Description: Assesses listening comprehension, a skill that is essential for classroom learning. Oral Passage Understanding Scale is a new measure of listening (auditory) comprehension. It evaluates a person’s ability to listen to passages that are read aloud and recall information about them. This ability is key to success in the classroom, as well as in social and occupational settings. The OPUS also measures memory skills, which are integral to listening comprehension. The OPUS shares the same underlying theory as the new Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, Second Edition (CASL-2) and the Oral and Written Language Scales, Second Edition (OWLS-II). Since all three tests are based on the author’s Integrative Language Theory, they provide a cohesive evaluation across a broad range of language areas. While the OWLS-II provides an evaluation of oral and written language abilities, the CASL-2 offers a more in-depth picture of 14 spoken language skills. The new OPUS takes this a step further and tells you how well a person can integrate and apply many of these skills. Although it’s an excellent companion test to the CASL-2, you can also use it on its own anytime you need to quickly measure listening comprehension. Audio Files To help show correct pace and tone when administering a test, digital audio recordings of each OPUS passage are provided (see link below). These audio files are for examiner training only and should never be used during administration. OPUS purchase is required for access.

Series: OPUS Oral Passage Understanding Scale

Publisher: Western Psychological Services

Year Published: 2017

Grade: age5-21

Format: KIT

Keywords: assess listening comprehension;