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THE UNIVERS I Tï OP OKUHOMA

GRADUATE COLLEGE

THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPELLING TESTS FOR GRADES TWO THROUGH

EIGHT BASED ON THE RINSLAND WORD LIST

A DISSERTATION

SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTÏ

in p a r t i a l f u l f i l lm e n t o f the req u irem en ts f o r the

degree o f

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION

BY

JOHN E . MARTIN Norman, Oklahoma

1956

THE CONSTRUCTION OP SPELLING TESTS FOR GRADES TWO THROUGH


SSERTATIOy COMMITTEE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I w ish to ezpreas my s in c e re a p p re c ia t io n fo r the

In v a lu a b le guidance and a s s is ta n c e o f D r. Henry D. R insland^

who d ir e c te d th i s study and se rv ed as co -cha irm an . D r. }

R in s lan d gave h is time and co u n se l most g en e ro u s ly . |

In a d d i t io n , a p p re c ia t io n i s ex p ressed to D r. Arthur*

W. H eilman , who served as co-chairm an and to D r. W illiam B.

Ragan, D r. G ail Shannon, D r. Mary C lare P e t ty , and D r. Mur

ra y P h i l l ip s who re a d th e m anuscrip t and o f fe re d counsel as

members o f the com m ittee.

A p p re c ia tio n is a lso extended to D r. W illiam J*

Robinson o f the C a lifo rn ia T es t Bureau f o r h is co o p e ra tio n

and h is I n t e r e s t in th is s tu d y .

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TABLE OP CONTENTS

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LIST OP TABLES .................................................................................. v l

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I . PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND................................................. 1

I n t r o d u c t i o n .......................... 1A C hrono log ical Summary o f S p e llin g

S ca les ..................................................................... . 2A C hrono log ical Summary o f S p e llin g

T ests ............... 6Need f o r This S tudy *............. 8S tatem ent o f th e Problem ............................... 12

I I . THE EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE........................................ 13

S e le c t io n o f Words .................................................. 13Sampling o f Words S e le c te d .................................... l6The M u ltip le Choice F o rm ........................................ 20D i s t r i b u t i o n ............................ 23

Grade le v e ls .......................................................... 23G eographical a re a s ............. 21{.P o p u la tio n d e n s ity c a te g o r ie s ......................... 2uB asic p a t te r n ......................................... 26L im ita tio n s in s e le c t in g s a m p le s ................. 26

I I I . STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ...................................................... 2?

T ab u la tio n o f R etu rns ........................ 2?Item A nalysis ......................................... 27V a l i d i t y ............................................................................ l i tC o e f f ic ie n t o f R e l i a b i l i t y ................... lji|Means, S tandard D e v ia tio n , and S tandard

E rro rs ....................................................................... lji|N o rm s.............................................. l|i|.

IV. SUMMARY................................................................................. 1|.7

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BIBLIOGRAPHE .................................................................. $1

APPENDICES ............................................................. $6

A. The 3760 Words o f H ighest FrequencyFrom Which T est Item s Were S e le c te d • • • ^8

B. Raw Scores C onverted to P e rc e n t i le RankBy Grade L e v e l .................................................. 96

C. Samples o f T ests ........... 99

LIST OP TABLES

Table Page

1* The Number o f Words Taught In E lem entaryGrades A ccording to P ub lished S p e llin g Texts 1?

2 . Number of Words Sampled by Grade and th e F re quency Range w ith in Each Grade 18

3« A Comparison o f G radation of Words by th eG at63-B in s lan d Method and th e H ild re th Method In c lu d in g P ercen tage F ind ings and th e C o e f f ic ie n t o f Contingency ..................... 19

!{.• G eographical Sampling Areas and the Per Cento f the T o ta l School P o p u la tio n C ontained in Each C e l l ........................................................................ 25

5* C lasses o f Schools According to P o p u la tio nD en sity w ith th e Per Cent o f th e N ation*s T o ta l School P o p u la tio n Found in Each Category ........................................... 26

6 . R eturns from Each D is t r ib u t io n C e l l 28

7« Range o f D i f f ic u l ty of Item s w ith in Each FormA ccording to P ercen tage of D i f f i c u l ty . . . . . . 29

8 . Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 2(Form A ), and P ercen tage o f D i f f i c u l ty fo rEach I t e m ........................ 30

9» Words S e le c te d f o r S p e llin g T es t, Grade 2(Form B ), and P ercen tage o f D i f f ic u l ty fo rEach I t e m ............... 3I

10 . Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 3(Form A ), and P ercen tage o f D i f f i c u l ty f o r Each I tern ......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

11. Words S e le c te d f o r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 3(Form B ), and P ercen tage o f D i f f i c u l ty fo r Each Item ........... 33

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12* Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade Ij.(Form A ), and P ercen tage o f D i f f ic u l ty f o r Each Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

13 . Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 4(Form B) , and P ercen tage of D i f f ic u l ty f o r Each I t e m ......................................................... 35

14 . Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 5(Form A ), and Percentage o f D i f f ic u l ty f o r Each Item ................. 36

15 . Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade S(Form B ), and P ercentage o f D i f f ic u l ty fo r Each I t e m ............................ 37

16 . Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 6(Form A ), and P ercen tage o f D i f f ic u l ty fo r Each Item .............................. 38

17 . Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 6(Form B ), and P ercen tage o f D i f f i c u l ty fo r Each I t e m ................. 39

18 . Words S e le c te d f o r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 7(Form A ), and P ercen tage o f D i f f ic u l ty f o r Each I tern ............. 40

19 . Words S e le c te d f o r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 7(Form B ), and Percentage o f D i f f ic u l ty fo r Each Item ........................................................ 4 l

20. Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t , Grade 8(Form A ), and Percentage o f D i f f ic u l ty fo r Each I t e m .................................. ... .................................. 4^

21 . Words S e le c te d fo r S p e llin g T e s t, Grade 3(Form B ), and P ercentage o f D i f f ic u l ty fo r Each I t e m ...................... ................................................ .. 43

22. C o e ff ic ie n ts o f R e l i a b i l i t y o f T ests Computedby th e Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula . . . . . 45

23 . Means, S tandard D ev ia tio n , and S tan d ard E rro ron Forms A and B by Grade L evel . . . . . . . . . . 45

24* Norms on S p e llin g T ests Forms A and B byGrade Level ......................................... 46

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CHAPTER I

PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND

In tro d u c tio n

E a rly re se a rc h to determ ine what words shou ld be

in c lu d ed in s p e l l e r s , s p e l l in g t e s t s , and s p e l l in g s c a le s

was based upon word coun ts taken from a d u l t w r i t in g . This

w r i t in g was o f many form s: form al and in fo rm al co rresp o n

dence, b u sin ess co rresp o n d en ce , a d u l t s ' w r i t in g f o r c h i ld re n ,

and o th e r s . S ince the b a s is o f th is e a r ly r e s e a rc h i s a d u l t

u sage, th e vocabu lary l i s t s made from th e re s e a rc h a re com

posed p r im a r ily o f words which r e f l e c t a d u l t needs r a th e r

than c h i ld n eed s.

J o n e s l , in h i s in v e s t ig a t io n o f 1913# p re se n te d a

d i f f e r e n t approach to determ ine c h i ld r e n 's vocabu lary needs

when he used th e w r i t in g o f c h i ld re n in e ig h t s c h o o ls , g rades

2 -8 , lo c a te d in th e s t a t e s o f I l l i n o i s , Iowa, M aryland, and

F ra n k lin Jo n es, C oncrete I n v e s t ig a t io n o f th e M a te ria l o f E n g lish S p e l l in g (V erm fïlio n , S . Dak. : " U n iv e rs i ty o f South D akota, 19130.

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South D akota, He found $32 d i f f e r e n t words in 15»000,000

irunning w ords. The f a c t th a t he d id n o t p u b lis h p ercen tag e

jof d i f f i c u l t y o r frequency f in d in g s o f s p e c if ic words l im i ts

th e va lu e o f th i s r e s e a rc h . I f he though t th a t d e r iv a t iv e sI

iof words added l i t t l e o r no d i f f i c u l t y , he a r b i t r a r i l y om it-I

Ited them from h is l i s t ,

I R ecent d a ta r a i s e some q u e s tio n as to J o n e s 's re p o r te d

{find ings. In 15»000,000 running words he found only if ,532

d i f f e r e n t words, o m ittin g d e r iv a t iv e s , R in s lan d ^ , in h i s

s tu d y o f ta b u la te d 6 , 000,000 running words and found

25,632 d i f f e r e n t w ords, in c lu d in g d e r iv a t iv e s .

Even though th e se w eaknesses e x i s t in th e Jones s tu d y ,

l i t d id c a l l a t t e n t io n to th e need fo r f u r th e r re s e a rc h in

c h i ld r e n 's v o cab u la ry . I t now seems to be g e n e ra l ly accep ted

th a t the b e s t index o f th e vocabu lary needs o f c h i ld re n i s

th e c h i ld 's own usage o f w ords.

A C hrono log ical Summary o f S p e llin g S ca le s

A s p e l l in g s c a le i s composed o f a long l i s t o f g raded

words from which th e te a c h e r b u ild s h is own s p e l l in g t e s t ,

whereas in th e s p e l l in g t e s t , the s e le c t io n o f words has

a lre a d y been determ ined by the a u th o r ,

Leonard P. A yres^ (1915) p io n ee red in th e f i e l d o f

^Henry D. R in s lan d , A B asic Vocab u la ry o f E lem entary School C h ild ren (New York; The M acmillan C o ., 19^5).

^Leonard P . A yres, A M easuring S cale f o r A b i l i ty in S p e llin g (New York: R u sse ll Sage F oundation , 191^71

3[build ing s p e l l in g s c a le s . He b u i l t h is l i s t o f 1000 words

[from two m ajor so u rce s : The S p e llin g V ocabu laries o f P erso n al

and B usiness L e t t e r s ^ , and A C hild and His S p e ll in g ^» In

a d d it io n to th e se two sources th e re a re two l e s s e r s o u r c e s *3

The Ayres S cale was In tended to c o n ta in the 1000 most

commonly u sed words In w r i t in g ; and even though subsequent

re se a rc h by Thorndike, R in s lan d , H ild re th , F i tz g e ra ld , and

o th e rs shows th a t I t co n ta in s many words o u ts id e th e f i r s t

1000 as used by c h i ld re n , i t has been w idely accepted*

Buckingham^ (191b) made a s tu d y o f s p e l l in g books

then In use to determ ine what words were common to th ese

s p e l l e r s . He th en added ^05 words to the Ayres S c a le . This

new s c a le i s known as the Buckingham E x ten s io n .

Thorndike^ (1921) ta b u la te d alm ost $ ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 running

jWords from th e B ib le , E n g lish c l a s s i c s , c h i ld re n ’s l i t e r a t u r e ,

^Leonard P. A yres, The S p e llin g V ocabu laries o f P er- aonal and B usiness L e tte r s (ifew York: R u sse ïi Sage ^?un&a-HonT 19137:-------------------------------

^W. A. Cook and M. V. O’Shea, A C h ild and His S p e llin g ( In d ia n a p o lis : B o b b s-M errlll, 19l4J«

^These so u rces a re l i s t e d by Ayres In A Measuring Scale f o r A b i l i ty In S p e l l in g , pp. b u t tEe p u b lis h e r I sn o t g iven f o r e i th e r no r a re th e se p u b lic a t io n s a v a ila b le to th is w r i t e r . Rev. J . Knowles, The London P o in t System fo r the B lin d (London, 1901;.) and R* C. E ld r ld g e , s ix Thousand " Common E n g lish Words (N iagara F a l l s , I 9 I I ) .

^B* R. Buckingham, The Buckingham E x tension o f the Ayres S p e llin g S ca le (B loom ington, i l l ' . : P u b lic School Pub- 11shlng C o ., 191B) . "

E dw ard L. Thorndike, The T eacher’ s Word Book (New York: Bureau o f P u b lic a t io n s , TeacEers C o lleg e , ColumbiaU n iv e rs ity , I 921 ) .

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elem entary schoo l te x tb o o k s , o th e r books, d a l ly new spapers,

and a d u l t co rrespondence. F o rty -one sources in a l l were th e

b a s is f o r the f i r s t Thorndike word book. While he ca u tio n s

a g a in s t th e assunqptlon th a t h is l i s t I s a s p e l l in g s c a le . I t

has o f te n been employed as a source f o r words In s p e l l in g

s c a le s .

Ashbaugh^ (1922) c o n s tru c te d the Iowa S p e llin g S ca les

u sin g th e Andersen^ study as a source f o r th e w ords. The

Andersen study was based upon 3Ô23 p e rso n a l and b u s in e ss

l e t t e r s from a d u lts w ith a t o t a l o f 36l , l 8i*. running w ords.

A lthough he found 9223 d i f f e r e n t w ords, h is p u b lish e d l i s t

i s o f th e 3087 words which occu rred more than fo u r tim es ,

M orrison and M cC all^ ( 1923) used the Thorndike l i s t

( 1921) and th e Ayres S cale fo r th e s e le c t io n o f words to be

p laced In th e i r s p e l l in g s c a le . Guy4 ( I 929 ) does n o t g iv e

the source o f words u sed In h is s c a le . Thorndike^ (1932)

^E rn est J . Ashbaugh, Iowa S p e llin g S ca les (Bloomingto n , 1 11 .: P ub lic School P u b lish in g C o., 1Ç52TT"

% . N. A ndersen, D eterm ination o f a S p e llin g Vocabula r y Based Upon W ritte n Cggÿé8b6Méh6A."TnTvèfa'ilv g f 'T 'd f t ' S tu d ie s in E duca tion , Vol. l l . Ho. 1 (Iowa C l(y : U n iv e rs ity o f Iowa, I 92I ) ,

8 j . Cayce M orrison and W illiam A. McCall, M orrison- McCall S p e llin g S cale (Yonkers-on-Hudson: World Book 60 , ,I95JJ7

^ J . Freeman Guy, Guy S p e llin g Scale (B loom ington,1 1 1 .: P ub lic School P u b lish in g C o ., 1^2977

cThousand

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p u b lish e d h is second word book, w hich, l i k e the 1921 e d i t io n ,

has been used as a source fo r words f o r s p e l l in g sc a le s* In

t h i s book he used approx im ately 200 a d d i t io n a l sou rces to

count 5*000,000 running words* W illiam s^ (193^) used th e

Buckingham E x ten sio n fo r th e source o f words in h is sc a le *

B lz le r^ ( 19 4-0 ) c o n s tru c te d an elem entary s p e l l in g

s c a le , drawing h is words from h is I n v e s t ig a t io n o f the vocab

u la r i e s o f 27 word l i s t s and s p e l l e r s . In c lu d in g the Bucking

ham E x ten s io n , th e l i s t s by Oates^* by Horn^, and th e Thorn

d ike word book o f 1932. He l i s t e d 3679 d i f f e r e n t words w ith

th e p e rce n tag e o f p u p ils who cou ld s p e l l them in th e grade in

which they were ta u g h t, and f o r th e g rades above and below

th e grade in which they were taught*

Thorndike and Lorge5 (19l|4) p u b lish e d an a d d i t io n to

the e a r l i e r Thorndike word books* The au th o rs u sed th e b a s ic

d a ta found in T hornd ike 's two p rev io u s word books p lu s th re e

^A* J* W illiam s, B u ffa lo S p e llin g S cale (Bloom ington, 111*: P u b lic School P u b lish in g Co*, l93W *

% a ro ld E, B ix le r , The S t a n ^ r d E lem entary S p e llin g S cale (A t la n ta : Turner E* Smith and Co*, l^^O)*

(H e, T c r t U n iv e rs ity , 1937)*

E r n e s t Horn, A B asic W riting V ocabulary* 10,000 Words Most Commonly Used in W ritin g . U n iv e rs ity o f Xowa Monographs In E d u ca tio n , iKo, r ( I 6 w a C ity : U n iv e rs ity o f Iowa,C ollege o f E d u ca tio n , 192o)*

E dw ard L. Thorndike and I rv in g L orge, The T ea ch e r 's Word Book o f 30.000 Words (Hew York: Bureau o f n ^ l i c a t i o n s ,Teachers C o lleg e , Columbia U n iv e rs ity , 1944)*

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ta b u la t io n s o f over I f f 000 runn ing words each* This book,

l i k e th e two p reced in g Thorndike books, was n o t w r i t te n as a

I s p e l l in g s c a le , b u t has been u sed as a source fo r words to

I go in to s p e l l in g sc a le s*

Greene^ (1955) p u b lish e d th e New Iowa S p e llin g S cale

jbased on H orn 's Guide L is t w hich i s an unpub lished co icp ila-

t io n u t i l i z i n g d a ta from H orn^, Ashbaugh^, R in s lan d ^ , B r i t

t a in and F i tz g e ra ld ^ , F itz g e ra ld ^ * ? , Thorndike and Lorge®,

and s e v e ra l l e s s e r s tu d ie s*

A C h ro n o lo g ica l Summary o f S p e llin g T ests

Both s p e l l in g sc a le s and t e s t s a re based upon vocab

u la ry s tu d ie s ; b u t s in c e s p e l l in g s c a le s p receded t e s t s , many

1 ^Harry A. G reene, The New Iowa S p e llin g S ca le (IowaI C ity : S ta te U n iv e rs ity o f Iowa, l935T*I g

‘ Ernest Horn, o£. c i t *

^ E rn est Ashbaugh, og. c i t ,

4-Henry D. R in s lan d , o£* c i t .

% ran ces J . B r i t t a in and James A. F i tz g e ra ld , "The V ocabulary and S p e llin g E rro rs o f Second-Grade C h ild re n 's Themes," E lem entary E n g lish Review , XIX (F eb ru ary , 194-2),4-3 - 50 *

^James A. F i tz g e r a ld , "The V ocabulary, S p e llin g E rro rs and S i tu a t io n s o f F o u rth , F i f t h , and S ix th Grade C h ild re n 's L e t te r s W ritten in L ife O utside the S ch o o l," (U npublished Ph*D* d i s s e r t a t i o n . E ducation D epartm ent, U n iv e rs ity o f Iowa, 1931)•

7james A. F i tz g e ra ld , "The V ocabulary and S p e llin g E rro rs o f T h ird Grade C h ild re n 's L i f e - L e t te r s ," E lem entary School J o u rn a l . XXXVIII (March, 1938), 518-2?.

®Edward L* Thorndike and I rv in g Lorge, c i t *

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of th e t e s t s have been based upon th e s c a le s . Some s p e ll in g

t e s t s a re Included In b a t t e r i e s o f achievem ent t e s t s , b u t th e

fo llow ing d isc u s s io n I s l im ite d to t e s t s which a re e n t i t l e s

and excludes th o se which a re p a r t o f b a t te r ie s #

1 . The words in th e Davis-Schrammel Test^ (1935) a re tak en from th e Buckingham E x ten s io n .

2 . Speer and Smith^ (1936) do n o t g ive th e source o f th e words found in t h e i r t e s t s .

3# Gates and R u sse ll^ (1937) used R u s s e l l 's Chara c t e r i s t i c s o f Good ^ d Poor S p e l le r s ^ as a re fe re n c e i h T i i e l r dT agnostlc t e s 1:8, but no m ention i s made of the source o f t h e i r words; however. In th e case o f d ia g n o s tic t e s t s , words a re s e le c te d to f u l f i l l the requ irem en ts fo r d ia g n o s is r a th e r than f o r achievement#

Ij.. Schrammel e t a l . 2 ( ig ^ l) based t h e i r s e le c t io n o f words on tEe Ayres S c a le , th e Ashbaugh S c a le , and the Thorndike word book o f 1932.

5# Spache^ ( 19)^2) g iv es no d a ta as to how the words j were s e le c te d In h is t e s t o f s p e l l in g e rro rs#I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

! -I^Vera Davis and H. E# Schrammel, D avls- Sc^am m el

S p e llin g T est (Em poria: Kansas S ta te Teachers C o lleg e , 1935).

% . K. Speer and S . Sm ith, S p e llin g T est; N a tio n a l Achievement T ests (R o ck v ille C en te r, N. Y#: Acorn Publis!hlngC o., 193b).

^A. I . Gates and D. H. R u s s e l l , G a te s -R u sse ll S p e llin g D iagnosis T ests (New York: Bureau o f P u b lic a t io n s , Teachersd o lle g e , Columbia U n iv e rs i ty , 1937).

^D. H. R u s s e l l , C h a ra c te r i s t ic s o f Good and Poor S p e l le r s . Teachers C ollege C o n trib u tio n s to E ducation No.727 (New York: Columbia U n iv e rs ity , 1937)#

^H. E . Schrammel e_t a l . , Kansas S p e llin g Test (Em poria: Kansas S ta te Teachers C o lleg e , 1 9 ^ f) .

^George Spache, S p e llin g U n iv e rs ity o f F lo r id a ,

E rro rs T est (T a lla h a sse e :

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6 . L in co ln ’ s^ t e s t (1947) la based upon G a te s 's ^ l i s t o f s p e ll in g d i f f i c u l t i e s , and B e tts* s3 vocabulary study ( 191 0 ) •

Need fo r This Study

The s e le c t io n o f words in m ost s p e l le r s and s p e l l in g

t e s t s has been from l i s t s made from bo th a d u lt and c h i ld

so u rc e s . H ild re th ^ d isc u sse s re se a rc h which p o in ts o u t th a t

th e v ocabu lary used in form al w r i t in g by a d u lts has le s s r e

la t io n s h ip to the words used by c h ild re n in th e i r w r i t in g

than does th e vocabulary used in in fo rm al a d u l t w r i t in g . As

e a r ly as 1923 Washburne5 showed th a t c h i ld re n use many words

n o t in a d u l t correspondence and v ice v e rsa , and h is re se a rc h

in d ic a te s th a t over h a l f the words in a d u l t w r i tin g would be

w asted on c h i ld re n .

Dale& found only a 59*5 p er cen t agreem ent between

f iv e s tu d ie s o f c h i ld r e n 's w ritin g v o ca b u la r ie s and the Hornj I II II ■ ■ ■ ■ ! ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 1 ■ ■ II ■ I II ■ I ■ I ■ I I , I. ■ ■ ■! ■ , I I , I I I ■ I ■ I I ,

^A. L. L inco ln , L incoln In te rm e d ia te S p e llin g Test(New York: E d u ca tio n a l Records Sureau , 194^)*

^A. I , G ates, A L is t o f S p e llin g D i f f i c u l t i e s in 3876Words (New York: Bureau o f P u b lic a t io n s , Teachers C o lîêg e ,ÏÏôrûmbla U n iv e rs ity , 1937)•

A. B e t ts , S p e llin g V ocabulary S tudy . Grade Placem ent o f Words in Seventeen S p e lle rs (iJew York: AmericanBook Co. ,

G e r t r u d e H ild re th , Teaching S p e llin g (New York:Henry H olt C o ., 1955), 134^3?*

^ C arle to n Washburne, "A S p e llin g C urriculum Based on R esea rch ," E lem entary School J o u rn a l, XXIII (Ju n e , 1923).751- 62 .

^ d g a r D ale , Comparison o f th e Commonwealth Word L is t and th e W ritin g Vocabulary o f C h ild ren (C hicago: U n iv e rs ityo t Ciiicago, Departm ent of E d u ca tio n , 1*927 )•

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study* F i tz g e r a ld ! found 1972 words o cc u rrin g In b o th the

3000 most common words used by c h ild re n in w ritin g l e t t e r s

and the 1|.000 most common a d u lt used words as found in th e

Horn l i s t * These s tu d ie s g iv e f u r th e r in d ic a t io n th a t a d u lt

usage as a c r i t e r i o n i s n o t as s u i ta b le f o r th e s e le c t io n o f

words f o r c h ild re n as i s c h i ld usage*

H ild r e th 's ^ com parison o f th e R in slan d l i s t w ith th e

a d u l t l i s t s o f T horndike, Horn, B e t t s , and Ayres confirm th e

e a r l i e r f in d in g s .

R insland^ says "• . * th a t c h i ld re n , e s p e c ia l ly In

th e elem entary sc h o o l, do n o t use words w ith th e same f r e

quency as a d u l ts and th a t a d u l t usage I s th e re fo re a more o r

le s s In v a lid c r i t e r i o n . " L e d b e tte r^ found an average c o r r e

l a t io n f o r e ig h t g rades o f *51 (by the mean square con tingency

method) between th e Thorndike (1921) frequency placem ent by

hundreds and thousands and th e frequency placem ent as shown

in th e R in slan d study* A ll o f th e se s tu d ie s show th a t l i t e r

a ry and form al a d u l t correspondence I s q u ite d i f f e r e n t from

! James A. F i tz g e r a ld , A B asic L ife S p e llin g Vocabula r y (Milwaukee: The Bruce P u b lish in g Co*, l ^ 5 l ) , 3! .*

^G ertrude H ild re th , "An E v a lu a tio n o f S p e llin g Word L is ts and V ocabulary S tu d ie s" E lem entary School J o u rn a l* LI (Jan u ary , 1951), 25i|.-65*

^Henry D* R in s la n d , A B asic V ocabulary o f Elementax*y School C h ild ren (Hew York: îh e M acmillan Co*, 4*

4-Llnnle Mae L e d b e tte r , "The Agreement Between C h ild re n 's and A d u lts ' V ocabu laries" (TTnpubllshed M a s te r 's t h e s i s . U n iv e rs ity o f Oklahoma, 1933)*

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th e a l l - r o u n d w r i t in g o f c h ild ren *

Makers o f t e s t s f re q u e n tly base th e s e le c t io n o f words

on th e p re s e n t needs o f c h i ld re n p lu s th e f u tu r e needs; th e

p re s e n t needs b e in g th o se words found in c h i ld vocabu lary

s tu d ie s and f u tu r e needs b e in g th o se found in a d u l t vocabu lary

s tu d ie s . The f a l l a c y of t h i s approach i s t h a t i t i s d o u b tfu l

th a t anyone can p r e d ic t th e s p e l l in g needs o f a d u l ts ; because

a f t e r the most common 1000-2500 words a re le a rn e d , th e vocabu-

la%^ needs become more s p e c ia l iz e d . Even i f i t were p o s s ib le

to p r e d ic t th e a d u l t n eed s , i t i s h ig h ly p ro b ab le th a t by th e

tim e th e c h i ld reach es adu lth o o d and needs a g iv en word, he

w i l l have fo rg o t te n i t s s p e l l in g i f he has n o t a c tu a l ly used

i t in the in te r im .

