The Oral Language Acquisition Inventory&nbsp;Second Edition (OLAI-2) continues the OLAI tradition of using quick and simple criterion-referenced assessment tasks to evaluate language and learning behaviors in order to drive effective instruction and/or intervention.<br />
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<strong>OLAI-2 is being retired and will no longer be available after&nbsp;November 20, 2025.&nbsp;</strong>

OLAI-2 uses quick and simple criterion-referenced assessment tasks to evaluate language and learning behaviors in order to drive effective instruction and/or intervention.

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The Oral Language Acquisition Inventory Second Edition (OLAI-2) continues the OLAI tradition of using quick and simple criterion-referenced assessment tasks to evaluate language and learning behaviors in order to drive effective instruction and/or intervention.

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Overview

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			<p>OLAI-2 offers a new look at how children learn language and what can be done to support their learning.</p>

			<h3>Benefits</h3>

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				<li>Integrates ready-to-use intervention/instruction activities.</li>
				<li>Includes both oral language and emergent literacy/literacy content areas in an easy-to-use and understandable way, plus case studies at each grade range.</li>
				<li>Helps identify an appropriate stage of language and literacy development and understand how learning behaviors may impact the process of mastering English and its use.</li>
				<li>Supports Tier 2 or 3 benchmarking.</li>
				<li>Guides language interactions to increase opportunities for children to talk about text, as well as enhancing the student&rsquo;s ability to read and write for meaning.</li>
				<li>Offers a listening, speaking, reading, and writing focus for daily interactions with students.</li>
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			<h3>Features</h3>
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			<p>OLAI-2 kit contains a manual, picture cards and six sets of record forms with improved features:</p>

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				<li>Simplified scoring: the Performance Profile shows a &ldquo;snapshot&rdquo; of the student&rsquo;s responses.</li>
				<li>Reduced administration time and newly designed and easy-to-use record forms.</li>
				<li>Three equivalent forms at each grade level, making progress monitoring easier and reducing the impact of familiarity on the assessment results.</li>
				<li>Spanish materials of the original OLAI version also available.</li>
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			<h4>Included Content</h4>

			<p>The OLAI-2 content is divided into two groups, PreK&ndash;Grade 3 and Grades 4&ndash;6. Each grouping has three equivalent forms (A, B, and C) to enhance the student&rsquo;s experience with frequent monitoring.</p>

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						<h5>PreK&ndash;Grade 3</h5>

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							<li>Phonemic Awareness</li>
							<li>Print Concepts</li>
							<li>Repeated Sentences</li>
							<li>Story Retelling &amp; Comprehension</li>
							<li>Learning Behavior</li>
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						<h5>Grades 4&ndash;6</h5>

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							<li>Phonemic Awareness</li>
							<li>Repeated Sentences</li>
							<li>Expository Reading &amp; Writing</li>
							<li>Learning Behavior</li>
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			<h3>Resources</h3>

			<p>The following resources are available for OLAI-2.</p>
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				<li><a class="external-link" href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/olai-2/olai-2-brochure.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OLAI-2 Product Brochure</a></li>
				<li><a class="external-link" href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/olai-2/olai-2-appendix-d.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Appendix D</a></li>
				<li><a class="external-link" href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/olai-2/olai-2-appendix-e.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Appendix E: OLAI-2 Oracy Instructional Activities (list only)</a></li>
				<li><a class="external-link" href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/olai-2/olai-2-sample-activity.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sample Activity: Page 75 &quot;The Human Sentence&quot;</a></li>
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FAQs

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			<p>The following training events are available for OLAI-2.</p>
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