Excellence in Spelling Placement Test

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Assessing your Child's Spelling Competence

1. This program is designed for children 9 years old and up. If your student is younger, begin with All About Spelling.
2. There are three levels of the Excellence in Spelling program:
   Level A (primary)
   Level B (intermediate)
   Level C (highest) By giving your child one or more of the three spelling
   tests below, you can determine at which level he/she should begin.
3. Do not allow your child to see or study these tests before you give them,
   as it would interfere with the accuracy of the placement.
4. When you administer the test to the children, do not
   repeat them in sentences or give definitions unless absolutely
   necessary.

(For a child in grades 3-5, give Test I. For students grade 6 and higher, begin with Test II.)

Spelling Placement Test I (for children in Grades 3, 4 & 5 - level A)

Scoring:

• Missed 0-6: give test III.
• Missed 8-16: give test II.,
• Missed 17 or more: begin with the Phonetic Zoo level A.

Spelling Placement Test II (for children in Grades 6 and up - level B)

Scoring:

• Missed 0-6: begin with the Phonetic Zoo level C
• Missed 7-32: begin with the Phonetic Zoo level B.
• Missed 33 or more: begin with the Phonetic Zoo Level A.
• If you find the level A list of words too difficult for your student, we recommend All About Spelling

Spelling Placement Test III (High School and beyond - level C)

Scoring:

• Missed 33 or more: begin with the Phonetic Zoo level B
• Missed less than 32: begin with the Phonetic Zoo level C
  
  
  

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