I t fo llo w s , th e r e fo r e , th a t th e b e a t s in g le source f o r

s e le c t in g words to go in to s p e l le r s and s p e l l in g t e s t s f o r

c h i ld re n i s c h i ld r e n 's w ords. The H inaland l i s t has been

w idely u sed as a sou rce o f words fo r s p e l l e r s ^ , as a re fe re n c e

^Jew e ll Askew, N elle McCorkle, and H aro ld G raves, Steps to Good S p e l^ n g (D a lla s : Banks, ïïpshaw and C o ,, 1950);î î l l i a n E , B i l l in g to n , Using Words With Power (Hew York: S ilv e r -B u rd e t t , 1950); R ich ard H, Bloom er, ^ P h o n e tic a lly Cons i s t e n t Graded Word L i s t f o r Prim ary Gradea*"(w ioh i'ta : Mmeo-graphed , James A. ^itzgerSL ld , iï B asic L ife S p e llin gV ocabulary (M ilwaukee: Bruce PublishTng C o ,, ’1^51); A rthu ri , d a te s e t a ^ . , The P u p ils ' Own V ocabulary S p e l le r (Hew York: The MacmiTIan Co, j' ’Ï9 l |4 ) ; E rn e s t Horn and E rn e s t J . Ashbaugh, S p e llin g We Use (P h ila d e lp h ia : L ip p in c o t t , 1950); Je s se S ,Hudson and C harles C. Mason, S p e llin g Growth (Oklahoma C ity :The Economy C o ., 19^7); May B. L abader, W illiam K ottm eyer, and Hose Wichey, S p e ll in g G oals ( S t . L o u is : W ebster P u b lish ing C o., 19lt-5); E rv in Eugene Lew is, E , B. Lew is, and Herman L. S h ib le r , We S p e ll and W rite (W ich ita : McCormiok-Mathere,1947 ) ; Prima inS iari ft^gency,' ]fa»ima E d u ca tio n {Prima In d ian ^ e n o y , 1945); Don C. R ogers , The C h ild re n 's Word Book (Chicago: W heeler P u b lish in g C o ., 1 9 4 0 } —— ——

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i n c o lle g e te z tb o o k s i , as w e ll as a c r i t e r i o n l l s t Z in e v a l

u a t in g s p e l l in g sc a le s and e lem en tary te x ts*

H ild re th 3 , F i tz g e ra ld ^ , and o th e rs ag ree th a t th e

R in slan d l i s t i s th e most ex te n s iv e o f r e c e n t s tu d ie s o f

words used in c h i ld r e n 's w ritin g * The re s e a rc h re p o r te dI

jhere shows th a t i t i s more w idely u sed in r e c e n t s p e l le r s

land more w idely used as a sou rce f o r words in c h i ld r e n 's

l i t e r a t u r e th an any o th e r s in g le source*

^Glenn Myers B la i r , R. S tew art Jo n e s , and Hay H* Simpson. E d u ca tio n a l Psychology (New York: The M acmillanCo*, 194^)» James A. F i tz g e r a ld , The Teaching o f S p e llin g (M ilwaukee: Bruce P u b lish in g C o ., 19^1); G ertrude H ild re th ,L earn ing to e Three R 'a (M inneapo lis: E d u ca tio n a l P u b lis h e rs ,In c* , 1947) Î G ertrude H ild re th , Teaching S p e llin g (New York: Henry H olt and C o ., 1955)î V ir g i l S . M allory e t a l .» Using A r i t ^ e t i c (C hicago: Benjamin H. Sanborn and Co*, 19457?W illiam B. Ragan, Modern E lem entary C urriculum (New York:Dryden P re s s , I n c . , 1953)? Jerome M *Seidman, Readings in E d u ca tio n a l Psychology (B oston: H oughton-M ifflin CoT, 1955)?

^G ertru d e H ild re th , "A Comparison o f th e D ale , D olch, and R in slan d Word L i s t s , ” The Jo u rn a l o f E d u ca tio n a l P sychology, XXXIX (Jan u a ry , 1948)7 39-41-» George Kyt e , ‘'A Core Vocab- u la ry in toe Language A r t s , ” PM D e lta Kappan. XXXIV (March, 1953), 231-i}.? Henry D. R in s la n d , "Word Meanings in C h ild re n 's W ritin g s ," E lem entary E n g lis h . XXVIII (A p r il , 1951), 221-5,253? John Conrad S eeg e rs , "V ocabulary Problems in the Elementa r y S c h o o l,” The N a tio n a l Conference on R esearch in E n g lish , S even th Annual R esearch B u l le t in (C hicago: S c o t t , Poresmanand C o ., 1939), 6? s i s t e r M* D oro thy , O .P ., and S i s t e r R i ta C e c ile , O .P ., "A V ocabulary A n a ly s is o f R ecen tly P ub lished P p e-P rim ers ," Jo u rn a l o f E d u c a tio n a l R esearch . XL (O ctober, 1948) , 116- 25? A rth u r E . T ra x le r and Agatha Townsend, "E ig h t More Y ears o f R esearch in R eading , Summary and B ib lio g rap h y ," E d u ca tio n a l Records B u l l e t in . No. 6)4. (Jan u a ry , 1955), l43*

I 3G ertrude H ild re th , Teaching S p e l l in g . 133*

L______ 4 James F i tz g e r a ld , A B asic L ife S p e llin g V ocabulary . I 8.

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A p art from I t s wide usage in s p e l l e r s , i t has been

U ti l iz e d by H ild re th to develop the New York C ity L is ts ^ and

by Rogers^ in w ritin g s p e l le r s f o r th e c i ty o f Chicago,

W hile the R in slan d l i s t has been used e x te n s iv e ly ,

and i t may be assumed to be the moat v a l id s in g le sou rce o f

words to be used in s p e l l in g t e s t s f o r elem entary schoo l

c h i ld re n , p r io r to th i s s tudy i t has never been p u t to th i s

use*

S tatem en t o f the Problem

The purposes o f th i s study were:

' 1* To b u ild two Gong>arable forms o f a s p e l l in g t e s tj f o r each grade*

I 2* To make a l l t e s t s in m u ltip le -c h o ic e form tof a c i l i t a t e machine o r punched key scoring*

3* To s ta n d a rd iz e th e t e s t s on a n a tio n -w id e b a s is , 80 as to j u s t i f y t h e i r usage on a wide sca le*

If* To s e le c t words from th e R insland l i s t on th e b a s is o f frequency o f usage by c h i ld re n as d is c lo sed in h is s tudy and th e le v e l o f d i f f i c u l t y based on an item a n a ly s is o f responses o f approxim a te ly 7000 p u p ils which com prise th e s ta n d a rd iz a t io n p o p u la tio n o f th is study*

Board o f E ducation o f th e C ity o f New York, S p e llin g l»^8ts. A, B, ^ d ^C (New York: Board o f E ducation o f th e C ity

pDon C. R ogers, o n . c i t .

CHAPTER I I

I THE EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDUREj

1

S e le c tio n o f Words

There a re p r im a r ily two methods o f s e le c t in g words

f o r s p e l le r s and s p e l l in g t e s t s : (1) su ccess iv e s u b tr a c t io n

from grade to g rade which u t i l i z e s th e frequency o f usage as

found in a p a r t i c u l a r grade* (T his techn ique was used by

G ates J8i in t h e i r s p e l l e r s . ) and (2 ) the H ild re th ^ method

which tak es the g rand t o t a l from the R in slan d l i s t and p re

se n ts words in o rd e r o f freq u en cy , the low er g rades u s in g th e

words o f h ig h e r frequency . Because o f i t s s im p lic i ty and

e s ta b lis h e d v a l i d i t y , the H ild re th method w i l l be fo llow ed

in th i s s tu d y .

H ild re th took a l l th e words from the R in slan d l i s t

th a t had a t o t a l frequency o f 25 o r more fo r a l l g rades com

b in e d , p lu s a s e le c t io n o f I4.83 words in the frequency in te r v a l

o f 10- 24.. The r e s u l t in g l i s t co n ta in ed approx im ately 7200

w ords. She then d iv id ed the l i s t in to te n le v e ls w ith le v e l

^A rthur I . G ates e t a l . . The P u p il<3 Own V ocabulary S p e lle r (New York: The MacmTTlan C o ., l4 5 o |.

^G ertrude H ild re th , Teaching S p e l l in g , 301-303*

1 3

Ill-one co n ta in in g those words th a t a re most f re q u e n tly u sed and

le v e l te n , those th a t a re l e a s t f re q u e n tly u se d .^

P re lim in ary In v e s t ig a t io n s In d ic a te d th a t th e h ig h e r

th e grand t o t a l f o r any word, the h ig h e r th e c o r r e la t io n In

frequency o f use a t a l l g rade le v e ls# H ild re th ^ took a sam

p lin g o f 100 words a rran g ed In o rd e r o f frequency f o r g rade

fo u r , g rade s ix , and g rade e ig h t , as g iv en In the R in slan d

l i s t and cong)ared th e ran k o rd e r o f each word in a g rad e w ith

the combined o r grand t o t a l f o r the word. This com parison

showed l i t t l e change In ran k order# The median d e v ia tio n s

o f frequency rank a re co n s id e ra b ly le s s f o r th e f o r ty most

f re q u e n tly used words (3*0-5*2) th an f o r th e t o t a l l i s t

( i|.# 12-12#0) * An uncommon word has g r e a te r d ivergence in

frequency o f use In d i f f e r e n t grades#

H ild re th ^ a ls o determ ined the com parative frequency

o f word usage by computing th e range o f g rades In which a

g iven word I s used# T his com putation g iv e s a rough e s tim a te

o f th e e x te n t to which a word I s used c o n s is te n tly # She

s e le c te d 25 words by random sam pling I n le v e ls 1 , 2 , ij., 5*

and 9 accord ing to h e r c l a s s i f i c a t i o n ; then each word was

Dr# M argaret Parke form erly o f th e New York C ity School System m odified the H ild re th l i s t , r e ta in in g ap p ro x im ately 5000 words in te n le v e ls # This l i s t I s now b e ing used In the New York C ity Schools#

^G ertrude H ild re th , ’’In te r-G rad e Coioparlsons o f Word F requencies in C h ild re n 's W ritin g ," Jo u rn a l o f E d u ca tio n a l Psychology. XLIV (November, 1953),

^G ertrude H ild re th , Teaching S p e l l in g > 306-7#

15foim d In th e R in slan d l i s t which g iv es a c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of

freq u en cy ; i . e . , i f a g iv en word i s among the f i r s t thousand

most f re q u e n tly used words in a p a r t i c u l a r g ra d e , i t i s g iven

the d e s ig n a tio n o f 1 , th e second thousand 2 , e tc* The range

in frequency o f use was computed f o r each word* Â range of

one to f iv e means f i r s t to f i f t h thousand , e tc* She found

th e fo llow ing median ranges in grade freq u en cy : le v e l one,

0 ; l e v e l two, 2 ; l e v e l f o u r , 2*lfl|.» le v e l f i v e , 2 *6?; and

le v e l n in e , 6 *

The r e s u l t s o f th e se two s tu d ie s p o in t ou t th a t the

more commonly a word i s used in g e n e ra l, th e more commonly

i t i s used in a l l g rad es from f i r s t th rough e ig h t , and con

v e r s e ly , the l e s s f re q u e n tly used words from grade to g rade

a re a ls o those words t h a t have the low est g rand to ta l* Thus,

th e g rand t o t a l as found i n R insland*s l i s t c o n s t i tu te s a

v a l id and r e l i a b l e index f o r a l l s e q u e n tia l g ra d a tio n of

words* The grand t o t a l i s a lso more r e p r e s e n ta t iv e o f wide

s e le c t io n from o th e r sources*

The w r i te r s e le c te d only those words in th e R in slan d

l i s t th a t had a t o t a l frequency o f 25 o r m ore. The r e s u l t in g

l i s t gave a t o t a l o f 6850 d i f f e r e n t w ords, in c lu d in g abbrev

ia t io n s and co n tra c tio n s* Each word was coded on an IBM c a rd ,

acco rd ing to a lp h a b e t ic a l o rd er and t o t a l frequency as found

on th e R in slan d l i s t * Two l i s t s o f th e words were made, one

p la c e d the words in a lp h a b e t ic a l o rd e r , th e o th e r l i s t e d th e

words on the b a s is o f frequency occurrence from th e h ig h e s t

l6

(281f,ll|.5) to th e low est (2 5 ) . I t was from th i s l i s t th a t the

words to be used In the s p e ll in g t e s t s were taken*

Sampling o f Words S e le c te d

In o rd e r to determ ine how wide th e sam pling shou ld

b e , s p e l le r s f o r th e e lem entary g rad es were co n su lte d to see

how many words a re ta u g h t in each g ra d e . A v a ilab le p u b lish e d

d a ta f o r s p e l le r s a re g iv en in Table 1 .

There was no way o f a r r iv in g a t th e ex ac t number to

be sanq>led; so a f t e r c o n s u lta t io n w ith th e w r i t e r 's m ajor

p ro fe s s o r , i t was decided th a t 100 p e r cen t coverage was

n e i th e r p o s s ib le nor n e c e s s a ry , b u t r a th e r th a t approxim ately

85 p e r cen t would be s u f f i c i e n t . The number to be sampled in

each g rade was w ith in the p rox im ity o f 85 p e r c e n t o f th e

l a r g e s t number o f words ta u g h t in any s p e l le r l i s t e d . The

number o f words to be saaqpled in each grade w ith the c o r re s

ponding frequency range w ith in th a t grade i s found in Table 2 .

The w r i te r then computed th e c o e f f ic ie n t o f c o n t in

gency to show th e r e la t io n s h ip between th e g ra d a tio n o f words

by th e H ild re th method and the method used by G ates e t a l .

Of th e 3760 words sam pled, 3088 were common to b o th l i s t s .

For th e most p a r t th e words th a t were in the w r i t e r 's l i s t

b u t n o t in the B ins Ian d-G ates l i s t a re d e r iv a t iv e s . Table 3

shows how the 3088 words common to b o th l i s t s were graded

accord ing to th e two methods m entioned . The c o e f f ic ie n t o f

con tingency f o r th ese two s tu d ie s i s .753» which shows a

t a b l e 1

THE NUMBER OF WORDS TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY GRADES ACCORDING TO PUBLISHED SPELLING TEXTS

s p e l l e r ____________________ P u b lish e r 2 5 " % ^3 —■■ 5 ■ ■ "y ^ T o ta l

New L earn ing Words Sanborn $07 630 63O 665 665 652 4*153

P u p il* s Own V ocabulary M acm illan 339 ll-85 597 626 637 61 9 651 3,98li,

We S p e l l and W rite McCormlck-Mathere 362 501 5%|.8 630 630 630 630 3 ,931

The New S ta n fo rd S p e l le r L ald law B ro th e rs 192 320 576 6^.0 6i|.0 768 768 3,90!|.

Word M astery S p e l le r C h a rles E . M e r r i l l 295 i>43 1*93 556 6OO 6?2 JOlf. 3 ,763

S p e ll in g G oals W ebster 278 378 1*85 550 580 61*.0 6i|.0 3 ,551

Word Power Through S p e ll in g S l lv e r - B u r d e t t 250 350 1*90 555 595 61*5 66O 3,51*5

U sing Words W ith Judgment S l lv e r -B u rd e t t 250 350 1*90 555 595 61*5 66O 3,51*5

S uccess In S p e ll in g W orld Book Company 260 350 1*50 540 600 60O 600 3,1*00

s p e l l in g We Use L ip p in c o tt 270 1*80 1*76 510 510 510 510 3,19l*

New S p e ll in g G oals W ebster 200 328 1*50 1*80 510 5t*-0 540 3,0l*8

B e t te r S p e llin g * Hinds «Hayden & E ld red g e 1*50 600 600 750 ____ 2,1*00**

B u ild in g S p e ll in g Power* H o u g h to n -M lfflln 200 280 36O 1*70 1*90 ___ 1,800**____________________ Median 2W 378 I* ^ 555 ^ 751 3 ,551

^ S e r ie s does n o t In c lu d e a l l g rad es ( 2 - 8 ) . -nr-* * T o ta l was n o t u sed i n d e te rm in in g median*

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TAB1£ 2

NUMBER OF WORDS SAMPLED BY GffiADE AND THE FREQUENCY RANGE WITHIN EACH GRADE

Grade Words Sampled Frequency Range

2 350 281*.,lii5-2,007

3 l jSo 2,00)4.-735

k 500 733-388

5 550 387-2296 6oo 228-II4.9

7 650 148-102

8 650T o ta l 3760

101-74

r e l a t i v e l y h ig h degree o f r e la t io n s h ip between th e two meth

ods* The h ig h e s t p o s s ib le c o e f f i c ie n t th a t can be a t ta in e d

in seven c a te g o r ie s (g rades 2 -8 ) i s *926 ( G a r r e t t^ ) ,

To s e le c t th o se words to be used in th e t e s t fo rm s, a

sam pling method was eg%>loyed w hich u t i l i z e d th e l i s t o f words

in freq u en cy order* In g rade one f o r exam ple, th e re were 350

words from which 200 were to be u sed in th e t e s t form ; th a t

i s , 100 in each o f the two forms* Every th i r d word was s e

le c te d : f o r e x a n ^ le , th e f i r s t , th e f o u r th , th e se v en th , e t c .

u n t i l th e t o t a l o f 100 was reached* To determ ine th e o rd e r

^Henry E* G a r re t t , S t a t i s t i c s In Psychology ^ Educ a t io n (New York: Longmans, Green and Co*, 1954-)» 3&8-70*

TilBLE 3

A COMPARISON OF GRADATION OF WORDS BY THE GATES-RINSLAND METHOD AND THE HILDRETH METHOD INCLUDING PERCENTAGE FINDINGS AND THE COEFFICIENT OP CONTINGENCY

G ates and R ln s la n d

Grade 2 3 W 5 6 7 8 T o ta l

6 N a 1*2%

N a 224.9#

N a 82 18.1#

N a 13429 . 6#*

a . 15534 . 2#

N a 5913 .# 453

7 N s 2. 1

N = 8 1 .7 #

N = 12827 . 4 *

N = lh 4 3 0 .8#

N 2 10823 . 1#

468

6 N a 18 3 .6 #

N a 89 17 .7#

N a 20641^

N a 12224 . 3#

a = 53 10 . 6#

N a Hi 2 .8 # 502

1 'N a 1

#2^ 1 1 .9 ?N a 189

4 1 .6 #N a 116

25 . 6#N a 70

1 5 .4 2N a 20

4 . 4#N a 4

.9 # 454

S 1*. N a 7 1#6 N =117 2 6 .1#

N a 250 5 5 .8 #

a = 45 10.#N a 17

3 .8 #N a 7 1.6#

N a 5 1.1# 448

3 ■ û .? N =2Sk6 1 .0

N a 8821 . 3#

N a 102 . 4 ^

a = 5 1 . 2#

N a 3 .7 # 414

2 N =273 7 8 .2 # ‘Ô .B N a 1

. 3# 349

T o ta l 338 526 683 587 493 346 115 3088

xO

C o e f f ic ie n t o f C ontingency a *753 L im it o f 7 c a te g o r ie s i s #926

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o f th e second 100 words fo r th e a l t e r n a te t e s t form , the

th i r d , th e s ix th , the n in th , e tc# words were used u n t i l 100

were se lec te d # A s im ila r p rocedure was fo llow ed f o r each

grade le v e l#

The M u ltip le Choice Form

M u ltip le -c h o ice item s were used in t e s t s r a th e r than

o r a l d ic ta t io n item s because : (1 ) th e d ic ta t io n method r e

q u ire s hand sc o rin g and d ec ip h erin g th e pup ils* h an d w ritin g ;

(2) a m u ltip le -c h o ic e t e s t w i l l p e rm it more o b je c t iv i ty in

sco rin g as w ell as make machine sc o rin g p o s s ib le ; (3 ) a mul

t ip le - c h o ic e t e s t removes th e p o s s i b i l i t y of f a u l ty pronun

c ia t io n on the p a r t o f th e exam iner; (i^) a m u ltip le -c h o ic e

t e s t a llow s fo r th e in d iv id u a l to determ ine h is own r a te

r a th e r than to fo llo w th e te a c h e r 's r a t e ; and (5) a m u lt ip le -

choice t e s t saves a co n s id e rab le amount o f time in adm inister*

ing and scoring#

Proponents o f the d ic ta t io n t e s t a re o f th e o p in io n

th a t a m u ltip le -c h o ic e t e s t re q u ire s a d i f f e r e n t type o f

a b i l i t y — p ro o f read in g to I d e n t i fy e r ro rs in sp e llin g # The

m ental p ro cesses re q u ire d in r e c a l l in g the c o r re c t s p e l l in g

o f a word a re p robab ly comparable to th o se p ro cesses re q u ire d

to id e n t i f y th e one c o r re c t s p e l l in g i n a group o f w ords.

The p u p il conqpares s e v e ra l ways o f s p e ll in g a word in the

d ic ta t io n form j u s t as he does In th e m u ltip le -c h o ic e form ;

a lso a f t e r he has w r i t te n th e word in th e d ic ta t io n t e s t , he

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▼ Isu a iiy exam ines I t t o d e te rm in e i t s c o r r e c tn e s s * A c tu a l ly

h e may w r i t e th e w ord a num ber o f tim e s b e f o r e he d e c id e s

upon th e c o r r e c t form *

A se co n d o b j e c t i o n o f f e r e d I s t h a t th e m u l t i p le - c h o ic e

t e s t may te n d to r e i n f o r c e p o o r s p e l l i n g h a b i t s . I t I s u n

l i k e l y t h a t a p u p i l w i l l t e n d to a c c e p t a p a r t i c u l a r m is s p e l l

in g I n a b r i e f e x p o su re on a t e s t , i f h e h a s n o t l e a r n e d to

s p e l l th e w ord c o r r e c t l y a f t e r a c o n tin u o u s te a c h in g and

l e a r n in g p ro c e s s *

I t h a s b e e n shown by e x p e r im e n ta l e v id e n c e c o l l e c t e d

jby L u n tz ^ t h a t th e m u l t ip le - c h o ic e fo rm I s a s v a l i d a s th e

d i c t a t i o n fo rm . D i c t a t i o n I s n o t a p e r f e c t l y v a l i d fo rm

i t s e l f a s i s o f t e n c la im e d , b e c a u se h i n t s t o th e c o r r e c t

s p e l l i n g a r e g iv e n b y th e e x am in e r th ro u g h sounds*

N e lso n and Denny^ o b ta in e d c o r r e l a t i o n s o f *8? to *93

i n u s in g th e same w ords i n th e s e two ty p e s o f t e s t s * T hese

t e s t s w ere f o r g ra d e s f o u r th ro u g h e i g h t , and th e l i s t o f

w ords u s e d h a d b e e n s ta n d a r d iz e d b y p re v io u s r e s e a r c h *

S tu rd y v ln ^ fo u n d a c o r r e l a t i o n o f *88 I n an e x p e r im e n t

t h a t h e c o n d u c te d w ith th e two ty p e s o f form s*

^ L e s te r L u n tz , "A C om parison o f R e s u l ts O b ta in e d w i th D i c t a t i o n and M u lt ip le -C h o ic e S p e l l i n g T e s t s , ” E d u c a t io n a l R e c o rd s B u l l e t i n * Ho* 6$ (F e b ru a ry , 1 9 5 $ ) , 7o-8l^*

^M* J* N e lso n a n d E . C* D enny, "The M u lt ip le -C h o ic e S p e l l i n g T e s t , " S c h o o l an d S o c ie ty . x â c iV ( J u ly Ç , 1 9 3 6 ) ,15-18*

E v e l y n M* S tu r d y v ln , "N ote on R e c o g n i t io n V ersu s Rec a l l a s M ethods o f T e s t in g S p e l l i n g . " J o u r n a l o f E d u c a t io n a l P sy c h o lo g y . XXYIII (May. 1 9 3 7 ) . 3 9 5 -9 6 : ~ -------------------------

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T r a i l e r ^ c o n c lu d e d fro m h i a e x p e rim e n t w ith th e m ul

t i p l e - c h o i c e s u h t e s t o f th e C o o p e ra t iv e E n g l i s h T e s t and a

l i s t - d i c t a t i o n t e s t w h ich c o n ta in s d i f f e r e n t w ords t h a t th e

c o r r e l a t i o n c o u ld be e s t im a te d a t a b o u t #80 a f t e r c o r r e c t i o n

f o r a t t e n u a t io n #

Lennon^ fo u n d c o r r e l a t i o n s fro m .7 1 to #92 b e tw ee n

th e S ta n f o r d S p e l l i n g T e s t ( m u l t i p le - c h o ic e ) and th e d i c t a t i o n

t e s t o f th e M e tr o p o l i ta n A ch ievem en t T ea t#

The E d u c a t io n a l R eco rd s B ureau^ i n 1952 fo u n d c o r r e

l a t i o n s r a n g in g b e tw een #79 an d #86 on th e L in c o ln In te rm e d

i a t e ( d i c t a t i o n ) and th e S ta n f o r d A chievem ent# Form K (m ul

t i p l e - c h o i c e ) #

I t c an be c o n c lu d e d t h a t t h e r e i s su c h a h ig h c o r r e

l a t i o n b e tw een s c o r e s o f th e d i c t a t i o n ty p e and tW m u l t i p l e -

c h o ic e ty p e o f s p e l l i n g t e s t t h a t one can b e u se d a s w e ll a s

th e o th e r# T h e re fo re # f o r th e r e a s o n s l i s t e d # th e m u l t i p l e -

c h o ic e fo rm was u sed#

T h ere a r e 100 t e s t i te m s i n e a c h e x p e r im e n ta l fo rm .

T hese w ords a r e p r e s e n te d i n s h o r t s e n te n c e s . T h ere a r e f o u r

p o s s ib l e c h o ic e s g iv e n from w h ich th e p e r s o n ta k in g th e t e s t

m arks th e num ber c o rre s p o n d in g to th e c o r r e c t answ er# T hree

p o s s ib l e s p e l l i n g s a re g iv e n an d th e f o u r t h column# D f o r

^ A rth u r E . T ra x le r# "The R e la t i o n B etw een a M u l t ip l e - C ho ice S p e l l in g T e s t and a L i s t D i c t a t i o n T e s t# " (U n p u b lish e d m a n u sc r ip t# March# 1938# i n a u th o r* s p e r s o n a l f i l e ) #

% îoger T . Lennon# P e r s o n a l c o m m u n ica tio n s , Ju n e 2 8 , ,1954.; November 15» 1954- a s fo u n d i n L e s te r L untz# o p # c i t . . 81^.

^ L e s te r L untz# o £ . c i t . . 81-83#

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d i f f e r e n t . I s t o be u s e d i f th e c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g I s n o t g iv e n

a s one o f th e th r e e s p e l l i n g s . The s e n te n c e s a r e f i t t e d to

th e s p a c in g o f a s t a n d a r d IBM an sw er s h e e t an d th e s p a c e s f o r

m ark in g re s p o n s e s a re d u p l i c a t e d so th e t e s t s c an be s c o re d

m e c h a n ic a l ly . Sasg>le t e s t s may be fo u n d I n th e p o c k e t In th e

b a c k o f t h i s d i s s e r t a t i o n .

M is s p e l l in g s f o r f o i l s w ere ta k e n fro m G a t e s I n

th o s e o a se s w here he l i s t e d t h r e e m is s p e l l i n g s , a l l th r e e

w ere u s e d on th e t e s t . Where no m is s p e l l in g s w ere g iv e n , th e

w r i t e r d e v is e d h i s own.

The t e a c h e r s I n ü ie U n iv e r s i ty L a b o ra to ry S ch o o l coop

e r a t e d In ru n n in g a p i l o t s tu d y to a i d I n th e d ev e lo p m en t o f

t e s t d i r e c t i o n s and I n e v a lu a t in g th e s e n te n c e s t r u c t u r e and

th e v o c a b u la ry l e v e l .

D i s t r i b u t i o n

D i s t r i b u t i o n was made on th e b a s i s o f e o n t r o l l e d -

s t r a t l f l e d sa m p lin g . The C a l i f o r n i a T e s t B u reau I s I n t e r e s t e d

I n t h i s r e s e a r c h and c o n d u c te d th e d i s t r i b u t i o n . The sam plin g

was c o n t r o l l e d by th e s e s t r a t a : g ra d e l e v e l s , g e o g ra p h ic a l

a r e a s , p o p u la t io n d e n s i ty , b a s i c p a t t e r n , and l i m i t i n g sa m p le s .

E ach o f th e s e I s b r i e f l y d i s c u s s e d b e lo w .

