TILLS Examiner's Practice Workbook

This Examiner’s Practice Workbook provides helpful instructions and scoring practice for the Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills™ (TILLS™).

• Section I provides step-by-step practice exercises for each of the 15 TILLS subtests. The exercises provide opportunity to check your understanding of both administration and scoring procedures.
• Section II reviews how to transform raw scores to standard scores and percentile ranks. It also shows how to use standard scores to calculate composite scores and an Identification Core score for the student’s age. The Identification Core score can be compared with a cut score to identify language/literacy disorders.
• Section III focuses on how to obtain the three scores of the Written Expression subtest. It includes a tutorial on grammar and T-unit division and numerous scored examples to show you how to handle challenging issues.

As you use the Practice Workbook, be sure to have on hand your TILLS Examiner’s Manual, a blank Examiner Record Form, and the Digital Audio Files (on USB drive). One section of the Digital Audio Files provides sound clips to use with the practice exercises.

Completing the exercises in this Practice Workbook will help you:

• Practice establishing basals and ceilings
• Understand when probes can be used
• See when item answers can reveal a student’s strengths as well as weaknesses
• Know how to handle a student’s self-corrections
• Make modifications for students with special needs
• Know what to do if a student expresses frustration or declines to do a task
• Check your understanding of counting words, T-units, and word errors in the Written Expression subtest
• Learn when it can be useful to compare a student’s responses on one subtest to results on other subtests

Keep your Practice Workbook as a helpful reminder of administration rules and a quick reference for scoring assistance. You’ll find it a useful tool for efficient and accurate TILLS administration.