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OPUS™

Oral Passage Understanding Scale

Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk, PhD, and Amber M. Klein, PhD

Purpose:
Assesses listening comprehension
Format:
Paper and pencil, Online
Age range:
5 years to 21 years
Time:
10-20 minutes
Qualification level:
B
B
A degree from an accredited 4-year college or university in psychology, counseling, speech-language pathology, or a closely related field plus satisfactory completion of coursework in test interpretation, psychometrics and measurement theory, educational statistics, or a closely related area; or license or certification from an agency that requires appropriate training and experience in the ethical and competent use of psychological tests. Close

The OPUS is a new measure of auditory comprehension that evaluates a person's ability to listen to passages read aloud and recall information about them. It also measures memory skills, which are integral to listening comprehension.

Features and benefits

Test structure

  • Assesses comprehension of spoken language in the natural context.
  • Evaluates the ability to integrate and apply knowledge in three structural categories of language:
    • Lexical/symantic: Knowledge and use of words and word combinations.
    • Syntactic: Knowledge and use of grammar.
    • Supralinguistic: Knowledge and use of language in which meaning is not directly available from the surface lexical and syntactic information.
  • Consists of 17 passages divided into six Item Sets. Each Item Set has five passages and up to 44 items.
  • Passages are taken from published works and created to reflect the type of material one is likely to encounter in everyday life.
  • Features Item Analysis Worksheets to identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Technical information

  • Standardized on a sample of 1,517 individuals ages 5-21 years.
  • Has a strong internal consistency and test-retest rater reliability.
  • Conormed with the CASL-2.
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