DAMP: Semantic Organization

Examines how a student organizes information by meaning and uses categories to reduce memory demands. It provides insight into semantic organization, categorization strategies, and responsiveness to support. It includes a script, student materials (pictures) and a teacher data sheet. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.

This dynamic assessment examines the depth, organization, and accessibility of a student’s semantic knowledge by comparing independent word definitions with responses using a structured semantic framework (ICHFLR). It reveals the student’s ability to retrieve, organize, and verbally express word knowledge, as well as their modifiability and response to explicit semantic and syntactic supports. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.

Assesses how efficiently students can activate their background knowledge when given a word bank. The student is expected to identify words with strong connections and delete words that are not connected. This packet includes scripts that guide you through providing minimal, moderate, and maximum support to determine a baseline. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.
Assesses how well a student can organize and retell or create a story from picture prompts. You can gather information about mactrostructure (ie, story grammar parts) and microstructure (ie., language complexity and idea cohesion). This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.
DAMP: Discourse Organization

Determine whether a student has the foundational thinking and language skills needed for summarization. Students use a scene picture to identify important information, eliminate unnecessary details, and combine ideas into a meaningful summary before summarizing stories and informational text. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.

Evaluates how well a student understands and explains the sequence of a familiar everyday routine (e.g., going to the grocery store) by using background knowledge and vocabulary to show they understand the event as a familiar script rather than a single experience. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.

Determine how well a student can organize and tell a true story about an experience from their own life. It evaluates story organization, sequencing, and the ability to demonstrate that an event has become a routine. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.

Assesses how well a student can organize and retell or create a story from picture prompts. You can gather information about mactrostructure (ie, story grammar parts) and microstructure (ie., language complexity and idea cohesion). This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.
DAMP: Academic Comprehension

Examines how a student organizes information by meaning and uses categories to reduce memory demands. It provides insight into semantic organization, categorization strategies, and responsiveness to support. It includes a script, student materials (pictures) and a teacher data sheet. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.

This dynamic assessment examines the depth, organization, and accessibility of a student’s semantic knowledge by comparing independent word definitions with responses using a structured semantic framework (ICHFLR). It reveals the student’s ability to retrieve, organize, and verbally express word knowledge, as well as their modifiability and response to explicit semantic and syntactic supports. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.

Assesses how efficiently students can activate their background knowledge when given a word bank. The student is expected to identify words with strong connections and delete words that are not connected. This packet includes scripts that guide you through providing minimal, moderate, and maximum support to determine a baseline. This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.
Assesses how well a student can organize and retell or create a story from picture prompts. You can gather information about mactrostructure (ie, story grammar parts) and microstructure (ie., language complexity and idea cohesion). This is a PDF with user-fillable fields.
