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The Woodcock-Muñoz Language Survey® (WMLS III™; Woodcock, Alvarado, Ruef, & Schrank, 2017) and its companion product, the WMLS III Teacher and Parent Intervention System, combine to create a complete solution for measuring students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skill development in English and/or Spanish. The optional "Language Background Information" and "Academic Language Exposure" sections offer an additional context for interpretation and, together with test results and proficiency levels, to inform a variety of home- and school-based intervention recommendations. The reports generated by the WMLS III Teacher and Parent Intervention System illustrate such extensive information in a narrative format.
The WMLS III addresses needs by both bilingual educators and special education diagnosticians. A flexible, collaborative approach benefits both teams and has implications for a merging of respective policies. In the context of a comprehensive evaluation, the WMLS III offers an initial language evaluation and recommended interventions. Because it accesses levels of academic language proficiency, both within a language and across languages, the WMLS III assists evaluations with answering the question "Are challenges with language-based skills impacting the student's success in the classroom?"