Woodcock-Muñoz Language Survey III
Individually-Administered
Woodcock-Muñoz Language Survey® (WMLS™ III)
Assess Language Dominance, Proficiency, and More
What happens when a student doesn’t seem to grasp English material, despite displaying aptitude in other areas? Or, what if a student participating in EL studies is not progressing at the expected pace? For students in these situations—and many others—districts can turn to the Woodcock-Muñoz Language Survey® III (WMLS™ III), the trusted measure of language proficiency.
Description & Features
Designed for use with examinees as young as 3 and as old as 22, WMLS III provides quick and reliable assessment in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing to determine language dominance and proficiency. WMLS III also offers examiners insight into whether a student’s learning deficits are solely language related. Plus, WMLS III is the first test in the Woodcock assessment family to offer a Digital Test Record!
WMLS III features:
- All-new norms, item content, and artwork
- Support for assessing and monitoring language proficiency in dual language programs
- New test organization that helps examiners efficiently evaluate and monitor basic and applied language skills
- New checklists to better illustrate the impact of language background and academic language exposure on test results
- Two English forms and one Spanish form to help determine language proficiency, eligibility for EL services, and readiness for English-only instruction
Restriction Level
Testing Ages
- WMLS III may be used with examinees aged 3 – 22.
Time to Test
- A typical administration requires 55 minutes for the entire test; 25 minutes for screening.
Digital Test Record
Looking to streamline your WMLS III administration, scoring, and reporting?
The WMLS III Digital Test Record (DTR) is your key to easy administration, real-time scoring, and immediate reporting. Available as an alternative purchase to paper test records, the DTR allows for:
- Immediate input of item-level data during administration with automatic score generation
- Guided administration with basal and ceiling rules
- Real-time, in-the-moment scores
Guided administration ensures the correct establishment of basal and ceiling rules, increases the fidelity of the assessment, and ensures accurate administration across all examiners.
The DTR becomes available in the WJ IV Online Scoring and Reporting system following purchase. To use the feature, simply choose to add a Digital Test Record while adding examinees.
The Test Session Overview Page
This page houses all your identifying information, as well as your Language Background and Test Session Observations. Throughout administration, you can return to this page to see test progress and scores. Also, because not all testing needs to be completed during a single session, you can check this page to determine what testing has already been completed or how the examinee previously performed.
You can navigate throughout the Digital Test Record by test.
All information entered is saved immediately, so loss of internet connection during administration is never an issue with your test data. For each test, the scoring instructions are available, so you don’t have to toggle between the test book and the DTR. You choose your Suggested Starting Point, and the DTR guides you to the first item. Once you start administration, the DTR guides you through establishing a basal and ceiling. If a basal is not established, you will be guided back to where you should start testing. When a basal is obtained, the DTR will alert you.
Recording responses is easy.
Simply click 1 or 0, or scroll to see additional response scores. For Test 2, Oral Comprehension, the audio files for the test are built right into each item. When ready to administer, simply click the speaker icon, and the audio for that item will play. You will be notified immediately once ceiling is reached, allowing you to move expeditiously on to the next test, test the limits, or move to an entirely different subtest. If you skip an item, either by mistake or because you were not sure how to score it, the DTR will alert you to confirm that you meant to do so. Once administration is complete, submit your test record as usual. Test scores will be available immediately in the scoring platform.
Scoring & Reporting
All WMLS III scoring is completed through the Riverside Score system. Learn more here.
WMLS III Teacher and Parent Intervention System
The WMLS III Teacher and Parent Intervention System (TPIS) is a subscription-based enhancement to the Riverside Score system. It offers the following in both English and Spanish outputs:
- Classroom intervention and diagnostic statements based on test results
- Book recommendations based on tested ability
- EL program recommendations and second-language scaffolding
- Leveled reader recommendations to provide "just right" support with specific references to BOLDPRINT®
- titles and Rigby® PM Books
- Home-based activities to promote family participation in language instruction
Plus, for disctricts with select Houghton Mifflin Harcourt™ EL materials, the Teacher and Parent Intervention System provides curriculum recommendations that include second language scaffolding.
Click here to view a sample TPIS Teacher Report, and click here to view a sample TPIS Parent Report.