[senco-forum] Reading Comprehension Assessment

No we don't hear them read them though if one to one they can read aloud

Barbara Blaney wrote:
> No we don't hear them read them though if one to one they can read aloud
> if they wish but we use these for testing 350 new entrants each year and
> then can pick out the ones we want to look at more closely.<

Ah, so u are using it for screening.
The enquirer may not have been looking for a screener.

> They have to circle the correct word from a choice of five to make the
> sentence make sense. You can see from many of the answers where they
> have misread and where they jumped at the first linked word and where
> they had no idea of the meaning.<

Thank u for that explanation. So u can use it diagnostically.

>  For example Tom's baby sister is a boy/brother/son/girl/grill. 
>  There was a now/nought/knot/not/note at each end of the rope. 
> There was a petition/position/nutrition/partition/particle shutting off
> the new rooms.  (but they are laid out well!)<

Thank u for those examples.
They are very different from the Neale questions
of fact or inference.
A choice of 'grill' or 'petition' will not get a mark,
even tho u know that the pupil knows the required word
and could give it orally, but cannot recognise the spelling.

> The test has no time limit.<

That is a point in favor of it.

> For those who need a closer look I use Neale analysis.<

Ah, so u do have scores from both.
Do please set out some examples of pupil scores on both.
They measure such different skills.

I was thinking that Neale is rather old.
Published in 1958, I bought a reprint in 1972.
However I see from http://shop.nfer-nelson.co.uk/icat/2301072main
which is now GL Assessment, that there is a second edition,
with only 2 parallel forms now,
Neale Analysis of Reading Ability: Second Edition
NARA II complete set £95.
Suitable For:
Age Range:
6 - 12 years 11 months
Administration:
Individual
Timings:
20 minutes (approx)

Jean
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Jean Hutchins, SE Surrey DA.
RSA Dip SpLD, AMBDA, retired.
E-mail: jeanhutchins1 at ntlworld.com
British Dyslexia Association Web: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
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