G rade L e v e ls

E ach g ra d e l e v e l , tw o th ro u g h e i g h t , f o r w h ich th e

t e s t s a r e d e s ig n e d . I s t o be sam p led .

^ A rth u r I . G a te s , A L i s t o f S p e l l in g D i f f i c u l t i e s I n3676 W orfr (Hew Y ork : B u re au o f P u b l i c a t i o n s , t e a c h e r s CoT^l e g e , Colum bia U n iv e r s i ty , 1937).

24G e o g ra p h ic a l A reas

F o r p u rp o s e s o f s e l e c t i n g th e s e sa m p le s« th e f o r t y -

e ig h t s t a t e s have b e e n c o n s o l id a te d i n t o e ig h te e n c e l l s .

P r i n c i p a l among th e c r i t e r i a f o r c o n s o l id a t i o n w ere th e

f o l lo w in g : a v e ra g e e x p e n d i tu re s p e r s tu d e n t f o r i n s t r u c t i o n a l

p u rp o s e s ; c o m p a r a b i l i ty o f a v e ra g e s c o r e s upon d r a f t d e fe rm e n t

e x a m in a tio n ; l e n g th o f sc h o o l te rm ; u r b a n - r u r a l c h a r a c t e r i s

t i c s ; ty p e o f s c h o o l o r g a n iz a t io n ; a t t i t u d e s and c u l t u r a l

c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s ; an d num ber o f p u p i l s e n r o l l e d i n p u b l ic

s c h o o ls . In th e f i n a l a n a l y s i s , some s t a t e s w ere j u s t a r b i

t r a r i l y p u t t o g e t h e r . B ach c e l l h a s s u f f i c i e n t s c h o o l popu

l a t i o n so t h a t s t a t i s t i c a l l y w e ig h tin g f a c t o r s can be c o u n t e d

f o r u se i n th e f i n a l c o n s o l id a t io n f o r s t a n d a r d i z a t i o n . The

p e r c e n t o f th e t o t a l p u b l ic sc h o o l p o p u la t io n o f th e e n t i r e

U n ite d S t a t e s t h a t i s fo u n d w i th in e a c h c e l l i s g iv e n i n

T ab le 4* These f i g u r e s a re b a sed upon th e U. S . O f f ic e o f

E d u c a tio n S t a t i s t i c s o f S t a t e S c h o o l S y s te m s .^ The num ber

o f fo rm s d i s t r i b u t e d in e ac h c e l l i s p r o p o r t io n a te to th e

p e r c e n t o f th e t o t a l s c h o o l p o p u la t io n fo u n d w i th in th e

c e l l .

P o p u la t io n D e n s i ty C a te g o r ie s

W ith in e a c h c e l l th e s c h o o ls a r e d iv id e d i n t o f o u r

p o p u la t io n c a t e g o r i e s . These f i g u r e s a r e b a se d upon th e

^ F e d e ra l S e c u r i t y A gency , U. S . O ff ic e o f E d u c a t io n , S t a t i s t i c s o f S t a t e S ch o o l S y s tem s. 195 1 -5 2 B ie n n ia l S u rv ey o r E d u c a tio n i n ' th e u n i te d S t a t e s (W ash in g to n : U n ite d S t a t e sG overnm ent P r i n t i n g O f f i c e , 1954)*

25TÀBI£ i).

GEOGRAPHICAL SAMPLING AREAS AND THE PER CENT OP THE TOTAL SCHOOL POPULATION CONTAINED IN EACH CELL

C e ll S ta te s W ith in C e ll Per Cent o f School P o p u la tio n

1 Maine» New Hampshire» Vermont C onnecticut» and Rhode I s la n d 5 .0

2 New York 8 .5

3 New Je rse y 2 .8

k Pennsylvania» Delaware» and M aryland 7 .7

5West V irg in ia» V irg in ia» and Washington» D. C, 4 .1

6 Ohio 4 .9

7 South C arolina» Alabama» Georgia» and M is s is s ip p i 9 .3

8 N orth C a ro lin a and F lo r id a 5 .5

9 Tennessee» A rkansas and Kentucky 7 .1

10 I l l i n o i s and In d ian a 7 .411 Michigan 4*412 M innesota and W isconsin 3 .9

13 Iowa, N orth Dakota» South Dakota» Kansas » N ebraska, and Colorado 6 ,0

14 M isso u ri, Oklahoma, and L ou isiana 6 .4

15 Texas 5 .6

16 New Mexico, Idaho» Montana» Utah» Wyoming, Arizona» and Nevada 3 .2

17 Oregon and W ashington 1 .418 C a lifo rn ia 6 .8

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U n ite d S t a t e s C ensus B u re a u ’ s d a t a . l T hese c a t e g o r i e s a r e

assum ed to be hom ogeneous, so any s c h o o l s e l e c t e d from a

g iv e n c l a s s i s c o n s id e r e d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f a l l s c h o o ls w i th in

t h a t c la s s * T hese c l a s s e s a r e fo u n d I n T ab le 5*

TABLE 5

CLASSES OP SCHOOLS ACCORDING TO POPULATION DENSITT WITH THE PER CENT OF THE NATION’S TOTAL SCHOOL

POPULATION POUND IN EACH CATEGORY

C la s s S iz e o f C i ty N a t io n a l P e r C en t o f S c h o o l P o p u la t io n

1 Over 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 1 ,9

2 1 0 ,0 0 0 - 9 9 ,9 9 9 19 .6

3 2 ,5 0 0 - 9 ,9 9 9 1 1 .5

k L eas th a n 2 ,5 0 0 4 7 .0

B a s ic P a t t e r n

The b a s i c p a t t e r n I s to h av e e v e ry g ra d e l e v e l r e p r e

s e n te d I n each o f th e fo u r p o p u la t io n d e n s i ty c a t e g o r i e s i n

a l l e ig h te e n c e l l s .

L im i ta t io n s I n S e l e c t i n g Sam ples

S in c e I t was d e s i r e d t h a t th e I n f lu e n c e o f any p a r

t i c u l a r s c h o o l sy s te m be k e p t a t a minimum, one s c h o o l sy s te m

can c o n t r i b u te o n ly one c l a s s a t any one g ra d e l e v e l I n th e

b a s ic sa m p le ,

^U, S , B u reau o f C e n su s , C ensus o f P o p u la t io n ; 1 9 ^ 0 ; A R e p o r t o f th e S e v e n te e n th D e c e n n ia l C ensus o f th e U n ite d S t a t e s (W ashing ton* D ,C .: G overnm ent P r i n t l n g T f f i c e , 1 9 ^ 2 ) ,

CHAPTER I I I

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

T a b u la t io n o f R e tu rn s

A p p ro x im a te ly 2 3 ,0 0 0 e x p e r im e n ta l fo rm s ( a b o u t 3200

a t e a c h g ra d e l e v e l ) w ere d i s t r i b u t e d on a n a t io n -w id e b a s i s .

Of th e s e 2 3 ,0 0 0 fo rm s , 7 ,1 9 5 w ere r e t u r n e d . T hese r e t u r n s

w ere t o t a l e d a c c o rd in g to c e l l s , a s th e y h a d b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d .

These d a ta a r e fo u n d I n T a b le 6 ,

S in c e t h e s t a t e s w i th in e a c h c e l l h a d b e e n g ro u p e d

(w ith few e x c e p t io n s ) b e c a u se o f t h e i r h o m o g en e ity , e a c h

s c h o o l sy s te m s u b m it t in g r e t u r n s was c o n s id e re d to be r e p r e

s e n t a t i v e o f a l l co m p arab le p o p u la t io n d e n s i ty s c h o o ls w i th in

t h a t c e l l . R e tu rn s w ere r e c e iv e d fro m s i x t e e n o f th e e ig h te e n

c e l l s r e p r e s e n t i n g f o r t y - t h r e e o f th e f o r t y - e i g h t s t a t e s #

( S t a t e s com posing e a c h c e l l a r e fo u n d I n T ab le 1|.,)

I te m A n a ly s is

An I te m a n a l y s i s was made o f th e 7195 t e s t s r e t u r n e d .

E ach t e s t a t e a c h g ra d e l e v e l c o n s i s t e d o f 100 I t e m s , F o l

lo w in g t h i s I tem a n a l y s i s , f i f t y w ords on e a c h fo rm o f th e

t e s t a t e a c h g ra d e l e v e l w ere e l im in a te d . Of t h e 700 words

c o m p ris in g th e I te m s on th e f i n a l t e s t s , a l l b u t f o u r f e l l

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TABLE 6

RETURNS FROM EACH DISTRIBUTION CELL

C e l l R e tu rn s

1 1862 1000

3 60

k 1 805 706 1757 2958 10l|.

9 0

10 0350

12 35

13 260

14. lli^ 6

15 177116 28317 13018 850

T o ta l 7195

w i th in th e d i f f i c u l t y ra n g e o f 20 -89 p e r c e n t . P e rc e n ta g e

o f d i f f i c u l t y was d iv id e d I n to f o u r r a n g e s : 20-39» ii-0-60;

61-79» and 80-89# The num ber o f I te m s f a l l i n g w i th in e a c h

ra n g e o f d i f f i c u l t y I s fo u n d I n T ab le ?»

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table 7

RANGE OF DIFFICULTY OF ITEMS WITHIN EACH FORM ACCORDING TO PERCENTAGE OF DIFFICULTY

G rade Form P e rc e n ta g e o f D i f f i c u l t y T o ta l20-39 4 0 -6 0 61-79 80-59

2 A 1 2i|. 25 50

2 B 3 10 23 14 50

3 A 3 16 31 50

3 B 3 1 21 21 46*

k A 6 9 35 50

k B 2 5 16 27 50

$ A 3 10 37 50

5 B 2 6 28 i 4 50

6 A 2 2 24 22 50

6 B 1 9 34 6 50

7 A 7 31 12 50

7 B 1 3 35 11 50

8 A 3 12 35 50

8 B 2 6 20 22 50

*P our i te m s w ere ta k e n from th e ra n g e o f 90-91»

T ab le s 8 -2 1 l i s t th e w ords c h o se n f o r f i n a l s c o r in g

w i th th e p e rc e n ta g e o f d i f f i c u l t y f o r e a c h word#

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TABLE 8

WORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST» GRADE 2 (FWM A ) ,AND PERCENTAGE OP DIFFICULTY FOR EACH ITEM

N o. WordP e rc e n ta g e

o fD i f f i c u l t y

No. WordP e rc e n ta g e


1 . a 68 26 . ru n 682 . i s 62 27 . t e a c h e r 403 . f o r 68 2 8 . o n ly 694* v e ry 66 29 . a n o th e r 275 . 80 27 30 . f o u r 29

6 . t h e r e 60 3 1 . I*m 637 . d e a r 22 32 . th a n 268 . be 69 33 . m ust 629 . fro m 60 34. f i n d 63

1 0 . a s 67 3 2 . few 22

1 1 . h a s 69 36 . a sk e d 291 2 . b e c a u se 47 37 . b e t t e r 291 3 . t h e i r 32 3 8 . h e lp 684 . by 63 39 . h a rd 281 ^ . o r 61 4 o . w in te r 28

1 6 . o th e r 60 41 . p a p e r 6917 . w ant 22 42 . why 611 8 . f i r s t 63 43 . m iss 6619 . g ra d e 63 4 4 . 0 *c lo c k 672 0 . w here 62 4 2 . e v e r 29

2 1 . n e x t 61 46 . b ro u g h t 272 2 . t o l d 29 4 7 . p a r t y 27? ? • men 29 4 8 . g u e ss 604 * a g a in 22 49 . s e n t 272 2 . th ro u g h 22 2 0 . r i g h t 60

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TABLE 9

WCBDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST, GRADE 2 (FORM B ) ,AND PERCENTAGE OF DIFPIOWLTT FOR EACH ITEM





1 . to 58 26 . g e t t i n g2 . o f 75 2 7 . a l s o 3k3 . w ent 79 28 . s h o u ld 57

w ith 78 29 . w an ted 86t h i s 81 30 . g i r l s 81

6 . C h ris tm a s 71 31 . r e a d 837 . us 87 32 . so m e th in g 68S . saw 62 3 3 . b r o th e r 759 . h e re 87 34 . n e v e r 85

10 . c o u ld Qk 3 5 . g r e a t 65

1 1 . to o 36 . p l e a s e 8512 . know 75 3 7 . c o u n try 8113 . b e en 78 38 . daddy*3 60i4 * p e o p le 69 39 . l a r g e 721^ . hope 75 10 . l o t s 72

16 . c h i l d r e n 72 Ip .. l i v e d 3217 . w h ich 79 1 2 . d in n e r 831 8 . a ro u n d 43 . s e t 5119 . s t a r t e d 69 s t o r y k i2 0 . any 72 ^ 5 . b e a u t i f u l 57

2 1 . b e f o r e 56 k 6 . c i t y 872 2 . c lo s e 59 k 7 . u se d 72

n ic e 87 w . money 682 Ï . c a l l e d 76 k 9 . t r a i n 812 2 . y e a r s 72 50 . w r i t in g 30

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TABLE 10

WORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST, GRADE 3 , (FORM A ),AND PERCENTAGE OF DIFFICULTY FOR EACH ITEM

ma

No* WordP e rc e n ta g e




I* d i f f e r e n t 63 2 6 . s h a l l2* ®ggs Ik 27 . t h a t ’ s

I: y e s te r d a yd e c id e d P 28 .

29 .b re a dhappened

5 . f r o n t 69 30 . tom orrow

6* w ar 41 31 . m in u te s7 . knew 76 32 . c o a l8* q u i t e 37 3 3 . s tu d y in g9 . m ile s

783 k . p r e s id e n t

10* k i l l e d 3 5 . dad

1 1 . won’ t 72 36 . o f t e n12* warm 75 37 . s t o r i e s1 3 . le a v e s 65 3 8 . f i e l di L T h an k sg iv in g 63 39 . s k a te s1 5 . f a r 7k k o . s tu d y

16 . r i d i n g 36 u . n o is e1 7 . s to p p e d k k h i s t o r y1 8 . g r a s s ¥ k 3 . in c h e s1 9 . b u i ld in g 59 k k . s to c k in g s20* mama k7 k 5 . d o c to r

2 1 . t u r n 61 | |6 . ta k in g2 2 . s h o t 7k k 7 . s e l l2 3 . mine 82 k 8 . doesn* t

25Ip e rs o n 71 k 9 . g r a n d f a th e rw ear 63 50 . b u i l t

gi626k

75

33

TftBLE 11

WORDS SELECTED P(% SPELLING TEST, GRADE 3 , (FORM B ) ,AND PERCENTAGE OF DIFFICDLTÏ FOR EACH ITEM

No# WordP e rc e n ta g e


No# WordP e rc e n ta g e


1# i t ' s 90 26 . a f r a i d 612 # b i r th d a y ¥ 27 . d r in k 883# c lo th o a 62 2 8 . s u i t 81

r e c e iv e d 41 29 , b a m 865 . s p r in g 91 30 . I r o n 61

6 . v a c a t io n 34 31# n e a r l y 79? . S a tu rd a y 32 32 . l e a r n 798 # a lm o s t 89 3 3 . b e tw een 829 . f i n a l l y 29 34 , b u i ld 71

1 0 . s l e d 90 32# I n d ia n 06

1 1 . b o u g h t 80 36 . p e n c i l 791 2 . w ro te 88 3 7 , r a d io 6213 . h o r s e s 70 38 . f e e l i n g 73I L . th o s e 73 39 , n e ed 9015 . tu rn e d 82 4 o . t a l l %

1 6 . d u r in g 78 41 , rem ember 7517 . h o le 89 p a s s e d 661 8 . m erry 68 43 , w ild 8819 . w a it 73 44 , t a k e s 882 0 . l e t t e r s 82 4 5 , d r e s s e d 74

2 1 . s i t 69 4 6 . busy 8022# w ou ldn* t 71 4 7 . p a s s 8623. m y se lf 87 4 8 . e l s e 824 * ro d e 77 49 , tw e lv e 822 2 , b ro k e 80 5 0 . l e g 82

34

TABLE 12

WORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST, GRADE ij. (FORM A ),AND PERCENTAGE OF DIFFICULTY FOR EACH ITEM

i "1jNo. Word

P ercen tageo f

D if f ic u l tyNo. Word

P ercen tageof

D if f ic u l ty[! 1 . lo v e ly 71 2 6 . m o th e r'a 53! 2 . c o u n tr ie s 31 27 . pumpkin 68! 3 . b rid g e 78 2 8 . beg in 76i 4-. s q u i r r e l SO 29 . r a i s e d 74! 5 . a r r iv e d 58 30 . l a id 48!i 6 . c o lo rs 74 31 . mama 561 7 . c h ie f 4p 32 . famous 70! 8 . b e t §4 33 . q u ie t 361 9 . d isco v ered 67 34 . farm ers 71j i o . p a re n ts 54 35 . m eeting 62

1 1 . ha 71 36 . p o lic e 741 2 . s t r in g 78 37 . changed 7213 . u s u a lly 39 3 8 . reach 7914 . thousand 78 39 . feed 6315 . m arried 70 40 . Dec. 65

16 . oranges 78 41* wore 671%. company 69 42* sho re 6718 . p le n ty 70 43 . sang 2519 . s l id e 69 4 4 . r i c e 792 0 . porch 78 4 5 . t r a c k 79

2 1 . s u rp r is e d 57 46 . c o ffe e 642 2 . b u sin ess 37 47 . cover 7723 . sending 77 4 8 . f o re ig n 2324 . e leven 72 49 . m arbles 6925 . d o l la r 74 5 0 . s u b je c t 60

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TABLE 13

WORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST, GRADE !{. (FORM B ) ,AND PERCENTAGE OP DIFFICULTT TOR EACH ITEM





1 . h o s p i t a l 26* e x cu se 802 . we *11 82 27 . w o n d e rfu l 753 . a d d re s s 86 2 8 . c a b in 79

s l e i g h 53 29 . c i r c u s 805 . p a p a 76 30* g ra n d p a 85

6 . b i l l 77 31 . t r a d e 877 . p a i n t 88 32* th a n k f u l 738 . fe n c e 86 33 . s i d e s 869 . t h i r t y 87 34 . s i l v e r 79

1 0 . h e a l t h 81 3 5 . b u rn e d 77

11* b u i ld in g s 87 36* bow 8212 . aw fu l 80 3 7 . whose 5413 . c o lo r e d 85 38* hang 83Ik . p u p i l s 82 39 . s i g h t 8415 . v i l l a g e 81 %0* y e s 72

16* d e s e r t 7k a . t h e f t 38r a i s e d ro p p ed 79

18* b a b ie s 54. L3* d i r t 8319 . t a u g h t % r i v e r s 8420 . v e g e ta b le s kS 4 5 . g r e a t e s t 87

21 . i n t e r e s t e d 66 46* b r u s h 8322* r e p o r t 86 47 . s e a s o n 87

among 39 4o* s l i d i n g 6124 . su p p o sed 67 49 . b e low 8422 . s o u th e rn 72 50 . v i s i t e d 72

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TABLE 1 4

WORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST, GRADE 5 (FORM A )jAND PERCENTAGE OF DIFFICULTY FOR EACH ITEM

No, WordP ercen tage

o fD i f f ic u l ty

No. WordP ercen tage

o fD if f ic u l ty

1 , s e t t l e d 73 2 6 . f a th e r s 712 . s tu d ie d 51 27 . e x c ite d 573 . re in d e e r 38 28 . d r ie d 78

dancing 70 29 . l e t tu c e 7 ^5 . monkeys 77 30 . g a th e red 64.

6 . beads 61j. 31 . speed 737 . expect 61 32 . ca rry in g 698 * hop 77 3 3 . d iv id ed 709 . c e r t a in ly 60 34 . q u es tio n 75

10 . in d u s try 69 3 5 . stones 78

11 . p le a s a n t k7 36 . shed 6612 . parks 77 3 7 . su rfa ce 6713 . poem 7 ^ 3 8 . rug 7515.. s le d s 7Ô 39 . d ea l 7315 . h in d 78 4.0 . stomach 1 7

16 . s o ld ie r 76 ip .. d eco ra ted 4.71 7 . bushes 76 42 . s h e l l 691 8 . rang 52 p o la r 5719 . u s e fu l 26 need le 7020 . whom 73 45 . understand 75

21 . n ic k e l 60 4-6. c h a ra c te rs 3622. sp read 79 L%. a t te n t io n 66??• autumn 65 4-8. e ig h th 51

garage 72 4 9 . muddy 74-25. beau ty 78 50 . m a te r ia l 59

37

TABLE ISWORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST, GRADE 5 (FORM B ),

AND PERCENTAGE OF DIFFICULT! FOR EACH ITEM



Nn* WordP e rc e n ta g e


1 . b ig g e r 78 26* penny 772 . s e n te n c e s 73 27 . c h a se 813 . th e m se lv e s 77 2 8 . c a p tu r e d 814* p o s t o f f i c e 81 29 . g o t t e n 81S . lo o s e 70 30 . b la c k b o a rd 71

6 . s c ie n c e 76 31 . in v e n te d 717 . c a s t l e 73 32 . l e a d in g 816 * c i t i z e n 60 33 . s e p a r a te 409 . k i t t y 7S 34 . p o p u la t io n 66

10* p la c e d 79 3 5 . v i s i t i n g 76

11 . s l ip p e d 79 36 . f a i r i e s 7312* s k i in g SO 37 . a llo w e d 2013 . c e l l a r 43 3 8 . s e l f 82

s l i p p e r s Ô1 39 . s e t t i n g 72I S . germ s 7S 40 . l a s t e d 81

16 . d u s t 78 41 . l e s s 7717 . p o le s 82 42 . t a b l e t 7818* lonesom e 82 43 . to b a c c o 2019 . p in 79 44 . oak 812 0 . s te p p e d 80 4 5 . w ondered 78

2 1 . c o n g re ss 76 4 6 . h a te 7922* p e a n u ts 81 47 . moment 7723 . o u g h t 82 4 8 . e t c . 492k* e l e c t e d 75 49 . n a t i o n a l 682S . m an 's 79 5 0 . s i t s 57

38

TAB1£ 16

WORDü SELBOTED FOR SPELLING TEST» GRADE 6 (FORM A ) ,AHD PERCENTAGE OF DIFFXCtJLTÏ FOR EACH ITEM



H o.P e rc e n ta g e

Word o fD i f f i c u l t y

1 . d a i r y 25 2 6 . d e p o s i t s 692 . s t u d i e s 73 2 7 . c a lv e s 773 . t r a v e l i n g 66 2 8 . n a t u r a l 864* ju n g le 2 9 . s t a t i o n e r y 27

f a c t o r i e s 82 3 0 . ban an a 62

6 . h o n o r 70 3 1 . s h e 's 877 - p o s i t i o n 87 3 2 . v i s i t o r 758# p l a i n 73 3 3 . l e n g th 829 . e x a m in a tio n 66 3 k . a t . 87

1 0 . P i lg r im s 62 3 5 . d is a p p e a re d 5k1 1 . n e i t h e r 76 3 6 . c i t i z e n s 6 51 2 . b a l lo o n % 3 7 . s e c t i o n 861 3 . f r o s t 85 3 8 . g o v e rn o r 72lll.. s o c i a l 69 3 9 . g u a rd 821 5 . gym nasium 62 k o . w ish e s 80

1 6 . d i s e a s e s 72 U . s o l i d 8k1 7 . com m unity 73 g ro w th 861 8 . gum K k 3 . human 761 9 . w eigh 87 ag reem en t 8k2 0 . noun 85 k 5 . a p ro n 80

2 1 . c h a lk 87 k 6 . c h a r a c t e r k92 2 . r e g u l a r 87 k 7 . th a n k e d 80? ? • n ew sp ap ers 77 k 8 . m is c h ie f 692 k . f i r e s 77 k 9 . a u th o r 772 5 . fo rw a rd 75 5 0 . e n g in e e r 86

39

TkBis 17

WœDS SELECTED FOR SFELLXHG TEST* GRADE 6 (FORMAMD PERCENTAGE OP DZFFICBLTT FOR EACH ITEM

Mo* WordP e rc e n ta g e


Ho* WordP e rc e n ta g e


1 * b e l i e v e d 26* weak 792 . t r e a s u r e 70 27* c a r r i e s 763 . f e a t h e r s 77 2 8 . w o rsh ip 774* bloom 81 29* e a s t e r n 795 . s a v in g 77 30* f i s h e d 76

6 . h e a l t h / 69 31 . s ig n e d 767- r i f l e 6 4 32 . l i g h t n i n g 51o* s le e p y 80 3 3 . a n c i e n t 539 . a c c id e n t 74 34 . m odel 79

10* l i g h t e d 74 3 5 . t o m do

11* p r e t t i e s t 56 36* d o u b le 7912* j a e k - o - l a n t e m 77 3 7 . t r a n s p o r t a t i o n 631 3 . cam els 74 38* th u s 72l 4 . v a lu a b le 64 39 . b a r r e l 371 5 . c a r e f u l l y 73 4o* tw e n ty - f iv e 72

16 . k n iv e s 68 4 1 . c o m fo r ta b le 801 7 . e x t r a 73 42 . b en ch 8018* form s 76 43 . t e a r 611 9 . s p i r i t 46 44 . f u e l 7920* m oto r 76 4 5 . e x a m in a tio n s 55

21* n in e te e n 77 46 . n a t io n s 7922* c h o c o la te 60 4 7 . w hale 8023 . cocoa 55 4 8 . m in ing 554 . m agazine 67 49 . t a r d y 7625 . t h e r e f o r e 68 5 0 . b a th in g 65

ko

table 18

WORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TESTS, GRADE 7 (FORM A ) ,AND PERCENTAGE OF DIFFICÏÏLTÏ FOR EACH ITEM

No, Word.P e rc e n ta g e




1 , s h e e t s 81 2 6 . cocoon 482 , d in in g k9 2 7 . c o n f e d e r a t io n 673* c o n t r o l 75 2 6 . s t a t u e 73

p r i s o n So 2 9 . th ro n e 755 . to m a to e s 81 3 0 . e sca p ed o8

6 . t r e a t y 81 3 1 . p a s s e s 78? . a t t a c k 73 3 2 . ta p 738 , g r o c è r i e s 73 3 3 . e s t a b l i s h e d 739* w aste 81 34# u n i te d 75

1 0 . d e c o r a t io n s 68 3 5 . c o lo n i a l 71

1 1 . l i b e r t y 78 3 6 . c o u n c i l 611 2 . d e c o r a te 72 3 7 . i c y 661 3 . S e p t . 75 3 8 . c r a n b e r r i e s 5811^. p o is o n o8 3 9 . m agic 801 5 . lamb 77 4 0 . s te m 66

16. s p e a r s 81 4 1 . b u r n t 651 7 . no 71 4 2 . c a rd b o a rd 781 8 . o a s i s 43 4 3 . g a in 781 9 . penm anship 59 4 4 . w reck 802 0 . c a b in e t 81 4 5 . h a rn e s s 72

2 1 . to w e l 80 4 6 . p i e r 492 2 . g ra d u a te d 72 4 7 . asham ed 622 3 . e x tre m e ly 66 4 8 . d a te s 734 . s e p a r a te d 43 4 9 . k e y s 802 5 . s c a rc e So 5 0 . s t r i p e s 68

41

TABIÆ 19

WORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST, GRADE 7 (FORM B ) ,AND PERCENTAGE OF DIFPICÜLTÏ FOR EACH ITEM

No» WordP e rc e n ta g e




1» su rro u n d e d 75 2 6 . b a k in g 802 .3 .

m essagev e g e ta b le U

6 lIS:

ghos t s e d u c a te d II

4* s c i s s o r s 2 9 . m i r r o r 785 . s k in n e d % 3 0 . p e a r s 78

6 . h id e s 81 3 1 . p u z z le 797 . d is a p p o in te d 3 2 . a n k le So6» c e n tu ry 75 ? ? • oxygen 799 . m erry -g o -ro u n d 81

35%v e r s e s 79

1 0 . t e r r i t o r y 76 ig lo o 73

1 1 . s i n g l e 76 3 6 . m is ta k e 801 2 . h o ly 81 3 7 . s tu m b le d 811 3 . t r a c t o r 78 3 8 . d i f f e r e n c e 6314# c u r r e n t 74 3 9 . m a n u fa c tu re 761 5 . s k a te d 76 IfO. t r i c y c l e 58

16 . m anager 75 4 1 . c i v i l 711 7 . s e e k So r e c r e a t i o n 611 8 . drowned 75 co u ra g e 751 9 . v iew So

Ig:m e ta l 70

2 0 . h y g ie n e 58 a t t a c k e d 76

2 1 . su c ce ed e d 39K :

h a te d 732 2 . d a d d y 's 74 p l a n t a t i o n s 752 3 . s u g g e s te d 77 4 8 .

