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Reading AssessmentsIntermediate-Adolescent

TITLE DESCRIPTION TYPE OFASSESSMENT

GRADELEVEL

SKILLS/STANDARDS ASSESSED

REPORTFORMAT/RESULTSTYPE

AccessReadingTest

Designed for wide-rangeassessment. Interactiveversion allows forinstant scoring.

Diagnostic,screening

Age 7-20

Pinpoints strengths andweaknesses in four keyreading skill areas:literal comprehension,vocabulary,comprehensionrequiring inference orprediction and opinions,and comprehension

requiring analysis.

Gives standardizedscores, readingages, andpercentiles.

AIMSwebProReading

A progress monitoringsystem based on direct,frequent and continuousstudent assessment;available in English andin Spanish. Web-basedwith paper and penciloption.

Benchmark,Predictive,screening, andprogressmonitoring

K-8 Pro Reading Seriesmeasures oral fluencyand readingcomprehension.

Assess all students3x per year forscreening, monitorprogress of at-riskstudents monthly.NCRI Award forvalidity andreliability.

BASI-BasicAchieveme

nt SkillsInventory

A versatile, multi-levelachievement test; each

test can beadministeredindividually.

Evaluative/summative, diagnostic,

and progressmonitoring

Grades3-12

Tested areas includevocabulary, spelling,

language mechanics,reading comprehension,math computation, andmath application.

Yields standardscores, national

percentilerankings, gradeequivalency, ageequivalency, andperformanceobjective; norm-referenced.

CTOPP-Comprehensive Testof

Identifies individualswho are below peers,identifies strengths,weaknesses and

Screening,diagnostic andprogressmonitoring

Version2:grades2-

Assesses phonologicalawareness, memory,and rapid naming ofwords

Assessment givesraw scores, ageand gradeequivalents, and

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PhonologicalProcessing

progress. Testadministration: 30minutes.

college percentiles andstandard scores.Norm referencingavailable.

DAR DiagnosticAssessments ofReading,2nd edition

Forty-minute diagnostictest administered toindividual students.

Diagnostic Age 5to adult

Provides assessment inprint awareness,phonological awareness,letters and sounds, wordrecognition, wordanalysis, oral readingaccuracy and fluency,silent readingcomprehension, spellingand word meaning.

DRA2-DevelopmentalReadingAssessment

A set of informal readinginventories based ongraded levels ofreading; individual teststake 20 minutes.Available in Spanish,Braille and/or large print

Progressmonitoring K-3;grades4-8

Measures accuracy,fluency, comprehension,decoding andcomprehension.

Not norm-referenced.Reports inform onstudents readingability in referenceto a grade levelonly.

DRP-Degrees ofReadingPower

Group-administeredholistic measure ofreading; tests consist ofnonfiction passages on

various topics in whichwords have beendeleted. Students areasked to select fromoptions for eachdeletion. Used withReading Apprenticeshipmodel.

Screening,predictive andprogressmonitoring

Grades1-12

Measures how wellstudents understand thesurface meaning of whatis read. DRP measures

the process of readingrather than theproducts, such as mainidea and authorpurpose. The itemsassess the ability to useinformation in the textto figure out themeaning of the text.Test items are designedto that passages in

Criterion-referenced.



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which items areembedded must be readand understood forstudents to answercorrectly.

EdinburghReadingTest 4

Benchmark,predictive

Age 11-17

ERT4 providesdiagnostics in skimming,vocabulary, reading forfacts, points of view andcomprehension.

FunctionalReadingTest

Standardized multiple-choice; Can be used asfree-standing measureof reading attainment.

Screening anddiagnostic

Ages13-16

Test of readingcomprehension.Assesses studentsunderstanding of wide

cross-section of textsand genres.

Gates-MacGinitieReadingTests(GMRT

Group-administeredreading survey test;available online orpaper-pencil.Administration time: 75minutes.

Screening Grades3-12

Designed to provide ageneral assessment ofreading achievement,including vocabularyand comprehension.

Can provide lexilescore

GORT-4 Individual or groupadministration; testadministration time: 20-

30 minutes.

Diagnostic andprogressmonitoring

Ages 6-18

Test of oral reading,including rate, fluency,accuracy,

comprehension

Norm-referenced;provides overallcombination score.

GRADE-GroupReadingAssessment andDiagnosticEvaluation

Whole-groupadministration; meetsfederal NCLBrequirements foressentials of reading.

Screening,diagnostic,progressmonitoring

PreK toAdult

Assesses early readingskills in phonologicalawareness and phonics,word reading, listeningcomprehension andpassage comprehension.

Norm-referenced.

GroupReading

Networkable. Screening,progress

Tests assess readingcomprehension.

Providesstandardized



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Scales monitoring,summative

measure of readingability.

HodderGroupReadingTests 1-3

Helpful where somestudents may be muchmore advanced or muchslower than average.Includes culturallyneutral sentence-completion questionsand higher-level clozetasks for reflection.Networkable

Screening andprogressmonitoring

Assesses studentsreading comprehensionat word, sentence andtext level. Tests includeassessment of wordmeanings,comprehension andreflection.

IRI -Individual

ReadingInventory

This classroomassessment tool is a

supplement widely usedby pre-service and in-service teachers toassess or test students'reading progress.

Benchmark K-12 Strategies for measuringstudents vocabulary,

phonics, andcomprehension of text.

Reading rate

MAP(MeasuresofAcademicProgress)Test

Computerized adaptivetest that is aligned tostates measurementsystem and contentstandards; can be given4X per year.

