Phonological Awareness
Phonological Awareness is built around the subtest structure of the CTOPP-2 (Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Second Edition — the standard clinical/educational measure of phonological processing): Elision (removing a sound from a spoken word to form another word), Blending Words (synthesizing separate sounds into a word), and Sound Matching (identifying shared initial or final sounds). The CTOPP-2 is administered orally; since this platform has no audio-recording input, every item is adapted to a text/reading format — see the source note below.
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What this measures
Phonological Awareness
Composite score across elision, blending, and sound matching.
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Elision
Ability to remove a phonological segment from a word.
Blending
Ability to synthesize separate sounds into a word.
Sound Matching
Ability to identify shared initial/final sounds across words.
How it's structured — 3 parts
- 1
Elision
Removing a sound from a spoken word to form a different, real word.
8 questions
- 2
Blending Words
Synthesizing individual sounds into a whole word.
8 questions
- 3
Sound Matching
Identifying which word shares an initial or final sound with a target word.
8 questions
Question formats
How your score is banded
| Band | Score range |
|---|---|
| Developing | 0–30 |
| Average | 31–50 |
| Strong | 51–70 |
| Very Strong | 71–85 |
| Exceptional | 86–100 |