Psychometric Assessment Tools

Having identified a market gap in digital tools for assessing learning difficulties
for preschool and first grades of primary school children, Inte*learn has strategically positioned
in the implementation, publishing and management of appropriate tools.

The main characteristics of these tools are:

They are digital

They are norm-based using reliable statistical analyses

They are recognized by the international scientific community

A large number of learning disabilities refer to language skills. Early detection of language difficulties in young children and respective intervention to handle with the situation, reduces secondary problems (anxiety, failure, behavioral problems due to low school performance).

Under this context, Λογόμετρο® – launched in 2017 – has an important role as it is the only norm-referenced digital battery for language assessment of Greek-speaking 4-7 years old children. It comes in three versions that focus on different assessment needs:

It is the only digital tool for the Greek language that detects the potential and difficulties of young children in the written and spoken language. It includes 24 tests that have been weighted nationwide on a large sample of children (900+) so that it can automatically compare the assessment result with children of a similar age and gender. The administration lasts approximately 60 minutes. A report with detailed results by skill (eg vocabulary, listening comprehension, etc.) is produced automatically immediately after grading is complete.

Suitable for preschool and first school age children 4 – 7 years old. It assesses the areas of phonological and morphological awareness as well as expressive vocabulary. These areas are important predictors for the early and valid identification of children with the possibility of Developmental Language Disorder (includes 4 tests administered in 5-10 minutes).

Suitable for preschool and first school age children 5.5 – 7 years old. It evaluates the most critical and reliable predictors for the possibility of the appearance of Special Learning Difficulties later in primary school, such as the performance of children in meta-linguistic skills (phonological and morphological awareness) but also their level of familiarity with the written word (includes 7 tests administered in 10-15 minutes).

LEXiS is the only online digitally standardized psychometric tool in Greece that assesses the receptive vocabulary of Kindergarten and Primary school students (5-12 years old).

It is used to assess the lexical development of the child and of children with reduced verbal communication skills, as it offers the possibility of validly assessing the receptive vocabulary, i.e. the set of words in spoken language that can be understood.

It includes 171 words that have been selected and appropriately prioritized based on a previous adaptation study of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-revised edition (PPVT-R), in Greek (Simos, Sideridis, Protopapas & Mouzaki, 2011).

It uses 684 original images that were designed exclusively for the application of the tool.

The digital standardized psychometric tool FOCUS is a set of 3 tests (2 for assessing difficulties in attention and 1 in memory), which produce a unified report.

The total duration of the test is approximately 20 minutes.

It should be administered by special educators, teachers, psychologists and other professionals in children aged 6 to 12 years and facilitates them in order to assess difficulties in attention and memory.

The tool is online and does not require installation on a computer.

The KASEPPI (Scale for Assessing School Readiness for Preschool Children – K.A.S.E.P.P.I.) tool is the only online, digitally standardized tool in Greece that evaluates the oral, academic, motor, and social-emotional skills of children aged 4.5 to 6.5 years.

By using this tool, educators can monitor the cognitive development of a child while they attend kindergarten and capture an image of their readiness to determine whether or not they are prepared for primary school.

The tool can be used by educators in Preschool Education and Special Education.

To facilitate professionals who want unified access to all psychometric tools that Inte*learn provides, we offer the new online platform www.kataferno.gr, through which the management of registered administrators is carried out, codes for each tool can be purchased, tests can be administered, and a unified management of each child is available, with a summary profile containing all test reports and interventions performed.

The platform also includes digital interventions — edutainment applications —that help children develop strategies to enhance executive (attention, working memory) and language skills through practice in different processes. These interventions are accompanied by games that serve as rewards for the child. Depending on the weaknesses identified in each child, the professional designs a personalized pathway with the necessary interventions.

The child can use them either in the professional’s office or at home using access codes provided to the parent.