up, and & out test by james w. cunningham
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Up, And & Out Test
By James W. Cunningham
RationaleThis subtest is an indicator of a
student’s ability to recognize frequently occurring onsets
(Cunningham et al 1999) in word decoding. It should not be used alone to test a student’s word
identification abilities. It should only be given after a complete Whole-to-Part Stage I assessment has been completed and a student’s profile
indicates difficulties in the area of word identification, specifically
decoding.
Directions for administering• Begin by showing the student the slides with
the words up, and, or out. Make sure they can read these three words. Then, explain that the student will be reading words that are nonsense words that all end with up, and, or out. Give the student 3-5 seconds for each word. Write down exactly what the student says. Each word is followed by a black screen in order to give you time to take notes or get the child’s attention.
• Ask students to try to read every word on the list.
• It is important that the student blends the onset with an ending. The goal is not to see if the child knows letter-sound correspondence, but if the child can use that knowledge to read and unfamiliar word.
Examples
up
and
out
zup
zand
zout
Words Begin on Next Slide
scup
snand
grup
spup
tup
strout
pand
fout
bup
trand
cout
plup
chup
yand
rup
fland
crup
mup
stup
kand
quout
frup
gand
wout
prand
brout
sland
thand
swout
hout
nand
sout
drand
glout
blout
lup
shand
jout
vout
dand
whout
clup
Interpretation • Create a list of all of the onsets the student has difficulty reading.
• Compare that list to the onsets the student finds difficult to read in words on the Real Word test.
• Target the onsets that appear on both lists in your word study instruction.