Predictive andprogressmonitoring

Grades2-10

Available for reading,language, math andscience.

Gives 3 types ofreports: norm-referenced,growth, andachievement.

MAT8-MetropolitanAchievement Tests 8th

Edition

Test administrationtakes approximately 3hours for practice,reading, math andlanguage sections. Testis available in Spanish,Braille and/or largeprint.

Grades1-12

Assessescomprehension,decoding, letterknowledge, semantics,and phonologicalawareness.

Scores areconverted intopercentiles,stanines, gradeequivalent andscaled scores andnormal curveequivalent scores.Norm referencingis available.



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Nelson-DennyReadingTest

A reading survey testused with high schooland college students;two forms can be usedas pre and post-test


Grades9-16(adult)

Assesses student

achievement in vocabulary,

comprehension and readingrate.

The scoresavailable forVocabulary,Comprehension,and Total are rawscores, scalescores, grade-equivalent scores,normal curveequivalent scores,national percentileranks, and nationalstanines. The

reading rate isreported in wordsper minute.

PAS-PredictiveAssessment Series

Can be done online oron paper; 1 class periodneeded per test.

Diagnostic,predictive,progressmonitoring

Grades1-12

Tests essential skills inreading, science and/ormath.

PAT-R(Progressive

Achievement Tests inReading

Students read a range offiction and non-fictionpassages and answer

multiple-choicequestions.


Grades3-9

Assesses readingcomprehension andword knowledge.

Common scale forall tests;standardized

scores inpercentiles andstanines.

PPVT-3-PeabodyPicture-VocabularyTest

Student selects thepicture that bestrepresents an oral word.Spanish, Braille, and/orlarge print versionsavailable.

Ages 2.5-90+

Assesses hearing andverbal ability.

Scores can beconverted to gradeequivalents. Normreferencingavailable.

QRI This collection includes Screening and Emergen Assesses specific Reading rate



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QualitativeReadingInventory -4

both narrative andexpository passages ateach grade level,questions to assess priorknowledge, and wordlists. Test administratorscan measurecomprehension byretelling passages,implicit and explicitquestions, and otherdevices.

progressmonitoring

t throughhighschool

questions regardingword identification,fluency, andcomprehension.

SAT9 orSAT 10-

StanfordAchievement Test- 9th

or 10thEdition

Test administration 60-90 minutes

Grades1-12

Measures performancein the areas of reading,

spelling, study skills,language,mathematics, science,social science andlistening skills.

Norm referencingavailable.

SDRT-StanfordDiagnosticReadingTest, 4th

Edition

Group-administered,multiple-choice test. Theoverall reading level iscompared to thestudents grade level,

including month ofinstruction, to determinehow the student is doingcompared to theexpected reading level.

Screening,Diagnostic andprogressmonitoring

K-13 Assesses vocabulary,comprehension, andscanning skills.

SDRT provides agrade-levelequivalent for eachstudents overallreading level and

vocabulary,comprehension,and scanning skillsCategories include1) above, at orclose to gradelevel (no morethan one yearbelow); 2) belowgrade level (morethan 1 year below,



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but not more than3 years below atgrades 6-10 andtow years below atgrades 4-5; 3)significantly belowgrade level, morethan 3 years belowgrade level atgrades 6-10 andmore than 2 yearsbelow at grades 4-5. Criterion-referenced andNorm-referenced.

SORT-R-SlossonOralReadingTest

Test administration in 3-5 minutes; available inSpanish, Braille and/orlarge print.

Screening Grades1-12

Word recognitionlevel /decoding(phonics)

Offers estimates ofgrade and ageequivalents,standard scoresand nationalpercentiles; norm-referenced.

SRI -(Standardized

ReadingInventory,2nd edition)

Individuallyadministered readingtest; Designed like

informal readinginventory; testing time30-90 minutes.

Screening andpredictive

Ages 6-14

Includes vocabularyproficiency andpredictive

comprehension; silentand oral reading

assessed; readingcompetence(independent;instructional andfrustration)

Criterion andnorm-referenced.

TORC-4 Test administration 45minutes or less.

Diagnostic andprogressmonitoring

Grades2-12

Silent readingcomprehensionincluding relationalvocabulary, sentence

Report includesstandard scores,percentiles andreading



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completion, paragraphconstruction, textcomprehension, andcontextual fluency

comprehensionindex. Results canbe compared tomeasures ofabstract thinking,oral languageability andachievement.

TOWK-Testof WordKnowledge

Important assessmentsin a diagnosticevaluation process forstudents with languagelearning difficulties; Partof a battery of language

assessments; tests arefor 30-65 minutes.

Diagnostic Ages 5-17

Assesses skills inlanguage reception andexpression. Identifiesand evaluates semanticdevelopment and abilityto understand and use

vocabulary.

Norm-referencingavailable; providesage equivalency,percentile rank,and stanine scores.

TOWRE-Test ofWordReadingEfficiency

Test administrationtakes 5-10 minutes;students read lists ofwords.

Screening,progressmonitoring

Ages 6-24

Measures an individualstudents ability topronounce printedwords accurately andfluently; measuresgrowth in sight wordreading and worddecoding. Assessesphonemic awareness,

phonics (decoding), andvocabulary.

Nationally normed;norm-referenced.

WIATT-II-WechslerIndividualAchievement Test, 2nd

Edition

Test administration timefor grades 1-6 is 90minutes, and 90-120minutes for grades 7+.

PK-grade16

Assess studentsachievement, processand problem solvingskills.

Scores reported aspercentiles,stanines, and ageand gradeequivalents. Notnorm referenced.


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