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- Title
Measuring adult literacy students’ reading skills using the Gray Oral Reading Test.
- Authors
Greenberg, Daphne; Hye Kyeong Pae; Morris, Robin D.; Calhoon, Mary Beth; Nanda, Alice O.
- Abstract
There are not enough reading tests standardized on adults who have very low literacy skills, and therefore tests standardized on children are frequently administered. This study addressed the complexities and problems of using a test normed on children to measure the reading comprehension skills of 193 adults who read at approximately third through fifth grade reading grade equivalency levels. Findings are reported from an analysis of the administration of Form A of the Gray Oral Reading Tests—Fourth Edition (Wiederholt & Bryant, , ). Results indicated that educators and researchers should be very cautious when interpreting test results of adults who have difficulty reading when children’s norm-referenced tests are administered.
- Subjects
FUNCTIONAL literacy; TEST interpretation; READING Skills Competency Tests; EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements; READING comprehension; ORAL reading; EDUCATORS; READING disability; NORM-referenced tests
- Publication
Annals of Dyslexia, 2009, Vol 59, Issue 2, p133
- ISSN
0736-9387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11881-009-0027-8