The six book challenge is a new and exciting initiative sponsored by the reading agency. The idea is to support less confident readers and offer them incentives to improve their skills. Participants are asked to keep a diary of six books and then enter these for certificates and chances to win prizes. I think this is an excellent, well supported idea – for example - Mike Gayle will be publishing a story called Men at Work for World Book Day in support of the scheme.
Reading tests
Reading tests online for assessing reading ability
Reading tests
- Test of Word Reading EfficiencyRaw scores can be converted into percentiles, standard scores, and age- and grade-equivalent scores. Normed on a representative nationwide sample of more than 1,500 students. Reliability coefficients were in the .85 to .90 range, and validity measures are available from the publisher. List reading fluency has been found to be highly correlated with passage […]
- Test of Reading ComprehensionThe reading directions of schoolwork literacy assessment subtest requires that the student demonstrate some competence in specific skills — in addition to being able to read the instructions, the child must be able to accomplish each task such as: “In each box, underline the words that go together,” and “draw a line under the little […]
- Test of Early Reading AbilityRaw scores can be converted into standard scores, and percentiles. This assessment tool was normed on national sample of 1,454 children in 15 states as a phonics test. Reliability measures are in the .90 range, and validity measures, assessed using the Basic School Skills Inventory, were found to be in the .55 range. Examiners no […]
- STAR Reading Computer-Adaptive Reading TestNorm-referenced. Norming sample included a nationally representative mix of approximately 30,000 students from 269 schools, representing 47 states across the U.S. Students receive scaled scores (SS), grade equivalent (GE) instructional reading level (IRL), percentile rank (PR), normal curve equivalent (NCE), zone of proximal development (ZPD), and diagnosti […]
- Early Reading Diagnostic AssessmentCOGNITIVE ELEMENTS SUPPORTED: - Reading Comprehension - Language Comprehension - Decoding - Cipher Knowledge - Letter Knowledge - Concepts About Print - Semantics (Vocabulary and Morphology) - Phonological Awareness SUBTESTS AND SKILLS ASSESSED: Letter Recognition (Grades K, 1) — Student must identify letters of the alphabet by name. Concepts of Print (Grade […]
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