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Providing Reading Competence Feedback to the National School System of Trinidad and Tobago
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Alexander, Annetta; Wyke, Wallis; Lewis, Theodore; Taylor-Ryan, Maureen – Reading Teacher, 2019
The authors report findings from an evaluation of the reading competence of students in selected elementary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. The work was conducted in eight schools and involved the testing of 450 students in standards (grades) 1 and 5 for competence in comprehension, oral reading, and word recognition. Methods and results relating…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Elementary School Students, Feedback (Response), Word Recognition
When Students Perform at the below Basic Level on the NAEP: What Does It Mean and What Can Educators Do?
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Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Reading Teacher, 2022
According to interpretations of results from the latest oral reading fluency (ORF) study conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (White et al., 2020), fourth-grade students who score below the basic standard require interventions that focus on word recognition, phonological decoding, and fluency. Before such mandates for…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Reading Tests, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency
Oral Reading Fluency Testing: Pitfalls for Children with Speech Disorders
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Howland, Karole; Scaler Scott, Kathleen – Reading Teacher, 2016
As school districts nationwide have moved toward data driven intervention, oral reading fluency measures have become a prevalent means to monitor progress by assessing the degree to which a child is becoming a fast (and therefore fluent) reader. This article reviews results of a survey of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working with children…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Tests, Allied Health Personnel
Diagnosis of Oral Reading.
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Pflaum, Susanna W. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Describes a new system for scoring informal reading inventories that helps eliminate problems inherent in other scoring systems. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Oral Reading, Reading Diagnosis
Passage Dependency: Four Diagnostic Oral Reading Tests
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Allington, Richard L.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1977
Concludes that the four reading comprehension tests examined in this study tend to measure general knowledge rather than comprehension skills. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Passage Readability Affects the Oral Reading Strategies of Disabled Readers.
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Kibby, Michael W. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Concludes that teachers should use less difficult reading material when administering oral reading tests for a true picture of a child's syntactic and contextual strategies. (MKM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading
Testing Format and Instructional Level with the Informal Reading Inventory
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Brecht, Richard D. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Discusses a study which compared informal reading inventory formats and which found that the most accurate measurement involved silent reading followed by oral reading. (MB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Measurement Techniques, Miscue Analysis
Test Review: New Macmillan Reading Analysis.
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Woodburn, Mary Stuart – Reading Teacher, 1986
Concludes that the test has a well-designed reading booklet and a carefully constructed manual, but that it has a narrow applicability. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Oral Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis