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DASH - Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting, Product Range
Assess handwriting speed - a suitable test for providing evidence for Access Arrangements for Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Tests and for General Qualifications.
SKU
DASH-G
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Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting (DASH)
A suitable assessment for providing evidence for access arrangements for Key Stage 2 and 3 National Curriculum Tests and for General Qualifications.
Benefits
- Quick and easy to administer
- UK standardisation scores for normative comparison for Access Arrangements
- Ability to assess for planning and composition skills
- Supports the planning of targeted intervention programmes.
Complete kit includes:
- examiner’s manual
- laminated reproducible test cards
- a timer
- 25 record forms
Supplementary Products
- Record Forms (blue PK 25)
Subtests
The DASH includes five subtests, each assessing a different aspect of handwriting speed.The subtests examine:
- Fine motor skills
- Precision skills
- The speed of producing well known symbolic material
- The ability to alter speed of performance on two tasks with identical content
- free writing competency.
Standardisation: Standardised subtest and composite scores are provided, based on a nationally stratified normative sample of over 500 children collected across the UK in 2006.
Age Range: 9 years to 16 years 11 months
Administration: Group or individual
Time testing: Complete battery: maximum 30 minutes
Author: Anna Barnett, Sheila E Henderson, Beverly Scheib and Joerg Schulz
Publication Year: 2007
Publisher: Pearson Clinical
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