4 9 .b e n t do

i :d ev e lo p ed 77 d ip 74t i p 81 5 0 . m o is tu re 65

k2

TABLE 20

W(BDS SELECTED FŒ SFELLIBG TEST, GRADE 6 (FORM A ) ,AND PERCENTAGE OP DIFFICULTY FOR EACH ITEM



N o.P e rc e n ta g e

Word o fD i f f i c u l t y

1# o c c u p ie d 67 26 . a im 782 . b r e a t h 2 7 . d y in g 733 . p i c k l e s 70 2 8 . l e g i s l a t i v e 60k* b o r d e r 78 29 . s p o t t e d 785 . t e l e g r a p h 78 30 . i n c r e a s e d 70

6 . amendment 30 31 . a p p r e c i a t i o n 65

I :s o r t sf a t s ;

32 .33 .

s i g h t sw ading g

9* s p l i t36

34 . j e a lo u s6810 . c o m ic a l 3 5 . pavem ent

11 . cannon 76 36 . f a i r l y 6212 . b r a c e l e t #9 3 7 . m o sq u ito e s 22} ? • t h r i f t y 68

753 8 . b i c y c l e s 60

c o m p o s it io n 39 . f l u 41h o p e s 73 40 . s i l e n c e 60

16 . c e d a r 60 {A. c o l l e c t i n g 781 7 . h o l l y 65 em b ro id e ry 4418 . n e c k la c e 76 4.3 . ox 761 9 . s p le n d id W jw . s t r e n g t h 7320 . e x h i b i t 56 4.5 . w hooping cough 68

21 . com m erc ia l 65 4 6 . c o n v e r s a t io nP22 . o rg a n 73 lim b s

! ? • s t i c k i n g 78 4 8 . c o l l e g e s 67

25 Idawn 76 49 . s a p 73sm oking 67 50 . w oolen 71

TABLE 21

WORDS SELECTED FOR SPELLING TEST» GRADE 8 (FOBM B ) ,AND PERCENTAGE OF DIFFICULTY FOR EACH ITEM





1 . a r t i c l e 68 2 6 . camps 622* f i r 36 2 7 . f o o l i s h 603* l i n e n 86 2 8 . owns 85k* a d v a n ta g e 85 2 9 . s p a r e 785* a p ie c e 83 3 0 . c ra c k e d 76

6* c o n ta in 88 3 1 . f l i g h t 86? • c e l e r y 82 3 2 . p a n tr y 768 . o p p o s i te 87 3 3 . s u p p o r t 839 . d e l i c i o u s 82 3 4 . y o u ’ ve 88

1 0 . p o r t 79 3 5 . c r a d l e 66

1 1 . b a c t e r i a 78 3 6 . m ask 861 2 . co m p le te 75 3 7 . q u a i l 81

p e o p le s 60 3 8 . b le e d in g 88i L h ik in g 76 3 9 . one h a l f 851 5 . a s id e 82 4 0 . showman 84

1 6 . m is t r e s s 66 w hipped 791 7 . a d v ic e 80 f o u n ta in p en 751 8 . c e l l i n g 84 4 3 . o r i g i n a l %1 9 . e n t i r e l y 73 4 4 . sh a c k 542 0 . p r e p a r in g 72 4 5 . w o rk e r 81

2 1 . t ip p e d 85 4 6 . c u t e s t 622 2 . f o r d 2k 4 7 . I n s e c t 812%. n o r th w e s t 3 4 8 . r a c in g 72

r u l e d 48 4 9 . te le s c o p e 712 5 . t r o u t 58 5 0 . d o c to r s 63

kk

V a l ld t tT

The v a l i d i t y o f th e t e s t ite m s i s b a s e d upon c h i l d

r e n ' s a c t u a l u sa g e o f w ords a s d i s c lo s e d by th e B in s la n d s tu d y

a n d by t h a t s t u d y 's w id e a c c e p ta n c e an d u s a g e among b u i ld e r s

o f c u r r i c u l a r m a t e r i a l s ( s e e C h a p te r I ) . I te m s i n o t h e r t e s t s

w ou ld n o t be th e same a s ite m s i n t h i s t e s t b e c a u se o f th e

d i f f e r e n t c r i t e r i a f o r s e l e c t i n g w o rd s . T h e re fo re * no a tte m p t

was made to c o r r e l a t e t h i s t e s t w i th o t h e r s p e l l i n g t e s t s .

The v a l i d i t y o f th e m u l t ip le - c h o ic e form h a s b een d is c u s s e d

i n C h a p te r I I ,

C o e f f i c i e n t o f R e l i a b i l i t y

R e l i a b i l i t y was c o n fu te d b y th e Spearm an-Brow n P ro

p h e cy Form ula^ u s in g th e s p l i t - h a l f m ethod . The r e s u l t i n g

c o e f f i c i e n t s a r e fo u n d i n T ab le 2 2 ,

M eans. S ta n d a rd D e v ia t io n , a n d S ta n d a rd E r ro r s

The f i f t y i te m s on each fo rm a t e a c h g ra d e l e v e l t h a t

w ere s e l e c t e d on th e b a s i s o f p e rc e n ta g e o f d i f f i c u l t y

(T a b le 7) co m p rise th e f i n a l t e s t s . U sing th e s e i te m s a lo n e ,

th e m ean, s ta n d a r d d e v i a t i o n , and s ta n d a r d e r r o r s w ere com

p u te d f o r e a c h fo rm o f th e t e s t a t e a c h g ra d e l e v e l , two

th ro u g h e i g h t . T hese d a ta a r e fo u n d i n T ab le 23 ,

Norms

Norms w ere e s t a b l i s h e d f o r b o th Form A and B a t a l l

iR e n ry E . G a r r e t t , S t a t i s t i c s i n P sy ch o lo g y an d Edu- c a t im a (New Y ork : Longm ans, è r e e n and Co*, 3'W*

kSTABIÆÎ 22

COEFFICIENTS OF RELIABILITY OF TESTS COMPUTED BY THE SPEARMAN-BROWN PROPHECY FWMULA

G rade Form G o e f f io le n t o fR e l i a b i l i t y

2 A2 B ,861i.3 A .9 k 93 B .8 6 2i A .928

BA :S

Î BA ; 8 8

6 B .7 6 07 A .9287 B .9298 A .8 8 98 B .978

TABLE 23

MEANS, STANDARD DEVIATION, AND STANDARD ERROR ON FORMS A AND B BY GRADE LEVEL

G rade Form Mean S ta n d a rd D e v ia t io n S ta n d a rd E r r o r

2 A 3 0 .3 k 1 1 .9 0 ±3 .2 12 B 3 3 .2 7 8 .W 1 3 .1 23 A 31.21 10 .44 1 2 .3 23 B 3 7 .8 0 8 .2 6 13.03

A 3 2 .3 2 10.87 12.92% B 3 7 .1 0 10 .04 1 2 .2 62 A 3 k .o 6 11 .34 12.431 B 3 8 .7 1 9 .3 6 13.170 A 3 7 .7 0 8 .8 8 1 1 .0 36 6 41.88 2 .9 7 6 2 .9 17 A 3 6 .9 2 1 0 .3 7 ± 2 .1 27 B 4 0 .8 2 9 .4 1 12.508 A 3 2 .1 7 1 0 .8 6 ± 3 .6 2

i 8 B 42.43 7 .1 2 11 .05

46

g ra d e l e v e l s (2 -S ) on th e b a s i s o f th e m ed ian o f m edians*

The m edians f o r e a c h g ra d e w ere o b ta in e d b y s c o r in g e a c h s e t

o f p a p e r s ÿ by g r a d e , fro m each s c h o o l w h ich s u b m itte d r e t u r n s

f o r t h a t g r a d e , a n d com puting a m edian f o r each* T h is m ed ian

o f m ed ians i s c o n s id e r e d t o b e th e n a t i o n a l norm* The t e s t s

w ere a d m in is te r e d d u r in g th e f i f t h m onth o f th e s c h o o l y e a r*

T hese norms a r e g iv e n i n T ab le 24*

TABLE 2!|.

NORMS OH SFELLIHO TESTS FORMS A AND B BY GRADE LEVEL

G rade Form Number o f Item s C o r r e c t (M edian o f M edians)

2 A 372 B 353 A 353 B 424 A 364 B 405 A 405 B 4 i6 A 406 B 437 A7 B 438 A a8 B 43

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The study Invo lved th e c o n s tru c tio n o f two com parable

form s o f s p e l l in g t e s t s f o r g rad es two th ro u g h e ig h t , basing

th e s e le c t io n o f item s on th e R in slan d v ocabu lary s tu d y .

T his s tudy has been u sed e x te n s iv e ly as a so u rce f o r words

in a l l phases o f e lem en tary language a r t s b u t never as a so le

sou rce f o r s p e l l in g t e s t s . S p e ll in g t e s t s , as a r u l e , a re

b ased i%)on a s e le c t io n o f words from b o th a d u l t and c h i ld r e n 's

u sag e , id le reas th e R in s lan d l i s t i s based e n t i r e ly on c h i ld

r e n 's u sa g e .

The method o f choosing words as t e s t item s was de

s ig n ed by G ertrude H ild re th i n b u ild in g a s p e l l in g s c a le f o r

th e Hew York C ity S ch o o ls . In th e H ild re th method, th e c r i

te r io n f o r s e le c t in g words from th e R in slan d l i s t i s t o t a l

frequency r a th e r than frequency w ith in a g ra d e . The words

w ith the h ig h e s t t o t a l frequency b e ing a s s ig n ed to th e low er

g rades and th e words w ith th e lower t o t a l frequency being

a s s ig n ed to the h ig h e r g ra d e s . In g en e ra l th o se words which

a re u sed by c h ild re n most f re q u e n tly shou ld be le a rn e d f i r s t .

T est item s were p re se n te d in m u ltip le -c h o ic e form .

47

kôIn g rad es two and th r e e th e t e s t item s were d ic ta te d by the

te a c h e r . In a l l o th e r g rades th e item s were read by th e sub

j e c t .

A ll words on the R in slan d l i s t which had a use f r e

quency o f le s s th a n tw en ty -fiv e were e lim in a te d as p o s s i b i l

i t i e s f o r th e s p e l l in g t e s t s . This l e f t a t o t a l o f 68^0

w ords. Each word was p la ced on an IBM ca rd and th e cards

a rran g ed as to frequency o f usage as shown on th e R in s lan d

l i s t (Range 281f, ll^.$ to 2 $ ) .

A number o f s p e l le r s were examined to determ ine the

number o f words ta u g h t in each g rad e . These d a ta p ro v id ed

th e b a s i s f o r de term in ing th e number o f words to be in c lu d ed

in th e sample#

A t o t a l o f 3760 words* those showing th e h ig h e s t

frequency of usage* were r e ta in e d . From t h i s l i s t * li|.00

words were se le c ted * by a method irihich sampled th e e n t i r e

l i s t * to com prise th e c o i^ a ra b le forms o f the t e s t f o r g rades

two th rough eigp it.

Each o f th e se words was th e n lncoz*porated in a sim ple

sen ten ce and th re e s p e l l in g s g iv en . The s u b je c t had fo u r pos

s ib l e answers f o r each item ; to s e l e c t one o f th e g iven

s p e l l in g s as c o rre c t* o r to make a fo u r th ch o ice in d ic a t in g

none as c o r r e c t .

The sen ten ces were a lig n e d to th e spacing o f th e

s ta n d a rd IBM answer s h e e t to f a c i l i t a t e machine s c o r in g .

k-9The t e s t s were d i s t r ib u te d by th e C a lifo rn ia T est

Bureau on a c o n tro l le d s t r a t i f i e d b a s is as designed by th a t

f i rm . The saiqpllng was c o n tro l le d by th e se c r i t e r i a : g rade

le v e l s , g eo g rap h ica l a r e a s , p o p u la tio n d e n s i ty , b a s ic p a t t e r n ,

and l im it in g sam ples. The s t a t e s were grouped in to el^piteen

c e l l s w ith the number o f forms se n t In to each c e l l p ropor

t io n a te to th e p e r c e n t o f the n a t io n a l t o t a l o f th e school

p o p u la tio n found th e r e in . A pproxim ately tw en ty -th ree thousand

forms in a l l were d i s t r ib u t e d .

Of tibe t o t a l d i s t r ib u t io n 7*192 forms were re tu rn e d ,

o r approxim ately 31 p e r c e n t o f th e t o t a l d i s t r ib u t e d . (P e r

c e n t o f r e tu rn s In a s ta n d a rd iz a t io n p ro cess I s n o t as s ig

n i f i c a n t as ^ p r e s e n t a t i o n . ) R eturns were re c e iv e d from

s ix te e n o f the e ig h te e n c e l l s . These s ix te e n c e l l s r e p re s e n t

lf3 s t a t e s .

When th e t e s t s were re tu rn e d , an a n a ly s is was made o f

th e Item s to f in d the p ercen tag e o f d i f f i c u l t y f o r each ite m .

F i f t y item s w ith in th e range o f d i f f i c u l t y 20-69 were r e ta in e d

on th e f i n a l form o f th e t e s t s .

C o e ff ic ie n ts o f r e l i a b i l i t y fo r eaoh form o f th e t e s t

a t eaoh grade le v e l were computed by th e Spearman-Brown Pro

phecy Formula u sing th e s p l i t - h a l f m ethod. Tbese c o e f f ic ie n ts

range from .865 to .978 w ith one e x c e p tio n . Form 6 (B ), which

was .760

S ince th e t e s t s were n o t as d i f f i c u l t as had been p r e

d ic te d -the s&eans o f th e f i f t y item s chosen a re co rresp o n d in g ly

$0

ran g in g from 30«3l|. to The s ta n d a rd d e v ia t io n

ran g es from 7*12 to 11*90 , th e s ta n d a rd e r r o r s from 1*03 to

3*62*

T en ta tiv e norms were based upon th e median of m edians,

The range o f the medians was 35 to 1{.3*

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APPENDIX A

THE 3760 WORDS OP HIGHEST FREQUENCY PROM WHICH

TEST ITEMS WERE SELECTED

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^ 3760 WORDS OP HIGHEST FREQUENCY FROM WHICH TEST ITEMS WERE SELECTED

Word

th eIandtoayouweini to fi swashavemya rehef o ronth eyth a thadsheveryw i l lwhenschoolmew ithama l lonesoyourg o tth e rewentn o ta tl ik eo u tgob u tth i sdearsome

Frequency

2031(6180938171566102(26

7902570(9357102

39(97 387(3

28710 28693 2 7 (7 ( 26526 25837 25190 2(86 2( 70i 2(682 23970 23898 23636 23623 22(81 22073

Word

thengoinguptim eg e twouldourwerel i t t l ehowbedoaboutfromh erthemash ism otherseef r ie n dcomecandaygoodwhats a idhimhomed idnowhasdownChristm asi fw ritea f t e rp la ycamep u ttwohouseusbecauseover

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APPENDIX B

RAW SCORES CONVERTED TO PERCENTILE RANK

BY GRADE LEVEL

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RAW SCORES CONVERTED TO PERCENTILE RANK BY GRADE LEVEL

P e rc e n t i le Rank by GradeRaw

(Forms A and B)

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APPENDIX C

SAMPLES OP TESTS

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RINSLAND-MARTIN s p e l l i n g I e s t - GRADE 2 (FORM A) NAME_ SCHOOL

DIRECTIONS TO THE TEACHER: You are to read these d i r e c t io n s aloud. You should check to see that each c h i ld answers the sample c o r r e c t l y . What you are to say to the c h i ld re n i s underscored. F i r s t , w r ite t h i s sample on the blackboard.

1 2 3 pSample A: I have a ( l doge 2 dog 3 dag)A fte r sp ec ia l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t s have been d i s t r i b u t e d , say to the c h i ld r e n ; Do not p ick up vour p e n c i l s u n t i l I t e l l you. You must fo l lo w my d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l lv . Now pick up vour p e n c i l s and w r ite vour name a t the too of the page; then w r i t e the name of vour sc h o o l . Teacher g iv e s sc h o o l . Lav down vour p e n c i l s . This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how well you can s p e l l . You must l i s t e n c l o s e l y so you w i l l know how to mark vour paper. I have w r i t te n a sample on th e blackboard. The same sample i s on vour paper asSample A. Teacher shows where Sample A i s . Look a t the sample: 1 have a ( l d -o -g -e 2 d -o -o 3 d - a - q )

N otice that vou have words numbered 1. 2 and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Wait for answer. Number two i s c o rrec tbecause i t savs : d - o - g . so 1 w i l l f i l l in the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - . On vour paper the space under number - 2 - hasbeen f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none o f the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column fo u r , - D - . which means d i f f e r e n t . Now l e t ' s see i f vou can mark Sample B on vour paper. Look a t the sample. 1 w i l l say the word « use i tin th e se n te n c e , and sav the word again as pr inted on vour paper. You are to mark the space below the same number a t the r ig h t thatthe c o r r e c t word has. Sample B: the word i s - w i l l - . 1 w i l l go. - w i l l - . Wait for p u p i ls to mark t h e i r papers. The c o r r e c t answer i s - 3 - because i t sav s: w - i - 1 - 1 . See i f everyone marked - 3 - . I f vou should mark a space that vou think i s wrong, erase c a re f u l l y and then mark the c o r r e c t one. Are there any qu es t ion s? 1 cannot answer qu es t io n s a f t e r we s t a r t . Now 1 w i l l sav the word,read the sentence us ing the word, and rep eat the word. You mark the space below the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l in g , j u s t l i k e vou did in the sample. Teacher b e g in s , saying the word, reading the sentence and rep eat ing the word.

Sample A. I have a ( l doge 2 dog 3 d a g ) .

Sample B. I (1 w i l 2 w e l l 3 w i l l ) go.

1. ( l I 2 Aye 3 Ay) l o v e you.

2. ( l A 2 Ay 3 Ae) dog ran.

3 . Come ( l in 2 in e 3 inn) here .

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4 . ( l i s 2 Si 3 I s s ) t h a t fo r me?

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20. I g o t i t ( l fram 2 from 3 frome) him.

21. He i s t a l l ( l as 2 az 3 ase )I am.

22. ( l Se 2 Sea 3 See) the b ird?

23. He ( l can 2 cane 3 con) come.

24. (1 Wot 2 Wat 3 What) did you say?

ji 25. I am going ( 1 home 2 horn 3 hone) . BE SURE YOUR M ARKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK

ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH TO CHANGE

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26. He (1 hase 2 h i s 3 has) been h e r e .

27. ( l I f 2 Af 3 I f e ) I can come,I w i l l t e l l you.

28. I t i s fun t o ( l pay 2 p lay 3 p l a e ) .

29. There are ( l t o 2 two 3 tow) o f them.

30. I am h e r e , (1 becuse 2 becose 3 because) I want to be .

31. That i s ( l t h e i r 2 t h e r e 3 t h i e r ) house .

32. I l i v e ( l by 2 b i y 3 buy) him.

5 . This i s ( l my 2 mi 3 ny) book.

6 . I g o t t h i s ( l f o r 2 fa r 3 fore ) you.

7 . ( l Thet 2 That 3 Tat) i s my t o y .

8 . You are (1 vary 2 vare 3 very) p r e t t y .

9. I l i k e my ( l schoo l 2 s c o o l 3 s k o o l ) .

10. I ( l am 2 an 3 ame) happy.

11. I t i s ( l sow 2 sew 3 s o ) .

12. ( l Ther 2 There 3 Thare) he % % u 33. I w i l l go ( 1 bake 2 bak 3 back)t o s c h o o l .

34. He can go (1 or 2 our 3 ore) t e l l us why n o t .

35. I saw the ( l o th e r 2 u t h e r 3 o thre) one.

36. What i s your ( l mane 2 nam 3 name)?

37 . I ( l wont 2 want 3 went) a t o y .

38. He i s ( l f i r s t e 2 f r i s t 3 f i r s t ) .

39. T e l l the ( mane 2 man 3 mun).

40. Write me,a ( l l e t r 2 l e t e r 3 l e t t e r ) .

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13. I am ( l e t 2 a t 3 a t e ) home.

14. ( l Goe 2 Go 3 Gow) away.

15. She i s , a (1 deer 2 daer 3 d e a r ) .

16. I am ( l guing 2 going 3 g o i n ) .

17. (1 Gat 2 Get 3 Gete) me some c a k e .

18. We ( l wer 2 were 3 wear) t h e r e .

19. I w i l l ( l bee 2 bea 3 be) h e r e .

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I 2 3 D41. That i s a ( l beg 2 b ig

3 bag) house . 71. I ( l l i v 2 l i v e 3 l y v e ) here .

42. 1 am in the second ( l grade2 grad 3 g r e a d ) .

72. That i s the ( l b e s t 2 b a s t 3 beS te ) s t o r y .

43. ( l Donte 2 Dount 3 D on 't ) go away.

73. I have ( l f o r 2 f o r e 3 four) books.

44 . ( l Wher 2 Were 3 Where) i s he?

74. What did she ( l say 2 sae 3 s aye )?

4 5 . He (1 tok 2 toke 3 took) my t o y s . 75. ( l I'm 2 I ' n 3 I 'me) go ing .

46 . I s he your (1 f a t h e r 2 f a r t h e r 3 f a r t h a r ) ?

76. I have more books (1 then 2 than 3 thene) you.

47 . (1 Who.2 How 3 Whoe) i s coming? 77. He ( l most 2 mast 3 must) s to p .

48 . He has ( l t h e e 2 th r e e 3 threa) dogs .

1 2 3 078. What did you ( l f in d 2 fond

3 f i n ) ?49. I have a ( l c a t e 2 c a t

3 k a t ) . 79. I am (1 hoppy 2 happy 3 hep p y) .

50 . He i s ( l ne x t 2 n e s t 3 n e z t ) in l i n e .

( 2 3 D80. I have a ( l fue 2 few 3 fuve)

t o y s .51. I ( l t o l l 2 t o o l d 3 t o l d ) a

s t o r y . 81. She ( l asked 2 ask 3 aske) him.

52. I ( l found 2 fond 3 fownd) a dime.

82. This i s ( l b e t e r 2 b e t r e 3 b e t t e r ) .

53 . Did i t (1 sno 2 snow 3 sow) l a s t n ight?

1 2 3 083. That boy i s ( l f i v e 2 f i v 3 fuv)

y e ar s o ld .54 . I s ee the two ( l boyz 2 b o i s

3 b o y s ) . 84 . ( l Help 2 Hip 3 HaIp) me.

5 5 . Who ar e ^ th ese ( 1 man 2 men 85 . This i s ( l had 2 hrd 3 hard) 3 mene)? :: :: ” "■ canay.

BE SURE YOUR M ARKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH TO CHANGE

56 . I ( l thought 2 t h o t 3 thout ) so.

1 2 3 08 6 . B irds are i n the ( l t r e s 2 t r e e s

3 t r e z j .57 . 1 went to s c h oo l l a s t ( l yer

2 y e e r 3 y e a r ) .87. I t i s ( l w i t e r 2 w i n t e r

3 w i n t r e ) .58 . 1 want to s ee you ( l agan

2 again 3 a g e n ) .8 8 . She i s ( l , p l a n g 2 p l a i n g

3 p l a y i n g ) .59 . He went, ( l through 2 throw

3 threw) the door . 89. ( l S tay 2 Sta 3 S tae ) here .

60 . She l i k e s t o ( l work 2 worke 3 wark). 90. Read the ( l paper 2 papr 3 papre)

61. I have a ( l babe 2 baby 3 baba) b r o t h e r .

1 2 3 091. ( l Way 2 Wy 3 Why) d o n ' t you go?

62. I l i k e t o ( l run 2 ran 3 rune) and p l a y 92. I (1 mess 2 miss 3 m ise ) my dog.

63. I l i k e my ( l t e c h e r 2 t e c h r 3 t e a c h e r ) .

93. I t i s f i y e ( l o ' c l o c k 2 oc lo ck 3 o ' c l o k ) .

64. (1 Giv 2 Give 3 Geve) me the book.

94. She has small ( l f e e t 2 f e t 3 f e a t ) .

65. I (1 onle 2 o n l i 3 only) have a dime.

95. W i l l Christmas ( l a v e r 2 evere 3 ever) come?

6 6 . That i s , ( l r i g h t 2 r i t e 3 w r i t e ) .

96. I ( l broght 2 b r o t 3 brought) you something.

67 . Try ( l another 2 anther 3 anather) one.

97. She i s go ing t o have a ( l parte 2 p a r ty 3 p e r t y ) .

6 8 . I drink ( l milke 2 milk 3 m i k e ) .

98. ( l Guess 2 Ges 3 Gess ) how o ld 1 am.

69. See the ( l b lak 2 b lake 3 b lack) c a t .

99. I l i k e my ( l toyz 2 t o y s 3 t o u y s ) .

70. Come ( l a l o g 2 a long 3 a l i n g ) w i th me.

100 . He ( l s e n t 2 sa n t 3 s c e n t ) a l e t t e r .

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GRADf- 2 ( f o r m [2 SCHOOL

rV DIRECTIONS TL' DIE TEACÜFR: You to road thos" d i r e c t i o n s a: cud. You should check to see that each c h i ld answers the samplec o r r e c t l y . What you are to say to the ch i ld ren i s unut-rscored. w r ite t h i s sample on the blackboard.

1 2 3 DSample A: I have a ( l doge 2 dog 3 dag) t tA fter s p e c ia l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t s have been d i s t r i b u t e d , say to the c h i ld re n : Do not pick up your p e n c i l s u n t i l I t e l l you.—You.must fo l lo w mv d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l v . Now pick up vour p e n c i l s and write vour name a t the top of the page; then w r i te the_ name of.your s c h o o l . Teacher g iv e s s c h o o l . Lav down your p e n c i l s . This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how well you can s p e l l . You must l.i..s.tenc l o s e l y 50 vou w i l l know how to mark vour paper. I have w r i t te n a sample on the blackboard.. The_ same ._sa_mp_l_e_.is on your paper as Sample A. Teacher shows where Sample A i s . Look at the Sample: I have a ( l d-o-n^-e 2 d -o -q 3 .d - a - q )

N otice that vou have words numbered 1 . 2 and 3. Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t l y ? Wait fo r answer. Number two i s c o rrec t because i t says: d -o -q . so I w i l l f i l l in the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - . On__vour paper the._space.__u.nder number - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none of the three numbered words i s c o rrec t,__m_ark under column four, -D - . which means d i f f e r e n t . Now le t* s see i f you can mark Sample B on vour paper. Look_a_t_ the sample, I w i l l say the word, use i tin the se n te n c e , and sav the word again as pr inted on your paper. You are to mark the space below the same number a t the r ig h t thatthe c o r r e c t word haS. Sample B; the word i s - w i l l " . I w i l l go. - w i l l - . Wait fo r p u p i l s to mark t h e i r papers. The c o rrec t answer i s - 3 - because i t says : w - i - 1 - 1 . See i f everyone marked - 3 —, I f you should mark a space that yQU__t_hink i s wrong, erase ca re f u l l y and then mark the c o r r e c t one. Are there any q u es t io n s? I cannot answer q u es t io n s a f t e r we s t a r t . Now I . w i l l say the word,_read the sentence us ing the word, and repeat the word. You mark the space below the number which has the c orrect , s p e l l in g ,—lU st l ik e you did in the sample. Teacher b e g in s , saying the word, reading the sentence and rep eat ing the word.

