(SWET) Slosson Written Expression Test
Donald B. Hofler / Bradley T. Erford / William J. Amoriell
The SWET is a screening test designed to measure a child's written expression skills. This test allows for descriptions of the individual child's authentic written expressive skills, and a comparison of the child's performance to his or her age peers. The SWET differs from many writing tests because student responses are analyzed in the context of an authentic composition, rather than a close-ended or short answer format. This format reduces the effects of guessing which may elevate the child's score and provides an analysis of the student's genuine writing capabilities.
Teachers may desire to evaluate the progress their students make over the course of the school year and decide to administer the three equivalent SWET forms during the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. Highly stimulating picture prompts with dinosaur, space, and shipwreck themes help tap a student's creative writing skills and are ideal for Portfolio/Performance-Based Assessment approaches. The standardized scoring system, featuring user friendly scoring and profile forms, produces subscale scores for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and two writing maturity measures: sentence length and type-token ratio.
Ages: 8 through 17
Administration: Individual or Group
1O-15 Minute Scoring Time
