Dyslexia is complex.
Assessing for it doesn’t have to be.
The Tests of Dyslexia (TOD™) is the first comprehensive assessment of dyslexia, eliminating the need to use tests from different assessments. Linking dyslexia assessment to targeted interventions has never been more efficient and effective.
Assessment components:



Assessment areas covered:
- Phonological Awareness
- Rhyming
- Blending
- Segmenting
- Phonics Knowledge
- Rapid Automatized Naming
- Letter and Word Recognition
- Sight Word Acquisition
- Decoding
- Real Words
- Nonsense Words
- Phonological Awareness
- Vocabulary Knowledge
- Reading Comprehension & Efficiency
- Reading Fluency
- Spelling
- Reasoning
- Basic Reading Skills
- Listening Comprehension
- Orthographic Processing
- Auditory Working Memory
- Visual–Verbal Paired-Associate Learning
Benefits:
- This is the first comprehensive dyslexia assessment to include interventions tied to the assessment data.
Suitable for all ages, the TOD offers age and grade-based tests, indexes, and composite scores:- TOD-Early (Grades K–2; 5 years, 0 months–9 years, 3 months) and TOD-Comprehensive (Grade 1 through adulthood; 6 years, 0 months–89 years, 11 months)
- The screener provides a Dyslexia Risk Index score in 10-15 minutes.
- This brief assessment can be given individually or in a group format by teachers or other professionals.
- The TOD includes:
- a detailed and evidence-based Dyslexia Interventions and Recommendations Companion Guide.
- co-normed rating scales.
- tests of reasoning for comparison with reading and spelling.
- The TOD allows for:
- identification and targeting of an individual's difficulties in acquiring literacy skills.
- universal application regardless of district Specific Learning Disability (SLD) model.
- individually tailored evaluation with standalone tests.
Continuing Education (CE):
- Independent Study: TOD Manual
- $90 | LMS-700MCE
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- 6 Continuing Education (CE) credits
- TOD Training Video (Coming Soon)
- CEs available
- On-demand instructional video on administering, scoring, and interpreting the TOD
Dyslexia webinar series:
Dyslexia 101: Understanding Dyslexia and Its Impact on Reading, Spelling, and Self-Esteem
– Nancy Mather, PhD.
Best Practices in Dyslexia Assessment
– Nancy Mather, PhD.
Introduction to the Tests of Dyslexia (TOD™)
– Nancy Mather, PhD, Sherry Bell, PhD, Steve McCallum, PhD, & Barbara Wendling, MA.
How schools can use the TOD to transform education for students with dyslexia:
With comprehensive, dyslexia-specific data, the TOD is paving the way for a new assessment journey–one that could change people's lives for the better.