Sample A. I have a ( l doge 2 dogd a g

lample B. I ( l w i l 2 w e l l 3 w i l l ) go.

1. (1 The 2 Thee 3 Thy) boyran.

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2. I want ( l to 2 too 3 t o e ) go .

3. ( l We 2 Wee 3 Wea) went home.

4. A l l ( l o f 2 a f 3 o f e ) us w i l l go.

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20. I am ( l about 2 abot 3 abowt) s i x years o l d .

21. I can see ( l tham 2 them 3 t h e n ) .

2 2 . I know your ( l moter 2 mother 3 m uth er) •

23. ( l Com 2 Cam 3 Come) w i th me.

24. My dog i s ( l god 2 good 3 goad) .

i: 25 . Give i t t o ( l h in 2 him 3 hem).BE SURE YOUR M ARKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK

ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH T O CHANGE

5 . I ( l hav 2 hove 3 have) a t o y i to y .

6 . I s ( l h i 2 he 3 hea) here?

7. A boy ( l want 2 went 3 whent)t o town.

8 . ( l She 2 Sha 3 Shea) has a d o l l .

9 . (1 Wen 2 Whin 3 When) can we go?

10. Go ( l w i t 2 w i th 3 whith) me.

11. A boy has ( l ome 2 one3 u n e ) .

12. They ( l g o t 2 g a t 3 goat ) some a p p le s .

’ 3 , I can ( l not 2 nat 3 mot) go.

14 , Put the c a t ( l aut 2 owt 3 o u t ; .

3 . Can you see ( l t h e s 2 t h i s3 t h i s e ) ?

: a , (1 Then 2 Thin 3 Thene) Isaw a dog.

: 7 , What (1 t i n e 2 t ime 3 tim) i s ib>

I P " H o u r 3 Our) dog i s a c i " . .

_ i ' o u 2 H o w 3 Haw) are you?

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26. ( l Now 2 Naw 3 Nou) we can go.

27 . Merry ( l C h r i s tm is 2 Christmas 3 C r e s t m i s ) .

28. I went ( l a f t o r 2 a f t e r 3 a f t r e ) he d id .

29. ( l Pot 2 Pute 3 Put) i t back.

30 . T e l l ( l use 2 as 3 us) a s t o r y .

31. We ( l sow 2 sor 3 sew) the t r e e .

32. (1 Hear 2 Here 3 Her) I am.

33. I ( l mad 2 made 3 mead) i t .

34 . He ( l cood 2 could 3 cu ld) go .

35. I want t o go (1 two 2 t o 3 t o o ) .

36 . I t i s ( l n i t e 2 n ig h t 3 n i e g h t ) .

37 . Do you ( l no 2 know 3 now) him?

38. Where has he ( l b in 2 ben 3 been)?

39. See the ( l peop le 2 pople 3 p e p l e ) .

40 . (1 Tak 2 Take 3 Teke) some candy.

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I t was a (1 long 2 lang 3 lange) t im e .1 ( l s t a r t e d 2 s t a t e d 3 s t a r t t e d ) to go.There are many good ( l t h in g s2 t i n g s 3 t h a n g s ) .Are th e re (1 any 2 eny3 anye) g i r l s here?Take ( l o f f 2 o f 3 o fe) your h a t .

Go ( i away 2 avay 3 awaye).

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( l Eat 2 Ete 3 Eate ) yourfood .

1 Close 2 Clos 3 Closee)he door.

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7 1 . I ( l l o v e 2 l u v 3 l o v ) m y d a d d y .

72. ( 1 R e d 2 R e a d e 3 R e a d ) t h e s t o r y .

73. I had ( l somthing 2 something 3 somethinge) to e a t .

74. I have a (1 brouther 2 brother 3 b r o t h e r s ) .

75. I ( l never 2 nover 3 nevere) cr y .

76. I went t o ( l toun 2 town 3 towne).:;

77. He i s a ( l g r e a t 2 g r a te 3 g r e a t e ) man.

78. Do t h i s the f i r s t ( l t h in g2 t i n g 3 t h i n g e j .

79. ( l P l e a s 2 P le a se 3 P l e e s ) read to me.

80 . This i s our (1 country 2 contry3 c o n t r e y ) .

81 . Th is i^ my daddy's (1 l o t e 2 l o t

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to y .84 . He has (1 l o t e s 2 l o t s 3 l o t t s )

o f money.85 . He ( l loved 2 l i v d 3 l i v d e ) i n

a house .BE SURE YOUR MARKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK


That i s ( l ni se 2 mice3 n i c e ) .Mother ( l c a l l e d 2 c a l l d 3 c o l l e d ) me.The snow i s (1 w i t e 2 white 3 w h i t ) .I am s i x (1 yers 2 yeers3 years) o ld .She ( l gave 2 gav 3 geve)the DOCK to me.1 am ( l g e t i n g 2 g e t t i n g 3 g e t i n g e ) w e l l .This ( l a l l s o 2 a l s o 3 alsow) i s for you.You ( l shoud 2 sould 3 should) go t o bed.I have a (1 cor 2 car3 c a r e ) .( l hat 2 Let 3 Leet) go of

h i m .

I l i k e the ( l sumer 2 summer3 s orner) t im e.( l Red 2 Rad 3 Ride) i s a p r e t t y c o l o r .( l Look 2 Lak 3 Loak) a t the t r a i n .

1 (1 wonted 2 wanted 3 wanteed) to go.There are s i x ( l g i r l s2 g r i l s 3 g i r l e s ) in my room.

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8 6 . (1 Keepe 2 Cep 3 Keep) the house c l e a n .

87 . We e a t ( l d in e r 2 d inner3 d in e r e ) a t n i g h t .

8 8 . I w i l l (1 s e t 2 s a t 3 s e t e ) myd o l l down.

89 . He rode the (1 horse 2 hors 3 h o e r s ) .

90. I l i k e (1 food 2 fod 3 foode)

91. ( l May 2 Nay 3 Maye) I go?

92. Read the ( l s t o r e y 2 s o t r e 3 s t a r y ) .

93. Mother i s (1 b e a u t i f u l2 b e a u t i f u l l 3 b e u t i f u l ) .

94. l i ^ |^ j ; h i s ( l c i t e 2 c i t y

95. The book has been (1 used2 yoused 3 u s e e d ) .

96. I have some (1 monney 2 mony3 money).

97. The h i l l i s ( l h igh 2 h i e 3 h i g h e ) .

98. I went (1 ander 2 under 3 undr)the t r e e .

99. I l i k e t o r id e the ( l t ran2 t r a i n 3 t r a i n e ) .

100. I am ( l w r i t i n g 2 w r i t e i n g3 w r i t t i n g ) a l e t t e r .

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I \ '-.ri I KST - GPMDE 3 ( f o r m a ) NAME . SCHOOL

DIRECTIONS rC' ir!H TFiACHLR: You arc- to read these d i r e c t i o n s a loud . Vou should check to see that each c h i l d answers the sample c o r r e c t ly . What you are to say to the c h i ld re n i s underscored. F i r s t , w r ite t h i s sample on the blackboard.

I 2 3 DSample A: I have a ( l doge 2 dog 3 dag) ■;A fter sp ec ia l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t s have been d i s t r i b u t e d , say to the c h i ld re n : Do not pick up vour p e n c i l s u n t i l I t e l l you. You must fo l lo w mv d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l lv . Now pick up vour p e n c i l s and write vour name a t the too o f the page: then w rite the name ofyour s c h o o l . Teacher g i v e s s c h o o l . Lav down vour p e n c i l s . This i s an e x e r c i s e t o see how well vou can s o e l l . You must l i s t e n c j p s e l y so vou w i l l know how to mark vour paper. I have w r i t te n a sample on the blackboard. The same sample i s on vour paper asSample A. Teacher shows where Sample A i s . Look a t the sample; I have a ( l d -o -q -e 2 d -o -q 3 d -a -q )

Notice th a t vou have words numbered 1 . 2 and 3. Which one s p e l l s ”doq" c o r r e c t l y ? Wait for answer. Number two i s c o rr e c t because i t sa y s : d -o -q . so I w i l l f i l l in the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - , On vour paper the space under number - 2 ^ hasbeen f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r i o h t . I f none o f the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column fo u r , - p - , which means d i f f e r e n t . Now l e t ' s see i f vou can mark Sample B on vour paper. Look a t the sample. I w i l l sav the word. use i t in_ the se n ten ce , and sav the word again as pr inted on vour paper. You are to mark the space below the same number a t the r ig h t th a tthe c o r r ec t word haS. Sample B: the word i s -w i1 1 - . I w i l l go. - w i l l - . Wait fo r p u p i ls to mark t h e i r papers. The c o r r e c t answer i s -3" because i t says : w - i - 1 - 1 . See i f everyone marked - 3 - . I f vou should mark a space th a t vou think i s wrong, e ra se c a re f u l l y and then mark the c o r r e c t one. Are there any q u es t io n s? I cannot answer q u es t io n s a f t e r we s t a r t . Now I w i l l sav the word* read the sentence u s in g the word, and rep eat the word. You mark the space below the number which has the c o rr e c t s p e l l i n g , j u s t l ik e you did in the sample. Teacher b e g in s , say ing th e word, reading the sentence and rep ea t in g the word.



1. He ( l bega in 2 began 3 begane) to run.

2. She has p r e t t y ( l aeys 2 eyes 3 e y s ) .

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20. He i s not ( l q u i e t 2 q u i t 3 q u i t e ) as t a l l as I .

21. I l i v e two ( l m i l l s 2 m i l s 3 m i l e s ) from s c h o o l .

22. He (1 k i l l e d 2 k i l l d 3 k i l d ) the snake.

23. I ( l wont 2 won' t e 3 won't ) go.

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He i s i n my ( l c l a s e 2 c l a s ;; 24. The book was ( l l o s t 2 l o a s t3 c l a s s ) .

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)ok3 l o s s ) .I went ( l f i s h i n g 2 f i c h i n g 3 f i s c h i n g ) .

BE SU RE YOUR M ARKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH TO CHANGE

5 . He gave me ( l par t 2 pard 3 par te ) of h i s ap p le .

1 2 3 D26. The ( l road 2 rode 3 roade) i s

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6 . We have some E a s te r ( l egges % 27. The f i r e i s ( l warm 2 worm - 3 warme).2 eges 3 aggs

7. He has ( l gone 2 gon 3 goan) t o s c h o o l .

8 . He l e f t long ( l go 2 ogo3 a g o ) .

9. I went t o schoo l ( l y e s t e r day 2 y e s t r d a y 3 y e s t e r d e y ) .

10 . We (1 d e c id ed 2 de s id ed 3 d e s c id e d ) to go.

11. The f low er i s (1 y e l l o2 y e l l o w 3 y e lo w ) .

12. The (1 bare 2 bar 3 bear) i s b r o w n .

1 3 . The ( l woreld 2 wold 3 world) i s round.

14. They ( l stad 2 stayd3 s tayed) home.

15. The car went (1 fa s 2 f a s t

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28. The ( l l e a v e s 2 l e v e s 3 l e a f s ) are g reen .

29. I am (1 r ç d in g 2 reading

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16. This i s the ( l f rou nt 2 f ru n t 3 f r o n t ) of the house .

17. He went t o ( l wor 2 war 3 wore) .

’ 8 , Ho was a ( l bad 2 bed 3 bade) boy.

‘ 9.. I ( i knew 2 new 3 newe) my 1 e s son.

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fC3 redding) a Book.( l T h ankg iv ing .2 Thanksgiving 3 Thanksgiv ing) i s he r e .

31 . The ( l doges 2 dogs 3 dags) are running.

32. The s t a r s are ( l f are 2 f o r 3 f a r ) away.

33. My dog was ( l bron 2 born 3 barne) a week ago.

34. The ( l cow 2 caw 3 cau) e a t s g r a s s .

35. I ( l junped 2 jumped 3 jumpt) the rope y e s t e r d a y .

36. They ( l b u i l t 2 b u l t 3 b i l t ) a new house .

37. I am go ing ( l r i d e i n g 2 r id d in g 3 r i d i n g ) .

38. The c a r f 1 s t o p p e t 2 stopped 3 s t o p e d ) .

39. The t r e e i s ( l even 2 evn 3 evan) with the top o f the house .

40 . The ( l gras 2 g r a s s 3 g r e s s ) i s green .

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1 he ( l b i l d i n g 2 bu ld ing 3 . b u i l d i n g ) i s b i g .We took (1 e v e r y t h i n g 2 e v e r - t h in g 3 e v e r y th a n g ) we wantedMother ( l maks 2 makes 3 makse) candy.The (1 lak 2 l e a k 3 la k e ) i s p r e t t y .I have two ( i k indes 2 k ins 3 kinds) of candy.1 am go ing (1 o u t s i d e2 o u t s i d 3 o u t c i d e ) .The p ig i s ( l f a t 2 f e t3 f a t e ) .I love ( l mama 2 momma 3 mamma) .I w i l l . ( l turne 2 trun 3 turn) around.He ( l shote 2 sh o t 3 shat ) the bear .He ( l i s n ' t 2 i s e n ' t 3 i s a n t ) h e r e .I a t e my ( l launch 2 lunch 3 l a n c h ) .This i s ( l mine 2 mind 3 min) .1 know t h a t ( l pusen2 persone 3 p e r s o n ) .I l i k e to (1 ware 2 wear3 were) my new sh oe s .

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7 1 . Here i s m y ( l dade 2 dad 3 d e a d )

72. We ( l o f f e n 2 o fen 3 o f t e n ) got h e r e .

73 . We have (1 moved 2 movd 3 muved)

74 . I read ( l s t o r y s 2 s t o r e s3 s t o r i e s ) .

75 . S i t i n t h i s ( l char 2 c h a i r 3 c h i a r ) .

76 . We went out i n t o the ( l f e i l d2 f i e l d 3 f e l d ) .

77 . I have some ( l s k a t e s 2 s c a t e s3 s k a t s ) .I have t o ( l s t e a d y 2 s tu dy 3 s t e d y ) .These are t h e ( l uns 2 ones 3 u n e s ) .

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80 . He has a b i g ( l s t i k 2 s t i c 3 s t i c k ) .

81 . Hear the (1 n o i s e 2 nose 3 n o i s ) ?

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The b a l l i s ( l rond 2 ronde 3 round) .( l Carry 2 Gary 3 C arr ie ) t h e s e books.

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8 5 . Jh|^b^^^s go ( l so th 2 s o r th

b e s u r e y o u r m a r k s a r e h e a v y a n d b l a c kERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH TO CHANGE

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Do you see t h e . ( l seep2 sheep 3 sh e p )?

(1 S h a l l 2 S a l 3 S a i l ) I go?

( l Thate ’ s 2 Thats 3 T h a t ' s ) my house.I have an ( l a p l e 2 apple3 ape l )Do you l i k e ( l brade 2 brad 3 bred)?I t (1 happend 2 happned 3 happened) h e r e .1 can go ( l tomorow2 tomorrow 3 tommorrow).Do not ( l k i l l 2 c i l l 3 k i l ) b i r d s .Wait f i v e (1 minuts 2 minutes 3 m i n i t s ) .Look out the ( l windows2 windous 3.wendows) .He a t e the ( l n e r t z 2 nuts3 n u t z ) .See the b i r d s ( l f l i 2 f l y 3 f l a y ) .( l Coal 2 Cool 3 Cole ) i s b la c k .1 have been (1 s tu d in g2 s tu dy in g 3 s t u d d i n g ) .He i s (1 p r e s i d e n t 2 p r e s e - dent 3 p r e s i d e n t s ) o f thec l a s s .

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1 know my ( l h i s t r y 2 h i s t o r y 3 h i s t r o y ) l e s s o n .

89 . The p e n c i l i s four (1 i n c h e s2 i n c h s 3 enches ) long .

90. I have new ( l s t o k in g s 2 s t o c i n g s3 s t o c k i n g s ) .

91 . The (1 d o c t e r 2 d o c to r 3 dokter) i s n i c e .

92 . Have you seen ( l wheat 2 weat 3 whet) grow?

93. I am ( l t a k e in g 2 tack in g 3 ta k in g ) him w i th me.

94 . Come t o see me on ( l Munday2 Mondy 3 Monday).

95 . Look a t h i s (1 noze 2 nose3 knows).

96 . I have been t o t h r ee ( l s k o o l s 2 s c o o l s 3 s c h o o l s ) .

97 . Can you ( l s a i l 2 s e l l 3 s a i l ) me some candy?

98 . He ( l d oe sn t 2 d o e s n ' t 3 d o s n ' t ) go t o t h i s s c h o o l .

99 . P l e a s e (1 move 2 muve 3 mov) the c h a i r .

100. I went to s ee my (1 grandfar ther 2 grandfath r 3 g r a n d f a th e r ) .

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RINSLAND-MARTIN SPELL INb TEST - GRADE 3 (FORM b ) NAME. . SCHOOL

DIRECTIONS TO THE TEACHER: You are to read these d i r e c t io n s aloud. You should check to see that each c h i ld answers the sample c o r r e c t l y . What you are to say to the c h i ld r e n i s underscored. F i r s t , w r ite t h i s sample on the blackboard.

1 2 3 pSample A: I have a ( I doge 2 dog 3 dag)A f te r s p e c ia l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t s have been d i s t r ib u te d , say to the c h i ld r e n : Do not pick up vour p e n c i l s u n t i l I t e l l you. You must fo l lo w mv d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l v . Now pick up vour p e n c i l s and w r ite vour name a t the top of the page: then w r i te the name of

You must l i s t e nyour sch o o l . Teacher g iv e s s c h o o l . Lav down vour p e n c i l s . This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how well vou can s o e l l .c l o s e l y so vou w i l l know how to mark vour paper. I have w r i t te n a sample on the blackboard. The same sample i s on vour paper asSample A. Teacher shows where Sample A i s . Look a t the sample: I have a ( l d -o -o -e 2 d -o -o 3 d - a - o )

Notice that vou have words numbered 1. 2 and 3. Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t l y ? Wait for answer. Number two i s c o rrec t because i t says; d -o -q . so I w i l l f i l l in the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - . On vour paper the space under number - 2 - hasbeen f i l l e d i n. There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none o f the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column fo u r , -D - . which means d i f f e r e n t . Now l e t ' s see i f vou can mark Sample B on vour paper. Look a t the sample. I w i l l sav the word, use i tin th e s e n te nce , and sav the word again as pr in ted on vour paper. You are to mark the space below the same number a t the r ig h t thatthe c o r r e c t word has . Sample B: the word i s - w i l l - . I w i l l go. - w i l l - . Wait fo r p u p ils to mark t h e i r papers. The c o rr ec t ans -"Gr i s - 3 - because i t savs: w - i - 1 - 1 . See i f everyone marked - 3 - . I f vou should mark a space that vou think i s wrong, erase care f u l l y and th en mark the c o r r e c t one. Are there any quest ions? I cannot answer q u es t io n s a f t e r we s t a r t . Now I w i l l sav the word,read the sentence us in g the word, and repeat the word. You mark the space below the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g , ju s t l i k e vou did i n the sample. Teacher b e g in s , say ing the word, reading the sentence and repeating the word.

Sample A. I have a ( 1 doge 2 dog 3 d a g ) .

Sample B. I (1 w i l 2 w e l l 3 w i l l ) go .

1. ( l I t ' s 2 I t s 3 I t z ) a b e a u t i f u l day.

2. I t i s my ( l b r i t h d a y ,2 b i r th d a y 3 b i r t h d a y s ) .

3 . I have some new ( l c l o t h e s2 c l o t h s 3 c l o s e ) .

4 . I ( l r e c i e v e d 2 r e s o l v e d3 r e c e i v e d ) a l e t t e r .

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He l i v e s ( l near 2 ner 3 neare) me.1 can cl imb the ( l h i l2 h i l e 3 h i l l ) .

7 . See the ( l tap 2 top 3 tope) o f the t r e e .

8 . I w i l l (1 buy 2 by 3 bye) a new t o y .

9. I t i s ( l sp ing 2 s pr in g 3 s p r i n g e ) .

10 . This i s the ( l and 2 ende 3 end) o f the s t o r y .

11 . She has brown (1 her 2 h a ir 3 h a r e ) .

12. I l i k e . t o e a t ( l corn 2 con 3 c r o n ) .

13 . He wants to (1 r e s t 2 r a s t 3 r e s t e ) .

14. We w i l l have a (1 v a c t i o n 2 v a k a t io n 3 va c a s h o n ) .

15. Wait (1 t i l l 2 t e l l 3 t i l ) he comes back.

16. Watch my r i g h t (1 hand 2 hande 3 h e n d ) .

17 . I am go ing ( l Sa terd ay 2 Saturda 3 Saturday)

18. See h i s new ( l shose 2 shoose 3 s h o e s ) .

19. (1 Opin 2 Open 3 Opne) the door.

20 . I t i s ( l a lmost 2 a l lm o s t 3 a lmust) t ime.

21 . I t i s made o f (1 wod 2 wode 3 wood).

22 . (1 F i n a l y 2 F i n a l l y 3 F i n a l l y ) he came.

23. I t i s a p r e t t y (1 s l e d 2 s la d 3 s l e d e ) .

24. Wait f o r two (1 weaks 2 weeks 3 w i k e s ) .

25 . My f a t h e r goes (1 hunt ing 2 h o n t in g 3 h u n t in ) .


26. He ( l h o t 2 bought 3 boght) a new h a t .

27. This i s a c l e a n ( l f l o o r 2 f l o r 3 f l o r e ) .

28. They have been on a ( l trype 2 t r e p 3 t r ip ) . .

29. I ( l r o t 2 wroot 3 wrote) al e t t e r .

30. I saw my ( l grandmother2 granmother 3 grandmuther).

31. That was a ( l funy 2 funny3 funney) s t o r y .

32. He was a (1 por 2 poor 3 pour) man.

33. She has two ( l hores 2 h o r e s e s 3 h o r s e s ) .

34 . Don't (1 f a l l 2 f o l 3 f a l ) down.

35 . Look a t (1 those 2 th o s 3 t h o e s )p e o p l e .

36 . He ( l turnd 2 turned 3 torned) around.

37 . I t i s t ime f o r ( l supr 2 suppre 3 s u p p e r ) .

38 . The man has a ( l gon 2 gun 3 gu n e ) .

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72. I have seen an (1 Indain 2 Indian 3 IAden) .

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77. I ( l need 2 ned 3 nede) a new c o a t .

78. His ( l moth 2 mouth 3 mothe) i s f u l l .

79. The dog^doesn 't have a ( l t a i l 2 t a l l 3 t a l e ) .

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83 . The car (1 passed 2 p a s t 3 p a s s t ) me.

84 . The horse was ( l w i l de 2 w i l e 3 w i l d ) .

85 . I know two (1 was 2 ways 3 waes) to go.


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87. The sun i s ( I b r i t 2 b r i g h t 3 b r i t e ) .

8 8 . He was ( l p u l l e d 2 p a l l e d 3 p o l l e d ) back.

89. I t ( l taks 2 t a k e s 3 t a c k s ) t ime.

90. She ( l d r e s s t 2 dresed 3 d r e s se d ) her d o l l .

91. The man i s ( l t a l e 2 t a l l 3 t o l l ) .

92. We are ( l bussy 2 b u i s y 3 b u s y ) .

93. P l e a s e ( l pas 2 passe 3 pass ) the bread.

94. He (1 stod 2 stood 3 s to d e ) a long t ime.

95. That i s a p r e t t y ( l r in g 2 r in ge 3 w r i n g ) .

96 . Someone (1 e l s 2 e l s e 3 a l s e ) must go.

97 . He i s almost (1 t w e lv 2 t w e l f 3 t w e l v e ) .

98 . They have two ( l k a t s 2 c a t e s 3 c a t s ) .

99. He ( l runs 2 rons 3 r u i n s ) f a s t .

100. He hurt h i s ( l l a g 2 l e g 3 l e g e ) .

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Di s t r i b u t o speci . j j I :'t: i .-t ; ' I cm going to read the I i r o n t ions

'.'I'd :S; Soy to tne nUi ' i l s :loud whl ie you read them s i l e n t l y .

iJo nor, '.v: u n t i l I hav'.'

You must fo l lo w these d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l y . Write your name and school a t the top of the page. (Pause) Lay your penc i l down.This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how w e l l you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. N otice th a t you have words numbered 1, 2 , and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o rrec t because i t says: d - o - g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are foiir blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none of the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column four , -D -, which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says: w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there any q u es t io n s? (Stop to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l o f the se n ten ces as you did the sample you have j u s t completed, p lac in g a mark under the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one th a t you th ink i s wrong, erase c a r e f u l ly and mark the c o rrec t one.

The papers w i l l be c o l l e c t e d when most o f the s tu d e n ts have completed the t e s t .

Begin.

Sample A. I have a (1 doge 2 dog 5 d a g ) .

Sample B. I ( l w i l 2 w e l l 3 w i l l ) go.

1. He ( l e t s 2 e a t s 3 e t e s ) lunch a t noon.

20. I never ( l hot 2 b e t 3 beat ) money.

21. I know who ( l d i s co v e r e d 2 d i s - coverd 3 d i s cu v er e d ) t h i s c ountry .

22. I must ( l mide 2 mind 3 minde) my mother.

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2. I walk ( l a lo n 2 e lon 3 a lone ) t o s c h o o l .

3. I ( l f o r g o t 2 f o r e g o t 3 f o r g o t t ) my l e s s o n .

4 . The t r e e i s (1 dead 2 ded 3 d e d e ) .

;; 23. The b a l l i s made, of ( l rubbere2 ruber 3 r u b b e r ) .

II 24 . Mother' s ( l p l a t s 2 p l a n t e s3 p l a n t s ) are growing.

;! :: :: 25. I love my ( 1 p arents 2 per e n tsii ii ii 3 p a r a n t s ) .


5 . This i s a ( l l o v l y 2 l u v e l y 3 l o v e l y ) day.

6 . We s tudy about many (1 count r i e s 2 c ountrys 3 c o n t r i e s ) .

7 . I have fun on (1 Halowen2 Halloween 3 Halloweene) .

8 . I can s p e l l my ( l words 2 wurds 3 w i r d s ) .

9 . I went over a (1 br idge 2 b r i g e 3 b r i g ) .

