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Dyslexia Adult Screening Test

Dyslexia Adult Screening Test

DAST
Dyslexia Adult Screening Test (DAST) helps screen for dyslexia and other learning difficulties. For use within further education establishments and the commercial workplace.

Overview

Publication date:
1998

Age range:
16 years 5 months and older

Qualification level:
A

Qualification Level

 

Level A

This approval level enables you to buy our assessments that require no professional degree, accreditation, organization membership, or license/certificate.

Level B

This approval level enables you to buy our assessments requiring A or B qualification levels.

Level C

This approval level enables you to buy all our assessments.

Completion time:
Individual - 30 minutes

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Product notice

Effective immediately, the DST, DEST, and DAST assessments are now published by the Authors.

For purchases of DST, DEST, or DAST kits, manuals, forms, and any related physical materials for scoring these assessments, please contact the Authors directly at Rod Nicolson.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

 

Product Details

Benefits

  • Provides an excellent first step in deciding whether to request further testing
  • Profiles strengths and weaknesses which can be used to guide the intervention training strategies for the individual
  • Can form the first step in deciding whether a more comprehensive dyslexic assessment is warranted

Features

  • Designed to be used as a screening instrument, for use routinely within further education establishments and the commercial workplace
  • Care has been taken to make the testing procedure as straightforward as possible, avoiding the use of IQ tests
  • Culmination of several years of research and testing by Dr Angela Fawcett and Professor Rod Nicolson, authors of the established Dyslexia Screening Test (DST) and Dyslexia Early Screening Test (DEST), now widely used for screening younger aged candidates

The DAST comprises a total of 11 subtests which emphasises fluency as well as accuracy:

  • Rapid Naming
  • One-Minute Reading
  • Postural Stability
  • Phonemic Segmentation
  • Two-Minute Spelling
  • Backwards Digit Span
  • Nonsense Passage Reading
  • Non-Verbal Reasoning
  • One-Minute Writing
  • Verbal Fluency
  • Semantic Fluency

Reliability

Test-retest reliability: e.g. tests of attainment .93 (2 minute spelling, .90 (one minute reading), .92 (nonsense passage reading) Inter-rater reliability: .98 (between experienced rates's) and .94 (between inexperienced rater's).