The Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills (K-SEALS) is a valuable tool for testing school readiness, identifying gifted children, evaluating program effectiveness, and researching children’s early development.
Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills
K-SEALS
The Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills (K-SEALS) is a valuable tool for testing school readiness, identifying gifted children, evaluating program effectiveness, and researching children’s early development.
Overview
Product Details
- Age range:
- 3:0 - 6:11
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
- 15-25 minutes
K-SEALS is ideal for preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, speech and language clinics, medical agencies, or any other setting in which young children are assessed.
Benefits
- As an expanded and enhanced version of the Cognitive/ Language Profile in the Early Screening Profiles; K-SEALS provides a more reliable and balanced evaluation in the subtest, scale, and composite content areas.
- Assures reliable and valid scores, including test-retest stability over long and short intervals.
- Offers greater confidence, with high-quality norms and reliability coefficients.
Features
K-SEALS features three separate subtests for a well-rounded profile.
- Vocabulary Subtest: The child identifies, by gesture or name, pictures of objects or actions and points to or names objects based on verbal descriptions of their attributes.
- Numbers, Letters & Words: The child selects or names numbers, letters, or words; counts; indicates knowledge of number concepts (“smallest,” “half”); and solves number problems.
- Articulation Survey: The child pronounces the names of common objects or actions and is assessed for correctness of pronunciation.
Resources
The following resources are available for K-SEALS.