10. I saw the ( l squrre l2 s q u i r r e l 1 3 s q u i r r e l ) .

11. She does not (1 c r i e 2 cry3 c r i ) .

12. He p la y s on a ( l team 2 teem 3 teme).

13. He ( l a r r iv d 2 arr ived3 a r iv e d ) a t school l a t e .

14. The corn ( l greu 2 grou 3 grew) t a l l .

15. My daddy owns some (1 c a t t e l2 c a t l e 3 c a t t l e ) .

16. A snake has (1 sk in 2 s c i n3 s k e n ) .

17. There are many p r e t t y(1 c o l e r s 2 c o l o r s 3 c o l a r s )

IC The bird ( l f l o u 2 f l e u3 f lew) away.

19. I saw the Indian ( l c h e i f2 c hee f 3 c h i e f ) .

26. The (1 i c e creme 2 i c e cream 3 i s e cream) i s c o ld .

27. " ( 1 Ha 2 Hae 3 Hau)", s a id the g i a n t .

28. The (1 roap 2 rope 3 rop) i s s tr o n g .

29. We s t u d ie d our ( l l e s s e n2 l e s o n 3 l e s s o n ) .

30 . She i s ( l a l r i g h t 2 a l l r i g h t3 a l l r i t e ) .

31. I broke t h e ( l s t r e n g 2 s t i n g s t r i n g ) .

32. I am ( l u s u a l y 2 u s u a l l y 3 u s e l y ) happy.

33 . I can count to one ( l thousand2 thousand 3 t h o u s a n ) .

34. The hen l a i d an (1 agg 2 eeg3 e g g ) .

35. They were ( l maried 2 married 3 m arryed) .

36. He wants t o (1 becom 2 become 3 becume) a pol iceman.

37. We l i k e t o e a t (1 oranges2 ornges 3 o r a n g s ) .

38. We have (1 company 2 compy3 company) a t our house.

39. He has ( l p l e a n t y 2 p l e n t y 3 p l e n t y ) o f money.

40. Have you seen ( l sh ip e s 2 s h i p s3 sheps) s a i l ?

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T h a t ' s a good ( l id e a r 2 idy 3 i d e a ) .I t ' s ( l e l v e n 2 e l e v e n 3 e le v a n ) o ' c l o c k .Our (1 mothers 2 moters 3 mathers) are here today.He ( l t i d e 2 t i d 3 t i e d ) the r o p e .

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87 . I (1 f e d e 2 f ee d 3 fead) the cow.

8 8 . Can you ( l s p l l 2 s p e l l 3 s p e e l ) many words?

89 . ( l Des. 2 Dec. 3 Dec) i s a month.1 2 3 0

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91. She (1 wore 2 war 3 wor) a h a t .

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2 shoar 3 s hore )?

93. He ( l s i n g 2 s a in g 3 song) f o r me.

94. I l i k e t o e a t (1 r i c e 2 r i s e3 r i s c e ) .

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3 t r e c k ) .96. I d o n ' t dr ink ( l c o f f e 2 cawfee

3 c o f f e e ) .97. ( l Cover 2 Covre 3 Cuver) the

f l o o r .98. He i s from a ( l f o r i e g n 2 f o r e i g n

3 foregn) land.99. I have four ( l marbles 2 marbels

3 m a r b l s ) .100. Do you l i k e t h a t (1 subgect

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ÜIHEüI'ü'IJo IV T;;L-: IKHs ibutc spec la i ; E,’.; i Is aivi u-st. forws. Say Lo the p u u i is : Do not w r ite u n t i l I have in s tr u c ted you to do so. I am going to read the d i i . ’c txons alou'i while you read them s i l e n t l y .

D ir e c t io n s :

You must fo l lo w these d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l ly . Write your name and school a t the top o f the page. (Pause) Lay your pencil down.This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how well you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. N ot ice that you have words numbered 1, 2, and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o r r ec t because i t says: d -o -g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none o f the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column four , -D - , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r ec t because i t says : w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there any q u es t io n s? (Stop to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l of the sentences as you did the sample you have j u s t completed, p lac ing a mark under the number which has the c o r r ec t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one th a t you think i s wrong, erase c a r e f u l ly and mark the co rr ec t one.

The papers w i l l be c o l l e c t e d when most o f the s tu dents have completed the t e s t .

Begin.



1. He threw (1 roks 2 rokes3 rocks) a t the b i r d .

2. She was a l l (1 a lon 2 a l l o n e3 a l o n e ) .

3. Our house has four ( l roomsf .2 roons 3 roomes

4. He (1 f e l t e 2 f e l t 3 f a i t ) bad.

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20. He ( l means 2 mans 3 means) w e l l .

21. I l i k e to _(l p i a n t 2 pant 3 p a i n t ) p i c t u r e s .

22. We b u i l t a (1 fance 2 fenc 3 f e n c e ) .

23. I d o n ' t l i k e to drink (1 t e e2 tea 3 t a e ) .

24. He has ( l t h i r t y 2 t h e r t y3 thurty ) p e n n ie s .

5 . This i s the ( l s i x t h e 2 s i x t h 3 s i x ) t im e .

25. He wears a ( l kap 2 cap 3 capp) . BE SURE YOUR M A RKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK


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2 papaa 3 papyy?.3 . ; 1 pi !ik-- 2 Penk 3 Pink) i s

d p r e t t y c o l o r .Send the ( l b e l l 2 b i l l? r- ’ } te iT/c .

6 . I (1 woke 2 wook 3 wok) e a r l y .

7. She has been in f i v e ( l s t a t s 2 s t a t t s 3 s t a t e s ) , 'j

8 . He i s in the ( l h o s p i t a l2 h o s p i t a l 3 h o s p i t o l ) .

9. I saw a (1 r a t 2 r e t3 r a t t ) .

10. I t has four ( l pardse 2 pards 3 p a r t s ) .

11. Cars have g r e a t ( l poure2 power 3 pour) .

12. She can ( l danse 2 dance3 d a n s s ) .

13. ( l We’ 11 2 We’ e l 3 w e l ' l ) go wi th you.

14. This i s my ( l addres 2 adress o a d d r e s s ) .

15. The band w i l l ( l march 2 marche 3 mach).

16. Come r id e in the ( l s l i e g h)■

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26. We are in good ( l h e a l t h 2 h e 1the 3 h e l t h ) .

27. See the t a l l ( l b u i l d i n g s2 b u ld in g s 3 b i l d i n g s ) .

28. Wasn't t h a t ( l awfel 2 a fu l3 awful )?

29. I want to e a t a t ( l nune 2 noon 3 n o n ) .

30. I w i l l l ea r n to (1 d r i v e e 2 d r i v 3 d r i v e ) .

31. I t i s ( l r a i n i n g 2 ranning 3 r a n i n g ) .

32. See the ( l b eares 2 bears 3 b e r r s ) .

33. Th is i s (1 e a s y 2 e s e y 3 e s y ) .

34. The s t a r s are ( l abov 2 abuve 3 above) us .

35. She ( l c o l e r d 2 c o lo r e d 3 c o lo r e d ) the p i c t u r e .

36. The t e a c h e r has a number of ( l pup les 2 pupels 3 p u p i l s ) .

37. They l i v e d in a ( l v i l l a g e 2 v i l l i d g e 3 v i l l i g e ) .

38. Have you been in a ( l d e s e r t 2 d e s s e r t 3 d e s r e t ) ?

3 9 . Can you ( I raze 2 r a i s e 3 ra s e ) f low ers?

40. My brother i s in the ( l armey2 army 3 a r a y ) .

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71. (l Who's 2 Hose 3 Whose) are these?

7 2 . The c i t y i s ( l growing 2 growng 3 g r o i n g ) .

7 3 . See those ( l h i l l z 2 h i l l s 3 h i l e s ) .

74. ( l Hang 2 Hand 3 Haing) the p i c t u r e .

75 . That i s a p r e t t y ( l s i g h t e2 c i t e 3 s i g h t ) .

76 . ( l God 2 Gad 3 Godd) i s in heaven.

77 . That i s ( l t ro o 2 true 3 t row ) .

78. We ( l wached 2 watched3 wathed) the f i r e .

79 . Th is i s the wrong ( l s i z e 2 s i s e 3 s i z ) .

80 . "Yes", he ( l r e p l i d e 2 rep lyed 3 r e p l i e d ) ,

81 . 1 took a ( l b i e t 2 b i t t e 3 b i t e ) o f an app le .

82 . There was a ( l t h e f t 2 t h i f t 3 t h e f f t ) i n s c h o o l .

83 . 1 ( l droppd 2 dropped 3 droped) my books.

84 . Do you have a ( l su ing 2 swinge 3 swing)?

85 . 1 l i k e t o swim a t the ( l beech 2 bech 3 b e a c h ) .

BE SURE YOUR M A RKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH TO CHANGE

This i s a ( l w onderfu l1 2 wonderful 3 wonderfe l) bookThey have a ( l cabbin2 caben 3 c a b i n ) .He had a long ( l po le 2 pel3 p o l l ) .Let us go to the ( l curcus 2 c u r c i s 3 c i r c u s ) .This i s my (1 grandpa 2 grandpar 3 granpa).1 hear the dog (1 barrk2 bark 3 barke) .The (1 quen 2 queen 3 qeen) i s p r e t t y .1 can ( l add 2 ade 3 ad) numbers.1 w i l l ( l t rede 2 trade3 trad) you t h i s .We should be ( l t h a n k f u l 12 t h a n k f i l l 3 t h a n k f u l ) .There are four f l s i d e s s 2 s i d e s 3 s i d s ) .The spoon i s made of ( l s l i v e r 2 s i l v e r 3 s i v e r ) .The paper was ( l burned2 bruned 3 burnd).Tie t h i s i n a ( l bo 2 boe

3 bow).I t has been ( l snowing 2 snoing 3 snowin) .

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8 6 . There i s a l o t o f ( l d i r t 2 durt 3 d r i t ) h e r e .

87 . Th is house i s ( l aurs 2 ors 3 o u r s ) .

8 8 . 1 l i v e a ( l blak 2 blok 3 block) away.

89 . There are s i x ( l r i v e r s 2 r e v e r s 3 r i v r e s ) near h e r e .

90. Th is i s the ( l g r e a s t e s t2 g r a t e s t 3 g r e a t e s t ) news o f a l l .

91. ( l Bees 2 Bes 3 Beez) make honey.

92. The (1 s o i l e 2 s o i l 3 s o l e ) i s r i c h .

93. ( l Brush 2 Bush 3 Bruch) your t e e t h .

94. They are working on our (1 r o fe2 r o o f 3 r o f ) .

95. She hurt her ( l l e e 2 1 3 e y e ) .

96. This IS a n i c e ( l season 2 seson3 s e z o n ) .

97. She goes to ( l h i school 2 high schoo l 3 h igh s k o o l ) .

98. I have been (1 s l i d i n g2 s l i d e i n g 3 s l i d d i n g ) .

99. Look out ( l below 2 b e l owe3 b l o u ) .

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DIRECTIONS TO TrlE TEACHER: D i s t r i b u t e s p é c i a l I RM pen : 1s anu t e s t i cr . ss . Say to the p u p i l s : Do no t w r i t e u n t i l I have i n s t r u c t e d you to dc so. I am g o in g to r ead t he d i r e c t i o n s a l ou d whi le you read them s i l e n t l y .

D i r e c t i o n s :

You must fo l lo w these d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l y . Write your name and school a t the top of the page. (Pause) Lay your p enc i l down.This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how w e l l you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. Notice th a t you have words numbered 1, 2 , and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o r r e c t because i t sa y s : d -o -g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none o f the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column four , -D - , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o rr ec t because i t says : w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there anyq u es t io n s? (Stop to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l o f the s e n te n c es as you did the sample you have j u s t completed, p la c in g a markunder the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one th a t you think i s wrong, e ra s e c a r e f u l ly and mark the c o r r e c t one.

The papers w i l l be c o l l e c t e d when most of the s tudents have completed the t e s t .

Begin.

Sample A. I have a ( l doge 2 dog 3 dag) .

Sample B-, I ( l w i l 2 w e l l 3 w i l l ) go.

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u;; 20 . She has some p r e t t y (1 beeds

2 beads 3 b e e a d s j .D:: 21 . I w i l l (1 e x s p e c t 2 e x p e c t” 3 e x c ep t ) you today .:: 22 . Watch the b i r d s ( 1 hop 2 hopp

3 hope) .23 . I t ( l c e r t e n l y 2 c e r t a i n l y

3 c e r t e n a l y ) has been c o l d .D

24 . I am going to s tudy about (1 i n d u s t r y 2 i n d u s t r i e 3 endusfry)' .

u 25 . This i s a b e a u t i f u l ( l bedroon2 Bedrom 3 bedroom).

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Wheat i s a ( l g r a in 2 gran 3 grane) .I (1 studed 2 studyed 3 s tu d ied ) my l e s s o n .1 have o f t e n ( l w i s h t2 wiched 3 wished) f o r a dog.1 saw a (1 r a in d e er 2 r e i n deer 3 re in d ear ) in the zoo.I t was a t e r r i b l e ( l f lu d2 f lo d 3 f l o o d ) .The c h a ir weighs f i v e ( l pounds 2 ponds 3 p o n s ) .That ( l na le 2 n e a i l 3 n a i l ) i s sharp.That boy i s (1 quick 2 quck3 qu ik ) .I t was a ( l lowd 2 lode 3 loud) n o i s e .


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The fence needs a new (1 p o s t 2 p a s t 3 p o s t e ) .

15. They l i v e in the ( 1 westren i: ;■ :: li 36 .2 western 3 westen) p a r t .

16. Turn the (1 pege 2 page3 p a g ) .

17. Does she take ( l dancing2 danceing 3 d a n s e i n g ) ?

18. That i s a ( l go lden 2 goden3 g o ld in ) c o l o r .

19. Look a t the (1 monkies2 m o n k e y s 3 m o n k y s ) .

He i s very (1 p l e a s a n t 2 p l e a s e n t 3 p l e s e n t ) .

27 . Would you p l e a s e ( l sh o t 2 shat 3 shut) tha t door?

28 . The man i s very ( l w i s e 2 wize 3 w e s e ) .

29 . They enjoyed the ( l f e s t e2 f e a s t 3 f e s t ) .

30 . Watch how he (1 parks 2 parcks3 parkes) the c a r .

31 . That i s a p r e t t y ( I poem 2 pome 3 peom).

32 . He owns three ( l s a l d s 2 s l e d s 3 s l a d s ) .

33 . The dog hurt h i s ( l hinde 2 hind 3 he ind) f o o t .

34 . Have you seen t h i s (1 k i t e 2 k i t 3 k e i t ) f l y ?

35 . My bro ther i s a ( l s o ld g e r2 s o l g e r 3 s o l d i e r ) .He l i k e s ( l popecorn 2 popkorn3 pop c or n ) .

37 . I want a ( l bunch 2 bunh 3 bunsh) o f grapes .

38 . They have ( l Busches 2 bushes 3 buches) around t h e i r house.

39 . He ( l c loased 2 c l o s d 3 c lo s e d ) the door.

40 . They have been ( l p i c k e n in g 2 p ik in g 3 p i c k in g ) f r u i t .

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k s S l f t h a n I .2 rand 3 r in g)

Have you been t o the (1 maket 2 makret 3 market)?Put the t h i n g s i n t h a t .( l trunk 2 tronk 3 tr u n k e ) .This i s v e r y ( l u s e f u l l 2 u s f u l l 3 u s r u l j .To ( l whom 2 whome 3 wohme) am I speaking? ■■ "

^ ^ 1 2 3 DThe c a t caught thr ee (1 mise -i n ü ;; 77.2 mies 3 m i c e ) . ; ;■ ;Do you have a (1 n i k e l 2 n i c k e l 3 n i c k l e ) ?These shoes were ( l werth2 woth 3 worth) the money.He {1 sorade 2 spread3 spred) the b u t t e r .A r e n ' t the (1 autumn 2 autum 3 autme) t r e e s b e a u t i f u l ?This i s the ( l b o i ' s 2 b o y ' s 3 b o i s e ) h a t .The car i s i n the ( l grage2 garge 3 g a r a g e ) .(1 Farming 2 Farmin3 FarmengJ i s hard work.The s e _(:3 w a l l s ]

w a le s 2 w o l l s are t a l l .

7 1 . The car has four ( l weeIs2 whee ls 3 w h e l s ) .

7 2 . That i s a h igh ( 1 speed 2 spead3 s pede) .

73 . He was ( l c a r r e y in g 2 ear r in g 3 carry ing ) h i s books .

74 . I d i d n ' t mean t o ( l skare 2 sc a r 3 sc are ) you.

75 . The c a t (1 dr inks 2 d r inkes 3 d r i k s ) m i lk .

76 . The (1 k n i t e s 2 n i g h t s 3 n i t e s ) ar e becoming lo n g e r .We ( l d iv id ed 2 devided 3 d iv id ded) t h e a p p le .Did. you ask a ( l q u s t io n2 q u e s t io n 3 que s ton )?He threw some (1 s t o a n s 2 s t o n e s3 s to n s ) a t the b ird .1 hear your mother 11 c a l l e i n g2 c o l l i n g 3 c a l l i n g ) you.

81 . I l i k e the ( l sade 2 shad3 shade) o f the t r e e .

82 . There i s a ( l shed 2 shad 3 ched) o u t s i d e h i s house .

83 . He i s ( l smoler 2 smaler 3 sm a l ler ) than I .

84 . The (1 su r fac e 2 s e r f a c e 3 s u r f a s e ) i s smooth.

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The c l o t h e s have been , ;(1 d r i e d 2 d r i d 3 d r i d e ) . ■Bread i s made from ( l f l o r ;2 f low er 3 f l o u r ) . ■You must put a ( l s tanp 2 s tap 3 stamp) on a l e t t e r . '•Rabbits l i k e t o e a t ,1Cl l e t t u s 2 l e t t u c e 3 l e t u c e ) '

She i s a ( l beu ty 2 beauty x i; n n 8 6 .3 b u e a t y ) . =; ”We are go ing t o th e ( l a i r - ;; 87 .por t 2 a r e p o r t 3 a i r p o i t e ) . 'j 3' ^P l e a s e g i v e me some ( l pen- 1; 1: 8 8 .d e s 2 p e n s i l s 3 p e n c i l s ) . •• - -Our (1 f a r t h a r 2 f a t h e r s 89 .3 f a r t h e r ) w i l l come soon.Has (1 anybody 2 enybody 3 anybodie) c a l l e d f o r me?He was v e r y (1 e xcy ted 2 e x c i t e d 3 e x c i t i e d ) .

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The door was ( l locked 2 loked 3 l e a k e d ) .This k n i f e i s ( l sharp Ü2 shap 3 s h e a p ) .Do you l i k e ( l c a r r e t s ii2 c a r e t s 3 c a r r o t s ) ? jHe was ( l ap s e n t 2 absent3 abcent) from schoo l today . ' , ' 3 3 ^We (1 garath ered 2 ga thered ii ii ii 100.3 gathered) f l o w e r s .

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I w i l l (1 r e t e r n 2 r e tu r n 3 r e ta r n ) t o s c h o o l .He wants t o ( l dea l 2 d e e l 3 d e a l l ) the c a r d s .

b o a t in g on 3 l e i c s ) .

I t i s , fun^to c Cl l a k e s 2 la lMy (1 stomache 2 stomack 3 stomach) h u r t s .My f a t h e r ( l dece ra te d2 decorated 3 d e c r a te d ) the t r e e .W i l l you (1 s h a l l 2 s h e l l 3 s h e l ) the peas?That i s a (1 p o l l a r 2 p o la r3 p o l l e r ) bear .My mother l o s t her ( l neddle2 nedl e 3 n e e d l e ) .Do you (1 understand 2 undrestand3 undstand) the problem.1 go t o a n i c e ( l schoolh ouse2 s c o o lh o s e 3 s k o o l h o u s e ) .The p l a y has f i v e ( l c h a r a c t e r s 2 c h a r c t e r s 3 c a r a c t e r s ) .We must pay more ( l a t e n t i o n 2 a t t e n s i o n 3 a t t e n t i o n ) .

They are i n the (1 e i g h t 2 e i g t h 3 e i g h t h ) grade.The water i s v e r y (1 muddie 2 muddy 3 mudy).I am go ing t o buy some(1 m a t i e r a l 2 m i t e r a i 3 m a t e r i a l ) . ’

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DIRECI IONS TO THE TEACHER: D is tr ib u te s p e c ia l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t forms. Say to the p u p i ls : Do not w r ite u n t i l I have in s t r u c te d you to do so . I am going to read the d i r e c t io n s aloud w hile you read them s i l e n t l y .

D ir e c t io n s :

You must fo l lo w these d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l y . Write your name and school a t the top o f the page. (Pause) Lay your p e n c i l down.This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how w e l l you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. N otice that you have words numbered 1, 2 , and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o r r e c t because i t sa y s : d - o - g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r i g h t . I f none o f the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column four , -D - , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says: w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there anyq u es t io n s? (Stop to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l of the sen te n c es as you did the sample you have j u s t completed, p la c in g a markunder the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one t h a t you think i s wrong, erase c a r e f u l ly and mark the c o r r e c t one.

The papers w i l l be c o l l e c t e d when most o f the students have completed the t e s t .

Begin.

Sample A. I havi= a ( l doge 2 dog


1. I have a new p a ir of( l g l o v e s 2 g l o v s 3 c l o v e s ) .

2. (1 Sombodye 2 Sembody3 Somebody) gave me a p r e s e n t .

3 . This i s much ( 1 b i g e r 2 b ig r e 3 b ig g e r ) than I thought .

4 . The f l o o r i s ( l f l a t t 2 f l a t 3 f l a t e ) .

20 . I l i v e two ( l b loks 2 b la k s 3 b l o c k s ) away.

21 . (1 None 2 Non 3 Nane) o f them came t o the party .

22 . We p l a y . ( l outdores 2 outdoors 3 o u t d o r s ) .

He (1 f a l l s 2 f o l s 3 f a i s ) down.

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1 have s tu d ie d ( l s c i e n c e2 s c e i n c e 3 s i e n c e ) .Order a ( l cace 2 c a se 3 c a s c e ) of canned tomatoes.

BE SURE YOUR M A RKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH T O CHANGE

5 . I wrote s i x ( l s e n ta n ce s 2 s e n te n c e s 3 s e n t e n s e s ) .

6 . That (1 c lock 2 c lo k 3 c loc k ) i s wrong.

7. They did i t ( l t h e m s e l f s 2 them se lv es 3 t h e m s e a l v e s ) .

8 . I am an ( l American 2 Ameracan 3 A m e r ic ia n ) .

9 . The cows are i n the ( l p a s tu r e 2 p a s t e r 3 p a s h e r ) .

10. I have ( l re terned2 returned 3 r e t e r n d ) .

11. He made a (1 trap 2 trape3 trapp) fo r r a b b i t s .

12. We have enjoyed the ( l meal 2 me11 3 me 1 ) .

13. What a b e a u t i f u l ( l r o s s e 2 rose 3 r o e s ) .

14. Mail i t a t the ( l p o s t o f f i c e ;;2 p o a s t o f f i c e 3 p o s t o f f i c e ) . ”

15. The rope i s (1 l ooze 2 l o o s e3 l o s e ) . 'i

1 6 . She has been ( l h e l l p i n g2 h e lp in g 3 h a lp ing j me.

17. I use b lack ( l ink 2 ing3 i n k e ) .

18. They run the old ( l m i l l2 n i l l 3 m i l ) .

19. Don't C l drop 2 dropp3 d r o p e ) y o u r b o o k s .

26 . The p r i n c e s s l i v e s i n a (1 c a t l e2 c a s t e l 3 c a s t l e ) .

27 . I am a ( l c i t e z e n 2 c i t i z e n3 c i t i s e n ) o f t h i s c ountry .

28 . ( l You’ l l 2 You'l 3 Youll) be l a t e f o r s c h o o l .

29 . You must do i t ( l y o w r s l e f2 y o u r s e l f 3 y o u r s e f ) .

30 . C a l l the ( l k i t y 2 k i t t i e 3 k i t t y )

31 . He ( l p la s ed 2 p lced 3 p laced ) th e book on the t a b l e .

32. That i s a f i n e ( l p r i z e 2 p r i e z3 p r i z ) .

33 . I ( l s l i p e d 2 s l ip p e d 3 s lopped) on th e s t a i r s .

34 . We ( l pade 2 paid 3 pa ide ) f i v e d o l l a r s f o r i t .

35. Sometime I would l i k e to go ( l sk ing 2 skeing 3 s k i i n g ) .

36 . This i s the (1 ore 2 oer 3 orre) from which they make i r o n .

37 . They keep food in t h e i r (1 c e l l a r 2 c e l l e r 3 s c e l l a r ) .

38. Where d id you g e t t h o s e (1 s l i p e r s2 s l i p p e r s 3 s l i p p r e s ) .

3 9 . Some t h i n g s have (1 grems 2 germs3 grmes) on them.

40 . His mother i s baking ( l caks2 cakes 3 c a i k s ) .

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He has ( l g a t t e n 2 g o t t e n 3 go ten ) some new shoes .

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She i s going to cook the ( l beans 2 bens 3 b a e n s ) .He ( l s tandee 2 s tan s 3 s tands) on the corner .Each s tack had three .(1 p o l i e s 2 p o l l s 3 p o l e s ) . - ■" '=I d o n ' t l i k e t o be ( l l o n e - i; ;; 77.some 2 1 ome some 3 lonsome). •• - - ••

1 2 3 01 am going t o wear my (1 b o t s ;; i; n 78.2 boo t s 3 b o a t s ) tomorrow.P le a se (1 pun 2 p in 3 pan) t h i s f o r me.Can you^(l smel 2 small3 sm el l) the f lo w ers?He ( l stepped 2 steped 3 stepped) on my t o e s .He was e l e c t e d t o ( l cong r e s s 2 congres 3 c o n g r e s s ) .The boy a t e the ( l penuts 2 peanuts 3 p e a n a t s ) .The monkey i s (1 hanging2 handing 3 ha ing ing) th e r e .They have two ( l p e t s 2 pats3 p a t e s ) .

The t ea c h e r w r i t e s on the ( l b l a k - board 2 b lackbored 3 b lackboard) .Who (1 envented 2 i n v in t e d 3 invented) the c o t t o n gin?He was ( l l e d d in g 2 l e d in g 3 l ead ing) the parade.The book has two ( se p a r a t e2 separate 3 s ap ar te ) p a r t s .I t i s a ( l gand 2 grand 3 graned) f e e l i n g .What i s the ( l p o p l a t i o n 2 popu- l i t i o n 3 p o p u la t io n ) of t h i s c i t y ?The ( l r o o t s 2 r o t s 3 r o a t e s ) of the t r e e go deep.We were ( l v i s t i n g 2 v i s i t i n g3 v i s e t i n g ) my aunt .Do you b e l i e v e i n ( l f a r i e s2 f a r y e s 3 f a i r i e s ) ?He i s very (1 smart 2 smert3 s m or te ) .What i s the ( l verb 2 varb 3 verbe) i n the s e n tence?He i s not ( l a loud 2 alowed 3 a l lo u d ) t o go swimming.This (1 becomes 2 becoms 3 bekomes) more d i f f i c u l t .One should not t h in k o f o n e ' s (1 s e l f 2 s l e f 3 s i l f ) .

