ERIC Number: EJ865862
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Dec
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0736-9387
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Measuring Adult Literacy Students' Reading Skills Using the Gray Oral Reading Test
Greenberg, Daphne; Pae, Hye Kyeong; Morris, Robin D.; Calhoon, Mary Beth; Nanda, Alice O.
Annals of Dyslexia, v59 n2 p133-149 Dec 2009
There are not enough reading tests standardized on adults who have very low literacy skills, and therefore tests standardized on children are frequently administered. This study addressed the complexities and problems of using a test normed on children to measure the reading comprehension skills of 193 adults who read at approximately third through fifth grade reading grade equivalency levels. Findings are reported from an analysis of the administration of Form A of the Gray Oral Reading Tests--Fourth Edition (Wiederholt & Bryant, 2001a, b). Results indicated that educators and researchers should be very cautious when interpreting test results of adults who have difficulty reading when children's norm-referenced tests are administered.
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Test Results, Oral Reading, Reading Tests, Norm Referenced Tests, Adult Literacy, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties
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