This popular test of English-speaking vocabulary spans ages 2-0 through 18-11. Restandardized on a representative national sample, the 2000 Edition offers full color illustrations, additional test items, and revised administration procedures that encourage students to attend to relevant aspects of each illustration.

    To administer the test, the examiner presents a series of illustrations depicting objects, actions, or concepts. The examinee is asked to name each illustration, usually with one word. This edition permits the examiner to prompt the student, calling his or her attention to pertinent aspects of the pictures. Because basals and ceilings are used, administration time is typically just 15 to 20 minutes. Raw scores can be converted to age equivalents, standard scores, and percentile ranks.

    Norms are based on a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 individuals. The test was co-normed with the Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, so you can make meaningful comparisons between expressive and receptive language when you administer both tests.

    In addition to assessing verbal intelligence, this instrument is useful in screening for preschool and kindergarten readiness and in estimating the English fluency of bilingual students.

Spanish-Bilingual Materials

    EOWPVT and ROWPVT materials are available for use with individuals who speak Spanish and English at varying levels of proficiency. Using test plates from the English editions, the bilingual forms are administered in the examinee's dominant language, though responses can be given in either English or Spanish. Examiners must be fluent in both languages--Record forms list correct responses in English and Spanish. Norms are based on a sample of Spanish-bilingual students between 4-0 and 12-11 years of age, residing in the U.S.