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ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSWER YOU W ISH T O CHANGE

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3 s e t i n g ; p l a n t s .87 . The show ( l l a s t e d 2 l a t e d

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3 l e s t ) than I thought .89. Do you have a ( l t a b l i t 2 t a b l t

3 t a b l e t ) ?90. She i s a ( l j u n i o r 2 ju in o r

3 jun iour ) i n h igh s c h o o l .91. He smokes ( l tabbaco 2 tobaco

3 tobacko) .92. Does t h i s pen ( l be long 2 be log

3 blong) to you?93. I t i s an ( l oke 2 oak 3 oake)

t r e e .94. I (1 wondered 2 wonderd

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hine 2 sunshine 3 s u n s h i n ) .96. I ( l hate 2 hea t 3 h a t ) to see

you g o .97. Wait one ( l momment 2 monent

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RINSLAND-MARTIN SPELLING TEST - GRADE 6 (FORM a ) NAME .SCHOOL,

DIRECTIONS TO THE TEACHER: D i s t r ib u t e s p e c ia l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t forms. Say to the p u p i l s : Do not w r ite u n t i l I have in s t r u c te d you to do so . I am going to read the d i r e c t io n s aloud w h ile you read them s i l e n t l y .

D ir e c t io n s :

You must fo l lo w th e se d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l y . Write your name and school a t the top of the page. (Pause) Lay your p e n c i l down.This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how w e l l you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. N otice th a t you have words numbered 1, 2 , and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o r r e c t )oecause i t says: d - o - g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none of the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column fo u r , -D - , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r e c t because i t sa y s : w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there any q u e s t io n s? (S top t o answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l o f the s e n te n c es as you did the sample you have j u s t com pleted , p la c in g a mark under the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one t h a t you think i s wrong, era se c a r e f u l ly and mark the c o r r e c t one.

The papers w i l l be c o l l e c t e d when most o f the stu dents have completed the t e s t .

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20 . This c h a i r i s out o f ( l p o s i t i o n2 p o s e t i o n 3 p o s i t t i o n ) .

21 . That i s a v e r y (1 p lane 2 p l a i n3 plan) d r e s s .

22 . We w i l l form a ( l c i r c l e 2 c i r c u l 3 s i r c u l ) .

23 . He passed the (1 examanation 2 examination 3 e x a m i n t i o n ) .

24. When does the ( l postman 2 poastman 3 posteman) come?

25. When d id the ( l P i l l g r i m s 2 P i l - . grams 3 P i lg r i m s ) come t o America?

BE SURE YOUR M A R K S ARE HEAVY AND BLACK ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH TO CHANGE

He has been ( l t r a v e l l i n g2 t r a v l i n g 3 t r a v e l i n g ) .1 must ( l comb 2 come3 combe) my h a i r .The song has ( l endied2 ended 3 anded).He ( l s l e e p s 2 s l e a p s3 s l e p s ) sound ly .My u n c le sometimes ( l ^ r i d s 2 r i d e s 3 r i e d s ) a h o r s e .Did you see the ( l junkie2 j u n g le 3 j u n g e l ) p i c t u r e ?We (1 croced 2 c r o s s e d3 c rosed) the r i v e r .She has long ( l f i n g e r s2 f i g e r s 3 f i n g r s ) .The (1 b u c k e t t 2 bucket3 buket) i s f u l l o f water .1 en joy (1 pant ing2 p a i n t e i n g 3 p a i n t i n g ) .We have made our ( l p la n s 2 p lannes 3 p l e n s ) .Do you know t h o s e (1 twens 2 t ew in s 3 t w in s )?There are s e v e r a l (1 f a c o r i e s 2 f a c t o r y s 3 f a c t o r i e s ) h e r e .I t w i l l be an ( l honor 2 honer 3 honnor) t o go .The s i g n sa y s : ( l dager 2 danger 3 d a i n g e r ) .

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He i s her ( l hushband 2 husbande 3 husband).The box i s ( l empty 2 emty 3 empety) .(1 Weather 2 N i e t h e r 3 N e i th e r ) one o f them went.

fould l i k e t o have a b i g b a l l o n 2 bloon 3 b a l l o o n ) .

Have you e v e r gone through a ( l tunne l 2 tu n e l 3 t u n e l l ) ?There was (1 f r o a s t 2 f o r s t 3 f r o s t ) on the ground.We enjoyed the ( l s o c i a l 2 s o c a l 3 s o s i a l ) .We were wide (1 awak 2 awake 3 awke) .(1 October 2 Octber 3 Ocktober) i s a c o o l month.They p l a y i n the ( l qynasum 2 gymnasium 3 gimnasium).Have you had any (1 d e z e a s e s2 d e s e a s e s 3 d i s e a s e s ) ?The f lo w e r i s not (1 a l i v e 2 a l i v3 a l a v e ) .The ( l hans 2 hens 3 henes) l a i d the e g g s .The candy should be much (1 harder 2 hader 3 h r d e r ) .He ( l c a t h e s 2 caches 3 c a t c h e s ) the b a l l .

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My grandfath er i s ( l e i g t y 2 eaghty 3 e i g h t y ) years o ld .Th is i s a f i n e (1 community 2 comunity 3 comemunity) .I t i s j u s t a p i e c e of (1 rag 2 ragg 3 r a g e ) .The s t o r y i s about ( l cawboys2 cowboys 3 cowbouys) .The (1 towns 2 touns3 townes) are c l o s e t o g e t h e r .Do you l i k e ( l gun 2 gum 3 gam)?

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72 . He i s one o f the l e a d in g ( l c i t i - ;;zens 2 c i t e z e n s 3 c i t i s e n s ) . ••

, I73 . We l i v e in the e a s t (1 s e c t o n

2 secshun 3 s e c t i o n ) o f town. ••

That i s a small 2 ante 3 a u n t ) .How much do you (1 weigh2 wiegh 3 way)?Find the ( l noun 2 nown3 noune) i n th e s e n t e n c e .The t e a c h e r w r i t e s w i th ,( l chork 2 chak 3 c h a l k ) .1 am ( l p a s s e in g 2 p a s s in g 3 p as in g ) a l l s u b j e c t s .He i s a ( l r e g u la r2 r e g u la r 3 r e g e l o r ) f e l l o w .The boy s e l l s ( l newspappers 2 newpapers 3 n e w s p a p er s ) .I t i s a s t o r y about a ( l p r in c e 2 prence 3 p r i n s e ) .The (1 f i r s 2 f i r e s 3 f a i r s ) were b l a z i n g .

74. Who i s the (1 governor 2 govenor 3 g o v e n i e r ) of the s t a t e ?

75. I have a sore ( l tow 2 to e 3 t o o e ) .

76. Who are t h e s e ( l p ersen s 2 persons 3 perçons)?

77 . My g r an d fa th er i s over ( l s i x t e y 2 s i x e t y 3 s i x t y ) .

78. He i s a ( l guard 2 gaurd 3 gard) a t the bank.

79. I t i s a sentence ( l i t s l e f2 i t s s e l f 3 i t s e l f ) .

80 . Make thr ee (1 wiches 2 w ish e s3 w i s h s ) .

81 . The i c e i s (1 s o l i d 2 s o le d 3 s o l l i d ) .

82 . F i l l the ( l tab 2 tub 3 tob) with water .

83 . The t r e e has i t s f u l l ( l growth2 groth 3 g r o u t h ) .

84 . He l i v e s ( l w i t i n 2 w i t h in3 w h ith in ) f i v e m i l e s .

85 . The (1 humon 2 humen 3 human) body i s amazing.


Did the sh ip ( l s in k 2 senk 3 s in k e ) ?1 am look in g ( l Toward 2 f o r ward 3 foreward) to the game.The (1 waves 2 wayves 3 waives ) are on the ocean.These are bank (1 d e p o s i t s2 d e p o s i t e s 3 d e p o s e t s ) .The cow has two ( l c a f e s2 c a l v e s 3 c a l f s ) .That i s ( l n a tu r a l 2 n aturea l3 n a t r u a l ) .This i s n i c e (1 s t a t i o n e r y 2 s t a t o n e r y 3 s t a t i o n a r y ) .Th is i s made of ( l coper 2 copper 3 c o p p r e ) .See how the s t o r y (1 ands 2 ends 3 e n d e s ) .May I have a ( l banana 2 banna 3 bannana)?( l S h e ' s 2 Shes 3 Shese) a p r e t t y g i r l .Some n a t io n s have (1 kengs 2 k in g e s 3 k i n g s ) .Are you e x p e c t i n g a (1 v i s t o r2 v i s i t e r 3 v i s i t o r ) ?What i s the (1 l e n t h 2 l e n g t h3 l e n g h t ) o f t h a t car?My house i s on t e n t h (1 S t 2 S t . 3 S t r . )

8 6 . They reached an ( l agreement2 aggreement 3 agreem ent ) .

87 . The gun i s (1 loaded 2 loded3 l o o d e d ) .

8 8 . She put on her (1 apern 2 aprun 3 a p r o n ) .

89. There are many ( l strems2 s treams 3 streams) o f water .

90. He has good ( l c h a r c t e r2 c h a r a c te r 3 c a r a c t e r ) .

91. I (1 thanked 2 th in ked 3 thankd) him f o r the g i f t .

92 . Did you ever (1 sh ov le 2 shove l3 sh u v e l ) snow?

93 . I am ( l e n j o in g 2 e n jo y in g3 i n j o y i n g ) the p a r ty .

94 . He i s i n more ( l m i s c h i e f 2 m is c h e f 3 m i s c h e i f ) .

95. Do you have your ( l t i k e t s2 t e c k e t s 3 t i c k e t s ) ?

96. I l i k e (1 j i l l y 2 j e l e y 3 j e l l y ) .

97 . F i l l the gas (1 tanke 2 tank3 t e n k ) .

98 . She had a (1 dat 2 d a t t e 3 d a te ) with him.

99. Who i s the (1 author 2 au ther 3 a r th o r ) ?

100. The ( l e n g in e e r 2 e ng iner3 e n g in e r e ) runs the t r a i n .

RINSLAND-MARTIN SPELLING TEST - GRADE 6 (FORM b ) NAME. SCHOOL

DIRECTIONS TO THE TEACHER: D is t r ib u t e s p e c ia l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t forms. Say to the p u p i l s : Do not w r i te u n t i l I have in s t r u c te d you to do so . I am going to read the d i r e c t io n s aloud w h ile you read them s i l e n t l y .

D ir e c t io n s : «

You must fo l lo w th e se d i r e c t i o n s c a r e f u l l y . Write your name and school a t the top of the page. (Pause) Lay your p e n c i l down.T his i s an e x e r c i s e to see how w e l l you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. N otice th a t you have words numbered 1 , 2 , and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o rr ec t because i t says : d - o - g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none o f the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column fo u r , -D - , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says: w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there any q u es t io n s? (Stop to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l o f the se n ten ces as you did the sample you have j u s t com pleted, p la c in g a mark under the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one th a t you think i s wrong, erase c a r e f u l ly and mark the c o r r e c t one.


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1. The house i s made o f( l lomber 2 lumber 3 lamber) .

2 . I t happened on Christmas(1 Ev. 2 Eav 3 E v e ) .

3 . I t was torn (1 apar t2 appart 3 a p e r t ) .

4 . The boy i s very (1 l a s y 2 l a z y 3 l a z i e ) .

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Does he be long to the l ab or U onion 2 union 3 uneon)?I t i s a ( l p la s u r e 2 p l e a s u r e 3 p l e s u r e ) to be h e r e .The s h e e t ( l c o v e r s 2 cuvers 3 co o v e rs ) the bed.The cement w i l l ( l haden 2 hrden 3 h ar d e n ) .He l i k e s a l l kinds o f (1 s p o r t s 2 s p r o t s 3 s p o t s ) .I have ,a bad ( l t o th 2 to o th 3 t u t h ) .


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he ma-a n i s y e r y ^ f l h e a l t h y h e l t n y 3 n e a i t h e y ) .

My f a t h e r can s h oo t a ( l r i f e l 2 r i f l e 3 r i f f l e ) .This package (1 ko n ta in s2 c o n t a in s 3 contane s ) g i f t s . ;Are you ( l s l e e p y 2 s l e p y3 s l e p p y )?

That was a bad ( l a c id a n t 2 a c c id e n t 3 a x c i d e n t ) .

17. My br o th e r ( l j o i n e d2 j o in d 3 joned) the army.

18. The s t r e e t lamps are ( 1 l i t e d ■.2 l i t t e d 3 l i g h t e d ) . ;

19. I s he a ( l s c o u t 2 skout :3 s c o u t e ) ? i

26 . She i s the ( l p r e t i e s t2 p r e t t i e s t 3 p r e t t e s t ) g i r l .

27 . L e t ' s make a ( l j a c k o - l a n t e r n2 j a c k - o - l a n t r e n 3 j a c k - o - l a n t e r n )

28. You have a f l a t ( l t i e r 2 t i r e3 t i r r e ) .

29. There are two ( l camels 2 camals 3 cammels) i n , t h e zoo .

30. The watch i s very ( l v a l u e a b l e2 v a l u b l e 3 v a l u a b l e ) .

31. That i s ( l grandma's 2 grandna's3 granma's) house.

32 . My aunt has three ( l suns 2 sones 3 s o n s ) .

33. I need t o ( l sh ine 2 sh in 3 shinn) my sh oe s .

34 . The beans are i n the ( l pat 2 p o t t 3 p o t ) .

35. We w i l l wax the ( l f l o o r s 2 f l o r s 3 f l u r s ) .

36 . People should d r iv e ( l c a r f u l l y 2 c a r e f u l l y 3 c a r e f u l y ) .

37. W i l l you (1 j o i n 2 jone 3 j o i n e ) th e club?

38. The book has f i v e hundred (1 pags2 pages 3 p a g i s ) .

39 . The (1 kn iv e s 2 n i v e s 3 k n i f e s ) are i n the k i t c h e n .

40. I have an (1 e x t e r 2 e x tra3 e x tr y ) p e n c i l .

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We w i l l , ( l double 2 doubble 3 duble) h i s o f f e r .We have good ( l t r a n s p a r t a t i o n2 t r a n s p o r t a t io n 3 t r a n s p o r t a t io n )They f i n a l l y (1 headed 2 heded3 haded) back.C al l (1 wenever 2 whinever 3 whenever) you can.Two (1 r a i l e r o a d s 2 r a i l r o a d s 3 r a i l r o d e s ) go through he r e .(1 Thus 2 Thous 3 Thuse) the s t o r y ended.She gave him a ( l k i s 2 k i s s 3 k e s s ) .Mother u s e s ( l l ard e 2 lard 3 l erd ) to cook w i th .That i s a . b i g ( l b a r r l e 2 b a r e l l 3 b a r r e n ) .There are ( l t w e n t y - f i v e 2 t ew enty - f i v e 3 t w e n t y f i v e ) people here .

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1 T h e r f o r e .2 Thçrefor 5 Therefore) I w i l l go.

(1 Afterwards 2 Afterwoods 3 Afterwords) we went home.That i s a l i t t l e ( l l im 2 limb 3 limm) on the t r e e .This house i s v e r y (1 comfortab le2 comefortable 3 c o m e f e r t a b l e ) .The s o l d i e r s ( l mach 2 marh3 march) by us .

85 . There i s a ( l bench 2 benh 3 banch) i n the park.

BE SURE YOUR M ARKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSWER YOU W ISH T O CHANGE

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My u n c l e k i l l e d a ( l goose2 gose 3 g o o s ) .

He i s ( l wek 2 weak 3 week) , i: x ü

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1 2 3The boy (1 c a r i e s 2 c a r r i e s x3 c a r r y s ) papers .This i s a n i c e (1 ne ighborhood 2 naborhood 3 neiborhood

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he farmer has a good 1 krop 2 crop 3 cr op e ) .

1 (1 s ighned 2 s ig ned3 s in ged ) the l e t t e r .See the ( l l i g h t n i n g2 l i g h t i n g 3 l i g h t e n i n g ) ?This t a b l e i s ( l a nce in t 2 a c i e n t 3 a n c i e n t ) .The car i s an o ld ( l model2 modle 3 moddel) .His s h i r t i s ( l tron 2 torn...3 t u r n ) .He i s j u s t a small ( l lade 2 ladd 3 l a d ) .

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DIRECTKÜÆ TU TüE TEACHER; IT ir i ou ! ■; spoôiJl ‘ Toî ; " o : i % .u.' O'V. , Tu y to Lhu ,.uoi.o: ÜQ u c t wriLo o u t i l I havo i n s t r u c t e d you to do so. I am going to r e ad the d i r e c t i o n s a louo wh i l e you read them s i l e n t l y .

Di rec t i o n s :

You must fo l lo w those d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l y . Write your name and school a t the top o f the page. (Pause) Lay your p en c i l down.This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how well you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. N otice that you have words numbered 1, 2, and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says : d -o -g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none of the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column fo u r , -D - , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says : w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there anyq u es t io n s? (Stop to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l o f the se n ten ces as you did the sample you have j u s t completed, p la c in g a markunder the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one th a t you think i s wrong, erase c a r e f u l ly and mark the c o r r e c t one.


Begin .

Sample A

Sample B

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I have a ( l doge 2 dog 3 d a g ) .I (]. w i l 2 w e l l 3 w i l l ) go.

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She sa id i t was (1 hers2 bars 3 h e a r s ) .Put (1 s h e a t s 2 s h e e t s3 s h e t s ) on the bed.She was a b e a u t i f u l ( l p r i n - c i s s 2 p r i n c e s 3 p r i n c e s s ) .

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20. I have been ( l wondring 2 wandring 3 wondering) where you were.

21. Did you buy th e ( l g r o s e r i e s2 g r o c e r i e s 3 g r o c e r y s ) ?

22. The c a t has sore (1 pors 2 pows3 p a w s) .

23 . You should n o t (1 waste 2 w a i s t 3 wast ) your money.

24 . These are p r e t t y ( l d e c o r a t i o n s 2 d e c o r a t i o n s 3 d e c r a t i o n s ) .

25. We b e l i e v e i n (1 l i b a r t y2 l i b e r t y 3 l i b r e t y ) .


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We were ( l d in in g 2 d inn ing 3 d i n e in g ) ou t .He l o s t ( l c o n t r ô l e 2 c o n t r o l 3 c o n t r o l l ) o f h i s c a r . 'jThe man was s e n t to ( l p r i s o n 2 preson 3 p r i s i o n ) .He was go ing ( l toards 2 towards 3 to r d s ) h i s house .She pee led the (1 tom attoes 2 tomatos 3 t o m a to e s ) .The whee ls were ( l r o l l i n g 2 r o l i n g 3 r o l e i n g ) .Have you been (1 l e s s o n i n g2 l i s t e n i n g 3 i i s e n i n g ) ?The n a t io n s formed a (1 t r e a t y 2 t r e e t y 3 t r e a t i e )He rode a (1 donkie 2 donky3 donk ey) . «I t i s a l arge ( l area 2 ara 3 e r e a ) .1 have been ( l e s p e c t i n g2 e x p e c t i n g 3 e c p e c t i n g j you.1 have s e v e r a l ( l . r e a s o n s2 re so n s 3 r a s o n s ) .

The foe began to (1 a t t a c t 2 a t t a c h 3 a t t a c k ) .The man i s (1 r a i s i n g2 r a s in g 3 r a s e i n g ) c a r r o t s .Two ( l but tons 2 butons3 botton) are missing.

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May we ( l d e c o r a te 2 d e c e r a t e 3 d ecorat ) the room?Serve us on t h e s e ( l p l a t s 2. p l a i t s 3 p l a t e s ) .( l S e p t . 2 Sep. 3 Sept) i s an a b b r e v i a t i o n .

The bag ( l b u s t 2 b u r s t 3 b e r s t ) .

We gave the r a t s ( l po i son 2 p os ion 3 p o i s s o n ) .We a t e some (1 lame 2 lamb 3 lam) chops .The n a t i v e s had \ 1 sp e r es 2 spears 3 s p a r e s ) .

There i s (1 noe 2 no 3 know)time.

The house was v e r y ( l u g ly 2 u g l i e 3 u g g l y ) .We should always be ( l o n e s t 2 a n e s t 3 h o n e s t ) .The f l a g has t h i r t e e n (1 s t r i p s2 s t r i p p e s 3 s t r i p e s ) .The ( l o a s i s 2 oaces 3 o a s e s ) i s in the d e s e r t .He^ l ikes to ( l f o o l e 2 f o i l3 f o o l ) p e o p le .She i s very good in ( l pinmanship2 penmanship 3 penmanship) .What i s she (1 wearing 2 waring3 wareing)?

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- n u r e i n q2 hearing 3 hering)

Put t h i s in the ( l c a b i n e t 2 c ab ina te 3 c a b i n e t e ) .P le a se br ing me a ( l towl2 towel 3 t o w l e ) .They w i l l ( l capure 2 capture3 captsu re ) the p r i s o n e r s .He a c t s ( l s i l y 2 s i l l y 3 s i l l e y ) .My brother has (1 graduated 2 graguated 3 g r a u a t e d ) .The c a t w i l l (1 s c r a t c h 2 scrach 3 s c r a t c h e ) you.1 have been i n two ( l kaves2 caves 3 c a v s ) .1 take f l n o t t e s 2 nots3 no te s ) in c l a s s .I t was (1 e x tr e m ely2 e x t r e m i l y 3 e x trem ly ) loud .P le a s e (1 remane 2 remain3 remaine) h e r e .Who made the (1 d i s c o v e r y 2 descovery 3 d i c o v e r y ) ?I t i s of l i t t l e ( l va lu 2 va lue 3 v a u l e ) .I found a four l e a f e d ( l c lu v e r 2 c l o v e r 3 c l o a v e r ) .

7 1 . i h o p e h e ( l 3 p a s t e s ) .

p a s s e s 2 pases

Tap) him on the72. (1 T a p p 2 T a p e 3 s hou lder .

73. I t i s on the (1 d r e s e r 2 d r e s s e r 3 d r e s c e r ) .

74. What i s the (1 meaning 2 mening 3 meanning) o f t h i s ?

75. He has s e v e r a l ( l p a i r e s 2 p a i r s 3 pears ) o f s o c k s .

76 . My f a t h e r pays ( l t a ck s 2 tack es 3 t a x e s ) .

77 . The b u s i n e s s was ( l a s t a b l i s h e d 2 e s t a b b l i s h e d 3 e s t a b l i s h e d ) .

78 . He ( l p a i n t s 2 pants 3 p a i n t e s ) p i c t u r e s .

79 . I (1 agre 2 agree 3 agrea) with you.

80 . That i s the wrong ( l method2 methed 3 methud).

81 . They w e r e . ( l u n i t e d 2 un ighted3 u n i t t e d ) i n marriage.

82 . That house i s ( l c o lo n a l2 c o l o n i a l 3 c o l o n n i a l ) s t y l e ,

83 . (1 Shoudn' t 2 Shouldn’ t3 S o u l d n ' t ) he be here?

84 . They h e ld a (1 c o u n c i l 2 counse l 3 c o u n s i l ) o f war.

85 . The s t r e e t s are (1 i c e y 2 i c y

" ' s hBE SURE YOUR M A RKS ARE HEAVY AND BLACK ERASE COM PLETELY ANY ANSW ER YOU W ISH T O CHANGE

They ( l separa ted 2 separated 3 separated) th e two b o x e r s .( l Whatever 2 Watever 3 Whut- ever) you want t o do i s f i n e .He ( l po in ted 2 ponted 3 pa inted ) a t h i s b r o t h e r .This i s the ( l happ es t 2 h a p p ie s t 3 h a p i e s t ) moment.He has v e r y good (1 manners 2 maners 3 manners) .Cheap watches are ( l scare 2 scarce 3 s c a r c e ) .A b u t t e r f l y i s i n the ( l cocon 2 cocoon 3 c a c o o n ) .Have you e a t e n ( l Swis 2 Swess 3 Sw iss ) c h eese?I t i s a ( l c o n f e d r a t i o n 2 conf e d e r a t i o n 3 c o n f e d e r a t i o n ) .

seen t h e ^ ( l s t a t u e

(1 crach

Have you2 s t a t u 3 s t a t u t e ) ?He saw the a i r p l a n e 2 crash 3 c r a s c h ) .There i s a ( l reward 2 r e word 3 reward) f o r h i s captureThe king has h i s . ( l throne2 thorne 3 t h r o n ) .I l i k e ( l baken 2 backen3 bacon) and e g g s .He (1 ascoped 2 escaped 3 excaped) from the p r i s o n .

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j e l l y with (1 cranb e r r i e s 3 cramberricas)--

c u t the ( l stem 2 st im 3 steme) the r o s e .

You can make b e r i e s 2 cran.I t s e e m s . l i k e ( l magic 2 magick 3 m a g g ic ) .He 01The house was (1 brunt 2 burnd 3 burnt ) down.Can you work t h a t ( l problom 2 problem 3 problem)?The box i s made of (1 cardbord 2 cardboard 3 carboard) .1 hope t o ( l ga in 2 gane 3 g a in e ) more speed.They are s trong (1 l e d e r s2 l e a d e r s 3 l a e d e r s ) .I t was a t e r r i b l e ( l reck 2 wreack 3 wreck) .Put the (1 3 h a r n i s s )

harness 2 harnes on the h o r s e .

He f i s h e d o f f the ( l p e i r 2 p i e r 3 p e e r ) .You shouldn’ t be ( l ashame2 ashamed 3 ashamd).She had two (1 d a t e s 2 d a t s3 d a t t e s ) w i th him.

100. Where are your (1 kees 2 keys 3 kes)?

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RINSLAND-MARTIN SPELLING TEST - GRADE / (FORM B) NAME SCHOOL

DIRECTIONS TO THE TEACHER: D is tr ib u te s p e c i a l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t forms. Say to the p u p i ls : Do not w r ite u n t i l I have in s t r u c te d you to do so . I am going to read the d i r e c t io n s aloud while you read them s i l e n t l y .

D ir e c t io n s :

You must fo l lo w these d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l y . Write your name and school a t the top o f the page. (Pause) Lay your p e n c i l down.This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how w e l l you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. N o t ice that you have words numbered 1 , 2 , and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o r r e c t because i t sa y s : d - o - g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank sp aces a t the r ig h t . I f none o f the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column four , -D - , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says: w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there anyq u es t io n s? (Stop to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l o f the se n ten ces as you did the sample you have j u s t completed, p la c in g a markunder the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one t h a t you think i s wrong, era se c a r e f u l ly and mark the c o r r e c t one.


Begin.

Sample A.

Sample B.

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I have a ( l doge 2 dog 3 d a g ) .I ( l w i l 2 w e l l 3 w i l l ) go.

See the ( l windmils2 w indm i l l s 3 w i n m i l l s ) .That i s a ( l h o l low 2 holow3 h o l l o ) t r e e .The Ind ians ( l surounded 2 surrounded 3 surronded) u s .Do you l i k e the (1 t a s t 2 t a e s t e 3 t a s t e ) o f i t ?

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The cupboard was ( l bare 2 bear 3 b a i r e ) .He ( l b i d s 2 h id e s 3 h e i d s ) from me.He i s a good b a s e b a l l ( l p la y e r 2 p l a y r e 3 p l e y e r ) .He c a r r i e d s e v e r a l ( l wepons2 waepons 3 weapons) .I am ( l d i s a p o i n t e d 2 d i s a p p o in te d3 d i s s a p p o i n t e d ) t h a t you c a n ' t go,He i s do ing ( l . n i c e l y 2 n i c l y 3 m ic e ly ] i n h i s work.


