ERIC Number: EJ749437
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Oct
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
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Adaptations of the Names Test: Easy-to-Use Phonics Assessments
Mather, Nancy; Sammons, Janice; Schwartz, Jonathan
Reading Teacher, v60 n2 p114-122 Oct 2006
In 1990, Cunningham developed a Names Test as a quick and easy screening tool for teachers to obtain information about a student's decoding skills. In 1994, Duffelmeyer, Kruse, Merkley, and Fyfe added 10 names to the original Names Test and developed a comprehensive scoring matrix to increase diagnostic information from the test, based on error patterns. The purposes of the present study were twofold: (1) To administer the augmented Names Test to a sample of students and then reorder the first and last names by difficulty level; and (2) To create a downward extension of the Names Test that would be more appropriate for use with first- and second-grade students, as well as with struggling readers. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.)
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Beginning Reading, Reading Failure, Phonics, Special Needs Students, Diagnostic Tests, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Test Construction, Reading Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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