PHAI: Prueba de Habilidades Acad-micas Iniciales

The Prueba de Habilidades Académicas Iniciales (PHAI) (a translation and adaptation of the Young Children's Achievement Test (YCAT)) represents a major improvement in the early identification of Spanish speaking children at risk for school failure. It yields an overall Early Achievement standard score, and individual subtest standard scores for General Information, Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Spoken Language. The PHAI was designed with both the child and the examiner in mind. The individual subtests for General Information, Reading, Writing, Mathematics and Spoken Language can be given independent of each other, leading to flexible testing sessions. Standard scores (with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15), percentiles, and age equivalents are provided for both the subtests and the composite.

Margarita Ramos • Wayne Hresko • Jorge Ramos