressive Concept Abilities
• Case Study: Getting the Whole Picture for the Bilingual Child: Assess English and Spanish Receptive and Expressive Concepts

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