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Name of Test	Modern Language Aptitude Test - Elementary Spanish (MLAT-ES)

Languages	Spanish

Test Description	The Modern Language Aptitude Test – Elementary: Spanish Version (MLAT-ES) was developed by the staff at the non-profit entity Language Learning and Testing Foundation (LLTF), in conjunction with several schools in Latin America and Spain, for native Spanish-speaking children in the United States in grades 3-6. The MLAT-ES is an adaptation of the MLAT-E, which was developed by Drs. John Carroll and Stanley Sapon for the purpose of measuring language aptitude in pupils at the elementary school level. Drs. Charles Stansfield and Daniel Reed developed a framework for the creation of adapted versions of the MLAT for examinees whose first language is not English, and the MLAT-ES sprang from this research. Items for the MLAT-ES were drafted by Dr. Ana Maria Velasco, and then reviewed by Stansfield, Reed, and others.

Grade Level(s)	3, 4, 5, 6

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Intended Test Use	Aptitude, Diagnostic, Research

Skills Tested	Listening, Grammar, Vocabulary

Test Author/Publisher	Published originally by The Psychological Corporation. Republished by Language Learning and Testing Foundation, Inc. http://www.lltf.net

Publication Date	2005

Test Cost	Same as MLAT-E

Test Length	1 hour

Test Materials	Test booklet (consumable), test manual, audio CD, scoring stencil, score report

Test Format	Selected response - multiple choice

Scoring Method	Number correct

Scoring Process	Local, hand scored with stencil placed over each page.

Results Reported	Raw score, Subscores, Percentile ranks.

Administered By	Trained testers, classroom teachers, school administrators

Administered When	Prior to foreign language study; at discretion of guidance counselor, school psychologist, or other administrator

Administered How	Individually or in groups

Administered Where	Generally administered in schools by teachers or guidance counselors or by psychologists

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Test Development and Technical Information	The framework for the adaptation of aptitude tests developed by Charles Stansfield and Daniel Reed in 2003 was utilized in the development of the MLAT-ES. The structure of the MLAT-ES is based roughly on that of the MLAT-E, originally developed by John Carroll and Stanley Sapon (1967).

Comments	Possible uses of MLAT-ES scores include placing newcomer students into appropriate educational settings, determining how students perform relative to international norms for Spanish-speaking children, creating expectancy tables to show the relationship between language aptitude scores and grades in ESL classes, identifying students with low second language learning aptitude, identifying students with a second language learning disability, helping to understand why a child is progressing slowly in learning a second language, helping to identify gifted students, particularly for learning languages, developing profiles of strengths and weaknesses for all students to inform teaching of English, developing local norms and developing a placement system after norms are established.

Parallel Versions in Other Languages	English (see MLAT-E)

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