Dyslexia Screening Test-Secondary provides a profile of strengths and weaknesses to guide the development of in-school support for students. The DST-S assists in identifying students who are still experiencing reading difficulty. The Dyslexia Screening Test – 2nd Edition (DST-2) is set to release in early 2025. This edition combines the DAST, DEST-2, DST-J, and DST-S into one comprehensive assessment.
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Dyslexia Screening Test-Secondary
DST–S
Dyslexia Screening Test-Secondary provides a profile of strengths and weaknesses to guide the development of in-school support for students. The DST-S assists in identifying students who are still experiencing reading difficulty. The Dyslexia Screening Test – 2nd Edition (DST-2) is set to release in early 2025. This edition combines the DAST, DEST-2, DST-J, and DST-S into one comprehensive assessment.Overview
Product Details
- Age range:
- 11:6–16:5 years
- Publication date:
- 2004
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
- 30 minutes
- Administration:
- Individual
- Scores/Interpretation:
- Standard scores and concept age equivalents
- Norms:
- Based on UK population
DST-S replaces the best selling DST and reflects changes in theory and practice with additional subtests, validation studies, and case histories.
Benefits
- Use new subtests available in DST-S.
- Identify signs of dyslexia in children.
- Compare performance with other children.
Features
DST-S provides ability to assess many different skills. New subtests include:
- Spoonerisms: more sensitive measure of phonological ability for those children able to cope with the segmentation test. It has a higher level of complexity and memory load.
- Non-verbal Reasoning: it is generally considered that dyslexic children and adults are likely to have relative strengths in reasoning ability.
