Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills™ (TILLS™) Forms Set

The TILLS Forms Set contains a pack of 25 Examiner Record Forms and pack of 25 Student Response Forms. One Examiner Record Form and one Student Response Form is required for each student who takes the TILLS.

The Examiner Record Form is used to record and score student responses to all 15 TILLS subtests. This form clearly describes materials needed, start rules, basal and ceiling rules, and information about allowable prompts and repetitions.

The Student Response Form is a booklet students use to record their responses on the following four TILLS subtests:

• Nonword Spelling
• Reading Comprehension
• Following Directions
• Written Expression

The TILLS Form Set is part of the Test of Integrated Language & Literacy Skills™ (TILLS™), the groundbreaking assessment professionals need to test listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in students ages 6 —18, and to assess the role of memory in how students perform. Reliable, valid, and comprehensive, TILLS will help you streamline assessment, monitor progress, and reach your ultimate goal: improving students' communication skills so they can succeed in school.

Here is a link to a video introducing TILLS:

Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health and Human Services, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA. Dr. Nelson received her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Wichita State University. She is the author of Childhood Language Disorders in Context: Infancy Through Adolescence, Second Edition (1998 Allyn & Bacon), and Planning Individualized Speech and Language Intervention Programs, Second Edition (1989, PRO-ED), as well as numerous articles and chapters on classroom-based language intervention and related topics. Dr. Nelson began her professional career as a school clinician in Kansas and also served as a speech-language consultant specialist for Berrien County Intermediate School District in Michigan. She has been a member of the faculty at Western Michigan University since 1981. Dr. Nelson and her husband live on a lake in Three Rivers, Michigan. They enjoy gardening, boating, and entertaining their children, grandchildren, and extended families on the lake.

Elena Plante, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is Professor and Head of the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at The University of Arizona in Tucson, USA. She is a fellow both of The University of Arizona's College of Science and of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her areas of research interest include language learning and assessment practices. Dr. Plante has been using neuroimaging to explore the brain bases of language and cognition for the last 2 decades. She has active national and international collaborations in the areas of neuroimaging, language, and learning.

Nancy Helm-Estabrooks, Sc.D., CCC-SLP, Brewer Smith Professor Emerita in the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA. She was affiliated with the Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center and Boston University School of Medicine for 32 years, was a Research Scientist at the National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders at The University of Arizona, and a Research Professor at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Helm-Estabrooks is board certified by the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorder (ANCDS). Her awards include American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and ANCDS Honors, and the Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award. She is an ASHA Fellow and has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, 7 books, 21 chapters, and 6 standardized tests.

Gillian Hotz, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is The Director of the KiDZ Neuroscience Center, Research Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida, USA.

Dr. Hotz is Principal Investigator on a variety of funded research projects for acute care and rehabilitation of children with traumatic brain injury and injury prevention. She has presented at local, national, and international conferences; has published numerous papers on the topic of traumatic brain injury; and is coauthor of the Brief Test of Head Injury (with Nancy Helm-Estabrooks, PRO-ED, 1991). Dr. Hotz is a member of a number of advisory groups, including the Florida Injury Prevention Advisory Council and the Sarah Jane Brain Project/The National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan.

The TILLS Forms Set contains a pack of 25 Examiner Record Forms and pack of 25 Student Response Forms. One Examiner Record Form and one Student Response Form is required for each student who takes the TILLS. The Examiner Record Form is used to record and score student responses to all 15 TILLS subtests. This form clearly describes materials needed, start rules, basal and ceiling rules, and information about allowable prompts and repetitions. The Student Response Form is a booklet students use to record their responses on the following four TILLS subtests: Nonword Spelling Reading Comprehension Following Directions Written Expression The TILLS Form Set is part of the Test of Integrated Language & Literacy Skills (TM) (TILLS (TM)), the groundbreaking assessment professionals need to test listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in students ages 6 -18, and to assess the role of memory in how students perform. Reliable, valid, and comprehensive, TILLS will help you streamline assessment, monitor progress, and reach your ultimate goal: improving students' communication skills so they can succeed in school. Here is a link to a video introducing TILLS:

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