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He se n t a . ( l mesage 2 message 3 massage) back.He i? a good ( ; d r i v e r 2 d r i v r e 3 d e r i v e r ) .Father owns some (1 propety2 p r o p i t y 3 p r o p e r t y ) .He was ( l wounded 2 wonded3 wunded) in the war.Peas are a (1 v e g e t a b l e 2 v e g t a b l e 3 v e g e t a b l e ) .Th is paper i s too ( l s t i f f 2 s t i f 3 s t i f e ) .Put the ( 1 mate 2 mat 3 nat) •.!on the f l o o r . üWe have s trong ( l wins2 wids 3 winds) h e r e . ü1 am ( l f i x i n g 2 f i x t i n g ■'3 f i x d i n g ) the f e n c e .We went ( l c o s t i n g 2 c oas t in g ; : 3 c o a s t e i n g ) down the h i l l .His f a t h e r i s a ( l lawer2 lawyer 3 law yar) .Let me use the ( l s c i s s o r s2 s i s s o r s 3 s c i s o r s ) . 1Have you been t o any ( l danses 2 dances 3 d e n c e s )? ^He ( l skinned 2 sc in ned3 sk ined) h i s arm.He ( l cered 2 ceared 3 cared) fo r her .

26 . She has ( l f ea v e r 2 f e v e r 3 f e v e r e ) .

27. L e t ' s r i d e the ( l pones 2 pennies 3 p o n i e s ) .

28. Have you had any ( l s i c k n e s s 2 s i c k n e s 3 s e c k n e s s ) ?

29. This t a b l e i s a ( l c entu ry 2 c e n t e r y 3 c en tu rey) o l d .

30 . A ( l phrase 2 faze 3 f r a z e ) i s p a r t o f a s e n t e n c e .

31. Ride the (1 merrygo-round 2 merrygo-round 3 m ery-go-round) .

32. I have been i n t h a t ( l t e r i t o r y2 t e r r e t o r y 3 t e r r i t o r y ) .

33. We e a t ( l oapmeal 2 oatmeal3 oatmele) f o r b r e a k f a s t .

34. He f e e l s ( l wors 2 worse 3 werse) ; today .

35. He fought the ( l Indians 2 I n d a in s 3 I n a a n s ) .

36. The c a p t a i n drew h i s ( l sword2 sord 3 sw or d e ) .

37. He has a (1 paine 2 pain 3 pane) in h i s s i d e .

38 . We went ( l f e a t h e r 2 f a t h e r3 f a r t h e r ) than I thought .

39 . There was o n l y a (1 s i n g l e 2 s i n g e l 3 s i n g a l ) thread .

40 . The house had burned t o (1 as hes 2 a s h i s 3 a s h e r s ) .

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The church i s 11 h o l l y 2 h o l y 3 h o l e y ) .He d r i v e s a ( l t r a c t e r 2 t r a c t o r 3 t r a c k t o r ) .The boy does h i s ( l chares 2 chors 3 c h o r e s ) .

7 ! H e g o t ( l i n s e c t s .

r i d 2 r e d 3 r id e ) o f

t h e ( 1 t r o t h 2 t h r u t h

7 4 .The d o c t o r ( l t r e a t e d 2 t r e e t e d 3 t r e t e d ) the c u t .The r i v e r ( l curent 2 c u r - x 75.r e n t 3 currant) was s w i f t . HThey (1 s k a t te d 2 s ea ted 3 Skated) on the i c e .He i s (1 manager 2 manger 3 maneger) o f the s t o r e .W i l l you (1 seak 2 seek 3 seeke) a for tune?He (1 drownd 2 drowned 3 drawned) i n the water .The man (1 s e l l s 2 s e l s 3 s a i l s ) meat. ■■ •• ••She ( 1 f e d s 2 f e e d s 3 f e d e s ) :: % 81the baby.1 make ( l r e p a r t s 2 r e p o r te s 3 r e p o r t s ) i n s c h o o l .That i s a good ( l example2 exampel 3 exsample) .This i s a p r e t t y (1 vew2 v iew 3 v e i w ) .He i s ( l f i l l i n g 2 f i l i n g3 f e l l i n g ) the tank.

72. P l e a se t e l l 3 t r u t h ) .

73. He i s w e l l (1 eduacated2 edjucated 3 e d u c a t e d ) .Look in the ( l mirrou 2 mirror3 m i r r e r ) .1 l i k e to e a t ( l pears 2 pares 3 p e a r e s ) .L i s t e n to the ( l thounder2 thunder 3 thundere) .The ( l firmen 2 f iremen3 f iremene) went to the house .Can you work t h i s ( l p u z z l e2 puzze l 3 p u z l e )?1 hurt my (1 ankel 2 a n c le3 a n k l e ) .We need ( l ox igen 2 oxygen 3 oxygin) to l i v e .The song has two ( l v e r s e s2 v e r c e s 3 v e r s c e s ) .

82 . The Eskimo l i v e s in an (1 i g l o 2 i g l o o 3 i g l e w ) .

8 3 . ( l Subtract 2 S u b s tr a c t 3 Subtact ) two from t h r e e .

84 . I (1 conted 2 counted 3 countede) f i f t y peop le .

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Put the book on the (1 shef2 s h a l f 3 s h e l f ) .1 (1 bunped 2 bumped3 bumpede) my head.The ( l skouts 2 s c o u te s 3 s c o u t s ) are go ing to camp.We must p r a c t i c e ( l hygiene2 h igene 3 hygene) .Have you s tu d ie d th e s e (1 mapes 2 mapps 3 maps)? :He ( l succeded 2 succeeded3 suceeded) i n h i s work. 'This i s ( l daddy's 2 daddys 3 dadd ies ) c a r . 'The s o l d i e r s are ( l traned :2 t r a i n e d 3 t r a i n n e d ) . ■Don't be ( l c r u a l 2 c r u e le3 c r u e l ) t o an im als .He ( l s u g e s te d 2 sugges ted 3 su g g e s te d ) another c ourse .The p i c t u r e s are ( l deve loped : 2 d e v e l l o p e d 3 d e ve lop p e d ) . )Did you hear a ( l screem2 screm 3 scream)? \He l e f t a ( l t i p e 2 t i p3 t ip p ) f o r the w a i t e r . :She i s ( l . b a k i n g 2 bakeing 3 beaking) a cake . I

1 d o n ' t b e l i e v e i n ( l g o a s t s2 g h o s t s 3 g h o e s t s ) . :

8 6 . He ( l stumbled 2 stumled 3 stumbeled) and f e l l .

87. There i s some ( l d i f f r e n c e 2 d i f fere n c e 3 d i f f e r e n c e ) between them.

8 8 . They (1 manafacture 2 manufacture 3 manifacture) t o y s .

89 . My baby brother has a ( l t r y c i c l e 2 t r i c y c e l 3 t r i c y c l e ) .

90. He i s a (1 c i v i l 2 c i v a l 3 c i v i l e ) employee.

91. A l l people need some (1 r e c r e a t i o n 2 r e c e r a t i o n 3 r e c r a e t i o n ) .

92. He c e r t a i n l y has (1 currage 2 courage 3 c u r a g e ) .

93. We are go ing to ( 1 grandpar 's2 granpa' s 3 grandpa's ) house .

94. I t i s made of ( l metel 2 m et le3 m e t a l ) .

95. The Indians ( l atacked 2 a t tac k e d 3 a t taked) the f o r t .

96. He ( l hated 2 heated 3 h a t t e d ) t o admit i t .

97. He owns two ( l p l a n t i t i o n s2 p l a n t a t i o n s 3 p l a n t a t t i o n s ) .

98. The c o in i s (1 bant 2 bent3 b e n t e ) .

99. ( l Dip 2 Dipe 3 Dipp) the c l o t h e s in water .

100. There i s ( l mosture 2 m o is tuer3 m o i s t u r e ) i n t h e a i r .

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DIRECTIONS TO TiiE TEACiicH; Ü iâ l t iü u i ,f s p e c ia l i 'J: v.mh.I i s aiw i - s i 11; i;ib. S«ty lu the p u p i l s : Do not w r ite u n t i l I have in s tr u c ted you to do so. I am goi ng to road the d i r ^ o l i o n s aloud whi le you read them s i l e n t l y .

Di rec t i o n s :

You must f o l lo w t he s e d i r e c t i o n s c a r e f u l l y . Wr i t e y ou r name and school a t the t op of t he page. (Pause) Lay your p e n c i l down.T hi s i s an e x e r c i s e to see how we l l you can s p e l l . F i nd Sample A on your paper. N ot ice t h a t you have words numbered 1, 2 , and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o r r ec t because i t says : d - o - g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d i n . There are four blank spa ces a t the r ig h t . I f none of the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column f o u r , -D- , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says: w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there anyq u e s t i o n s ? (S t op to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l o f the sen tences as you d id the sample you have j u s t completed, p la c in g a markunder the number which has the c o r r ec t s p o i l i n g . I f you mark one t h a t you think i s wrong, e ra se c a r e f u l l y and mark the co rr ec t one.

The p ap er s w i l l be c o l l e c t e d when most o f the s tu d e n ts have completed the t e s t .

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They f i r e d the ( l canon2 cannun 3 c a n n o n ) .He has a (1 for t u n e 2 fourtune3 f u r t u n e ) .Put on the (1 k e t t e l 2 k i t t l e 3 k e t t l e ) .There are four ( l s e son s 2 s a e son s 3 s e a s o n s ) .T h a t ' s a p r e t t y (1 b r a c e l e t 2 b r a c l e t 3 b r a c e l e t e ) .She i s kind and ( l . g e n t e l 2 g e n t l e 3 a e n t l l e ) .

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5 . H e l i v e s n e a r t h e ( l b o r d e r2 b o a r d e r 3 b r o a d e r ) o f t o w n .

6 . T h e f r u i t i s i n ( l j u r s 2 j a r s 3 g a r e s ) .

7 . I w i l l ( 1 t e l e g r a f2 t e l e g r a p h 3 t e l a g r a p h ) y o u .

8 . T h i s i s a n ( 1 a m e n d m e n t2 a m i n d m e n t 3 a m m e n d m e n t ) .

9 . W h e a t i s o n e o f o u r ( 1 e x p o r t s 2 e c s p o r t s 3 e k s p o r t s ) .

1 0 . S h e ( i s o a r t s 2 s o r t e s3 s o r t s ) t h e l a u n d r y .

1 1 . T h e ( l f a t s 2 f a t e s 3 f e t s ) w e r e r e n d e r e d .

1 2 . T h i s paper i s ( l l i n n e d2 l i n e d 3 l i n d ) .

1 3 . ( l S p l i t e 2 S p l i t 3 S p i l t ) t h e a p p l e .

1 4 . T h e b i r d s w i l l e a t ( i c r u m b s 2 c r u m s 3 k r u m b s ) .

l b . T h e c o w s a r e i n t h e ( 1 m e d o w2 m e a d o w 3 m - u i o w ) .

1 6 . T h e ( 1 w i e r s 2 w i r e s3 w i r e r s ) a r e c r o s s e d .

1 7 . T h i s i s a ( 1 c o m i c a l 2 c o m - m i c a l 3 c o m i c a l l ) s i t u a t i o n .

1 8 . I t ( 1 h a p p i n s 2 h a p p e n s3 h a p e n s ) t h a t I b e l i e v e h i m .

1 9 . T h e b o o k i s ( 1 p r e n t e d 2 p r i n t t o d 3 p r i n t e d ) .

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He has ( l p rov ied 2 proveded 3 provided) f o r r e fr e s h m e n ts .My u n c le i s v e r y (1 t h r i f e y 2 t h r i f t y 3 t h i r f t y ) .Write a ( l com p os i t ion2 compostion 3 c o m p o s e t io n ) .He has h igh ( l hopes 2 hops3 h o p p e s ) .How many (1 s t u d e n t s 2 s tu d e n t s 3 sudents) are i n t h i s s choo l?

(1 B e e t s 2 B e t e s 3 B ea ts ) are red .

Did you see the ( l f i r e w e r k s2 f irewurks 3 f i r e w o r k s ) ?Put the ( l p o a s t e r s 2 p o s t e r s3 p o s s t e r s ) on t h e w a l l .That i s a ( l c e d e r 2 cedar 3 sedar) t r e e .We have ( l h o l l y 2 h o l l i e 3 ho ly ) a t Chris tmas .She has a ( l n e k la c e 2 n e c k la s e 3 n e c k l a c e ) .That was a (1 s p l e n d id 2 splended 3 s p l in d ed ) show.T h a t ' s a f l bu ldog 2 booldog 3 b u l l d o g ) .Did you see t h a t ( l e x i b i t2 e x h i b i t 3 e x h i b i t e ) ?He i s ( l ha l fw ay 2 hafway3 hafeway) through.

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The teac h e r ( l markd 2 markt 3 marked) our papers .Those shoes are w e l l ( l worn 2 worne 3 w arn) .L i s t e n to t h i s ( l com erc ia l2 commercial 3 c o m m e r ca i l ) . He has ( l d r ivn 2 d r iv en e3 dr iven) a car b e f o r e .1 l i k e (1 organ 2 orgen 3 oregan) mus ic .The pin i s ( l s t i k i n g2 s t i c k i n g 3 s t i c k i n ; h e r .

The ( l camra 2 camera3 cammera) t a k e s p i c t u r e s .( l Dawn 2 Down 3 Daun) i s in the morning.Did he ( l grabe 2 grab 3 grabb) the apple?The door (1 opnes 2 opens 3 op ins ) e a s i l y .My unc le was ( l smoking 2 smokeing 3 smooking) .(1 Aim 2 Arne 3 Aime) the gun a t the r a b b i t .The f lo w e r s are ( l dye ing 2 dying 3 d a y i n g ) .The b i l l was ( l l e g i s l a t i v e .2 l e g i s l a t i v e 3 l e g i s l a t i v e ) .The leopard i s ( l s p o t t e d 2 spoted 3 s p a t t e d ) .

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The weather i s very (1 danp2 dampe 3 damp).We g e t up ( l f a i r l y 2 f a r e l y3 f a r l y ) e a r l y .( l Muskuitoes 2 Mosquitoes 3 Mosquitos) were bad l a s t year .The mountains are ( l rocky 2 roky 3 r o k e y ) .Would you ( l tram 2 trem 3 trim) the hedge?They own two ( l b i c i c l e s2 b i c y c l e s 3 b y c i c l e s ) .1 have .had the (1 f l u 2 f l e w3 f l u e ) .He has a team o f (1 mueI s 2 mules 3 m o o l e s ) .We must have ( l s i l e n t s2 s i l a n c e 3 s i l e n c e ) .He was ( l c o l l e c t i n g 2 c o l e c t i n g3 c o l l e c t t i n g ) stamps.That i s p r e t t y ( l embrodery2 embroidery 3 e m b ro idery ) .There i s an ( l oxe 2 ox 3 ocks) on the farm.He i s b u i l d i n g h i s ( l s t r e n g t h 2 s t r e n g h t 3 s t r e n g H ) .He has the ( l whoping caugh 2 whooping cough 3 whooping c o u f ) .J o i n the ( l c o n v e r s a t i o n 2 c o n v e r s a t i o n 3 c o n v e s a t i o n ) .


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The baby can ( l c r a l l 2 crawl 3 c r o l ) .His s a l a r y was ( l in c r e a s e d 2 in c r e s e d 3 e n c r e a s e d ) .He wears p r e t t y ( l s h e r t s2 s h i r t s 3 s h i r t e s ) .They ( l s tu fe d 2 s t u f f e d3 s t i f f e d ) th e turkey .You can show (1 a p p r e c i a t i o n 2 a p r e c i a t i o n 3 a p p r i c i a t i o n ) JThey are n i c e ( l f e lo w s 2 f e l l o u s 3 f e l l o w s ) .S h e . i ç v e r y ( l p a r t i c u l a r 2 p i t i c u l a r 3 p i t i c u l i a r ) .Did you see the ( l , c i t e s2 s i g h t s 3 s i g h t e s ) the re ?We went ( l wadding 2 wading3 wadeing) i n the w ater .The (1 bever 2 beaver 3 bevere) b u i l t a dam.He always (1 e n t r e s 2 a n t e r s 3 e n t e r s ) the back door .ShQ i s ( l j e l g u s . 2 j e a l o u s 3 j e a l o u s e ] o f him.The (1 pavment 2 pavement 3 pavemeant) i s smooth.What are your ( l thoughts 2 t h o t s 3 th a u g h ts )?He f e l l ( l backwords 2 backwards 3 backwoods) .

8 6 . He should saw o f f th o s e ( l l im s 2 l imbs 3 l i m e s ) .

87 . His s t o r y was ( l p u b l i she d2 pup l i shed 3 p u b l i s h d ) .

8 8 . He waved a ( l baner 2 bannar3 b a n n e r ) .

89 . The c a r was parked i n the ( l d r i v - way 2 driveway 3 dr ivew a) .

90. The man ( l movs 2 moves 3 muvs) f u r n i t u r e .

91 . Father b u i l t some (1 s h e l v e s 2 s h e l v e s 3 s h e l v s ) .

92 . He ( l wavd 2 waved 3 weved) a t me.

93 . My f a t h e r went t o two ( l c o l l a g e s2 c o l l e j e s 3 c o l l e g e s ) .

94 . The ( l milkman 2 milkeman3 melkman) comes e a r l y .

95 . There i s ( l sapp 2 sap 3 sape) i n th e t r e e .

96 . These socks are ( l wolen 2 w o l l e n 3 w o o l e n ) .

97 . I e a t ( l c r a k e rs 2 c r a ck er s 3 crack re s ) w i th soup.

98. The wind was (1 howling 2 howeling 3 h o u l i n g ) .

99. He a t e another (1 plam 2 plum 3 p lum e) .

100. The c a t was ( l t e s e d 2 t easd 3 t e a s e d ) .

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RINSLANn-MARTIN SPELLING TEST - GRADE 8 (FORM b ) NAME SCHOOL

DIRECTIONS TO THE TEACHER: D is tr ib u te s p e c ia l IBM p e n c i l s and t e s t forms. Say to the p u p i l s : Do not w r ite u n t i l I have in s tr u c te d you to do so . I am going to read the d i r e c t io n s aloud w h ile you read them s i l e n t l y .

D ir e c t io n s :

You must fo l lo w th e se d i r e c t io n s c a r e f u l l y . Write your name and school a t the top o f the page. (Pause) Lay your p e n c i l down.This i s an e x e r c i s e to see how w e l l you can s p e l l . Find Sample A on your paper. N o t ic e th a t you have words numbered 1 , 2 , and 3 . Which one s p e l l s "dog" c o r r e c t ly ? Number - 2 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says : d - o - g , so the numbered space a t the r ig h t under - 2 - has been f i l l e d in . There are four blank spaces a t the r ig h t . I f none of the three numbered words i s c o r r e c t , mark under column fo u r , -D - , which means d i f f e r e n t .

Now l e t ' s see i f you can mark Sample B on your paper. (Pause) Number - 3 - i s c o r r e c t because i t says: w - i - 1 - 1 . Are there any q u es t io n s? (Stop to answer q u e s t io n s ) . Mark a l l o f the sen tences as you d id the sample you have j u s t completed, p la c in g a mark under the number which has the c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g . I f you mark one th a t you th ink i s wrong, era se c a r e f u l ly and mark the c o r r e c t one.


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I have a ( l doge 2 dog 3 d a g ) .I (1 w i l 2 w e l l 3 w i l l ) go .

He o f t e n ( l drops 2 dropes 3 draps) h i s p e n c i l .I t i s a (1 parm 2 palmn 3 palm) t r e e .Order two (1 c a c e s 2 c a s s e s 3 c a s e s ) or soda pop.He i s a w e l l known (1 peo t 2 poet 3 p o t e ) .

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6 . My f a t h e r ( l k i s e d 2 k i s s e d 27.3 k i s s t ) my mother.

7. What are the (1 r e s a l t s % n 28.2 r e s u l t s 3 r e s o l t s ) ? •• y

8 . I t was a small (1 a r c t i c a l 29.2 a r t i c a l 3 a r t i c l e ) . 'j

9 . We have a ( 1 f i r 2 f i r e ;; ;; 30.3 fur) t r e e i n our yard . - ::

1 0 . The grape i s ( 1 saur 2 sour ;; 31.3 s o u r e ) .

1 1 . This i s an o s t r i c h ( l f e t h e r 32.2 f a e t h e r 3 f e a t h e r ) .

1 2 . I t i s made o f ( l l i n e n 33.2 l in n e n 3 l i n i n ) .

13. That i s an ( l advanage3

34.2 advantage 3 a d v a n te g e ) .

14. I l i k e t o ( 1 d iv e 2 d i v ;! % 35.3 dev) i n the water .

15. He i s th e ( l p o p l e ' s 36.2 p e o p l e ' s 3 p e o p e l ' s ) c h o i c e . -j

16. We had two p e n c i l s ( l a p ie c e 37.2 apece 3 a p p i e c e ) . '-j

3 g17. What does the box ( 1 contane 38.

2 c o n t a in 3 c o n t ia n ) ? •• ■■18. These are small f i s h ( l hoks ;; 39.

2 hoaks 3 h o o k s ) . ”19. We w i l l e a t th e ( l pudding 40 .

2 puding 3 p u d d in ) .

20. P l e a s e pass the ( l c e l a r y2 s e l e r y 3 c e l e r y ) .

21 . I t i s a ( l f r i e g h t 2 f r a t e3 f r e i g h t ) t r a i n .

22 . He s i t s on the (1 o p p o s i t e2 o p p i s i t e 3 o p o s i t e ) s i d e .

23 . He ( l thows 2 throws 3 throus ) the b a l l .

24. I ( l carvd 2 corved 3 carved) the turkey .

25 . Use the ( l index 2 endex3 i n d e x e ) .


Hear the duck ( l quak 2 quack 3 q u a c k e ) .The ( l t r a f i c 2 t r a f f e c 3 t r a f f i c ) i s heavy.This meal i s ( l d e l i c i o u s 2 d e l i c o u s 3 d e l i c u o u s ) .

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Have you done the ( l i r o n in g 2 i r n i n g 3 i r e n i n g ) ?The house i s 3 v a c e n t e ) .

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He (1 beged 2 begged 3 bagged) f o r money.The s t r e e t s were (1 f loded2 f lu d ed 3 f l o o d e d ) .The land ( l produces 2 produses3 porduces) c r o p s .The t a l e i s (1 compleated2 c o m p le t ted 3 com ple ted ) .He was (1 in gered 2 in jured3 i n j e r e d ) in the wreck.I t i s ( l n i c e r 2 micer 3 n i s e r ) here than I thought .He a t e the ( l s t r a w b e r ie s2 s t r a w b e r r i e s 3 s t r a w b e r r i e s ) .Mother ( l bys 2 buys 3 byes) p r e t t y c l o t h e s .I t looked j u s t l i k e a (1 f a i r y land 2 fa ry la n d 3 f a r i y l a n d ) .Ange ls are in (1 heven 2 heaven3 h e a v a n ) .

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The sh ip came i n t o ( l port 2 p r o t 3 p o r t e ) .( l Bak ter ia 2 Bactera 3 Bact e r i a ) are very t i n y p l a n t s .He has a (1 complete 2 com- p l e a t 3 complet) s e t o f books.Does the r i v e r ( l f lo u2 f lo w 3 f l o ) f a s t ?Many ( l pop les 2 pope l s3 p e o p le s ) are in the world .I t was a ( l t h r i l l i n g 2 t h r i l - ing 3 t h r e l l i n g ) e x p e r i e n c e .That i s a t a l l ( l Christmas2 C hris tm is 3 Cristmus) t r e e .May I (1 excange 2 exchange3 exchang) t h i s t i e ?We are go ing ( l h ic k in g2 h i k i n g 3 h i k e i n g ) .Have you ever heard an( l opra 2 opera 3 opera)?Take a ( l taespoon 2 tee sp oon3 teaspoon) of med ic ine .Would you s tep ( l a s id e 2 a s s i d e 3 a c id e ) ?These are o f ( l equel 2 equal 3 e q u a l l ) v a l u e .She i s the ( l m i s s t r e s s 2 m i s s t r e s 3 m i s t r e s s ) he r e .He i s a b r i g h t ( l sudent 2 s tu d e n t 3 s tu d a n t ) .

7 1 . T h e y h a d t o ( 1 f o a r d 2 f o r d e 3 f o r d ) t h e r i v e r .

7 2 . The wind i s from the ( l nothwest2 northwest 3 n o r t h w i s t ) .

73. The king (1 r u e le d 2 ruled3 r o o le d ) the land.

74. My unc le caught th r ee ( l t r o u t2 t r o t 3 t r o a t ) .

75. There were two ( l canps 2 kamps3 camps) .

76. He was ve r y ( l f o l i s h 2 f o o l i s h 3 f o l l i s h ) .

77. He ( l ones 2 ouns 3 owns) two c a r s .

78. Does t h i s car have a ( l spare 2 s p a ir 3 spear ) t i r e ?

7 9 . I ( l craked 2 cracked 3 c r ack t ) the i c e .

80. The a i r p la n e took a ( l f l i g h t2 f l i t e 3 f l i t ) .

81. What's i n the (1 pantree 2 pantry3 pantrey)?

82. The roo f needs ( l support 2 suport 3 s u s p o r t ) .

83. ( l You've 2 Yow've 3 Youve) got to improve.

84. The baby i s i n the (1 c r a d le2 craddle 3 c r a d e l ) .

85. The robber wore a ( l mast 2 mask3 masked).

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Our team ( l d e fea ted 2 d e - f e e t e d 3 d e f e a t t e d ) them.That i s hard ( l laber 2 labor 3 l a b a r ) .Did you see t h a t (1 skunk 2 scunk 3 skunke)?He i s over ( l twenty-one2 tewenty-one 3 twentyone) .S i t ( l beneath 2 beneth3 beneathe ) the t r e e .The house was (1 f e r n i s h e d2 f u r n ish e d 3 f u r n e sh e d ) .We dug a (1 p i t e 2 p i e t3 p i t ) .He speaks ( l s a f t l y 2 s o f t l y 3 s o f t e l y ) .W i l l you g iv e me some ( l adv i c e 2 a d v i se 3 advece)?The room has a high (1 c i e l - ing 2 c e i l i n g 3 c i e l l i n g ) .That was (1 e n t i r l y 2 e n t i r e l y ; 3 i n t i r e l y ) wrong.The m ints are ( l l ime 2 l i n e 3 l im) f l a v o r e d .She was ( l p r e p a ir in g 2 p r e - parr in g 3 preparing) lunch.We (1 t ip p ed 2 t iped 3 tepped) the w a i t e r .The f low er i s j u s t a ( l bod 2 bud 3 b u t ) .

86. Have you ever ea te n ( l quale 2 qua i l 3 q u i a l ) ?

87. His f i n g e r i s ( l b l e d in g2 b l e e d in g 3 b l e e d i n g ) .

88. He i s much (1 happ ier 2 h ap ier3 happyer) now.

89. I w i l l g iv e you (1 ome h a l f2 one h a l f 3 one haf ) o f my pop.

90. He i s q u i t e a ( l showman 2 shouman 3 shoman).

91. He ( l wipped 2 whepped 3 whipped the h o r s e .

92. Do you have a ( l f o u n t a in pen 2 f o n t a i n pen 3 fo u n t ia n pen)?

93. That i s the ( l or ig a n a l 2 o r i g i nal 3 o r g in a l ) s t o r y .

94. The man l i v e s in a l i t t l e (1 shak2 shake 3 c h e c k ) .

95. He i s a good ( l worker 2 warker3 wurker) .

96. She i s the (1 c u t t e s t 2 c e u t e s t 3 c u t e s t ) baby I have ever seen .

97. He k i l l e d the ( l in s e c k 2 i n s e c t 3 i n s i c t ) .

98. The h o r s e s were ( l r ac in g 2 r a c e in g 3 r a s i n g ) .

99. Look through the ( l t e l e s c o p e 2 t e l l a s c o p e 3 t e l e s c o p e ) .

100. There are three ( l d o c t e r s 2 doct o r s 3 dokters ) i n town.

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