Language Assessment Scales, LAS I, are designed for children in grades K-5. LAS I accommodates ethnic and linguistic differences and provides direct language activities taken from the popular culture of both English- and Spanish-speaking peoples. LAS I consists of two independent tests, one in English and the other in Spanish, presented largely on tape. It provides a picture of oral linguistic ability based on the child's performance over four linguistic subsystems: phonemic, lexical, syntactic and pragmatic. The phonemic section measures both the decoding and encoding of the English and Spanish phonemic systems with particular emphasis on the most distinctive and difficult sounds. The lexical section consists of a number of words of varying levels of difficulty, which the child identifies through pictures. LAS I uses two methods to measure syntactic ability: identification of the picture illustrating the sentence heard and retelling of a story. For the pragmatic system, the teacher rates the child on his/her ability to carry out relevant tasks requiring language. The test is individually administered by native speakers. This manual contains administration and scoring instructions, a group summary sheet, language samples, technical notes on validity, and cue pictures for both English and Spanish versions. (AMH)