Listening Comprehension Test 2 (LCT-2)
by Linda Bowers, Rosemary Huisingh, and Carolyn LoGiudice

Children need to master the skill of listening if they are to succeed in school, in social situations, and later in the workplace. With the Listening Comprehension Test 2, you can quickly assess how students attend to, process, and extract meaning from what they hear.

Appropriate for children aged 6-0 through 11-11, the LCT-2 does not require students to repeat digits, words, or sentences. Instead it asks them to listen and respond to brief passages typical of those they might encounter in the classroom. Five subtests target real-life listening tasks:

Main Idea
The student listens to a passage and identifies the main idea.
Details
The student is asked to remember details from a passage read.
Reasoning
The student must draw inferences from the information in a passage.
Vocabulary
The student is asked to define or provide a synonym for words in a passage.
Understanding Messages
The student listens to various one-way communications (e.g., public announcements) and is asked to recall critical details.

All of these subtests require students to pay attention, listen with a purpose in mind, remember what they are hearing, avoid impulsive responses, and express themselves verbally.

The LCT-2 can be individually administered in 35 to 40 minutes. Raw scores are quickly converted to age equivalents, percentile ranks, and standard scores. Normative data, based on a sample of 1,504 children, reflect the demographics of the U.S. school population in regard to race, gender, age, and educational placement. The Manual provides helpful interpretive guidelines, remediation strategies for each skill assessed, and tips for communicating test results to parents.

The LCT-2 is the first step in helping struggling students who have not yet learned how to listen with understanding.