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Letter-Word Identification measures the examinee’s word identification skills, a reading-writing (Grw) ability. The initial items require the individual to identify letters that appear in large type on the examinee’s side of the Test Book. The remaining items require the person to read aloud individual words correctly. The examinee is not required to know the meaning of any word. The items become increasingly difficult as the selected words appear less frequently in written English. | Letter-Word Identification measures the examinee’s word identification skills, a reading-writing (Grw) ability. The initial items require the individual to identify letters that appear in large type on the examinee’s side of the Test Book. The remaining items require the person to read aloud individual words correctly. The examinee is not required to know the meaning of any word. The items become increasingly difficult as the selected words appear less frequently in written English. | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 28 October 2015
Reading Battery
We use a variety of standardized measures of reading aptitude as a part of our work in the BDE Lab. Below is a list of the measures we utilize, a description of their use, and details of their administration.
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV) Test of Word Reading Efficiency-2 (TOWRE-2) Weschler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing-2 (CTOPP-2)
WJ-IV
The WJ-IV Tests of Achievement contains 20 tests measuring reading, mathematics, written language, and academic knowledge. As a part of the study, only four tests were used, all focusing on basic reading skills and fluency.
- Letter-Word Identification:
Letter-Word Identification measures the examinee’s word identification skills, a reading-writing (Grw) ability. The initial items require the individual to identify letters that appear in large type on the examinee’s side of the Test Book. The remaining items require the person to read aloud individual words correctly. The examinee is not required to know the meaning of any word. The items become increasingly difficult as the selected words appear less frequently in written English.
