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Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test
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The Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive
Vocabulary
Test-Second Edition (CREVT-2) is an innovative, efficient
measure of both receptive and expressive oral vocabulary.
The CREVT-2 has two subtests and is based on the most
current theories of vocabulary development. The CREVT-2
will rapidly become the new standard in vocabulary assessment!
Unique Features of the new CREVT-2
• Full-color photographs are used in the Receptive Vocabulary Subtest.
• Two equivalent forms are available.
• All words tested are appropriate for children and adults.
• All words are related to familiar, everyday concepts.
• Characteristics of the 2,545 person normative sample relative to
socioeconomic factors, gender, disability, and other critical variables
are the same as those reported in the 2000 census and are therefore
representative of the current U.S. population.
• The norms have been stratified by age.
• Studies showing the absence of gender, racial, linguistic, disability,
and ethnic bias have been added.
• Reliability coefficients are provided for subgroups (e.g., individuals
with disabilities, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, gender groups)
as well as for the entire normative sample.
• Many new validity studies have been conducted; special attention
has been devoted to showing that the test is valid for a wide variety
of subgroups as well as for the general population.
• Gender and ethnic factors have been considered; items are shown
to be unbiased.
• Each item on the test was reevaluated using both conventional item
analyses to choose "good" items and the differential functioning
analysis
to find and eliminate potentially biased items.
• The CREVT-2's age range has been extended to include adults; it is
now for all people between the ages of 4-0 and 89-11.
• Subtests are quick to administer and easy to score.
Uses of the new CREVT-2
• Identify students who are significantly below their peers in oral
vocabulary proficiency
• Note discrepancies between receptive and expressive oral vocabulary
• Document progress in oral vocabulary development as a consequence of
intervention programs
• Measure oral vocabulary in research studies
Receptive Vocabulary Subtest The format for the 61-item Receptive
Vocabulary Subtest is a variation of the familiar
"point-to-the-picture-of-the-word-I-say" technique, featuring the unique
use of thematic full-color photographs! The
subtest is made up of 10 plates, each of which comprises six pictures.
All of
the pictures on a plate relate to a particular theme (animals,
transportation, occupations, clothing, food, personal grooming, tools,
household appliances, recreation, and clerical materials). The themes
represent concepts with which
most people are familiar. Five to eight words are associated with each
plate
and the words are spread evenly from young children through adults. The
examiner begins with Item 1 on the first plate and asks the person being
tested a series of words, one at a time. After each word, the examinee
selects from six photographs the one that best goes with the stimulus
word. When
the person misses two words in a row, the examiner introduces the next
plate.
The pictures used to give the Receptive Vocabulary Subtest are
spiral-bound
in a Photo Album Picture Book featuring laminated covers for ease of use
and durability. Each plate is printed in full-color on heavy,
varnish-sealed cover
stock designed for frequent use. The high-quality color printing of the
photographs won an Award of Excellence from the Printing Industries
Association of Texas!
Expressive Vocabulary Subtest
The Expressive Vocabulary Subtest uses the "define-the-word-I-say"
format
-the most popular and precise way to measure expressive vocabulary. This
format encourages and requires the individual to converse in detail
about a particular stimulus word, making it ideal to measure expressive
ability. The 25 items on this subtest pertain to the same 10 common
themes used in the Receptive Vocabulary Subtest (i.e., animals,
transportation, occupations, etc.) allowing for easy transition from
subtest to subtest. The applications of basals
and ceilings allow this test to be given quickly and make it appropriate
for a
wide age range.
COMPLETE CREVT-2 KIT INCLUDES: Examiner's Manual, Photo Album Picture
Book, 25 Form A Profile/Record Forms, and 25 Form B Profile/Record
Forms,
all in a sturdy storage box. (©2002)
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