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50 Years of ERIC
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Kohnen, Saskia; Nickels, Lyndsey; Castles, Anne – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2009
In this paper, we discuss a variety of spelling tests that are used to assess developmental spelling difficulties. We differentiate between tests that are valuable tools to monitor spelling development and spelling tests that should be used to further assess children who are not making sufficient progress in the mainstream classroom. We recommend…
Descriptors: Spelling, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Special Needs Students
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Castles, Anne; Coltheart, Max; Larsen, Linda; Jones, Pip; Saunders, Steven; McArthur, Genevieve – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2009
We present administration details and normative data for a new version of the word and nonword reading test originally developed by Castles and Coltheart. The new test contains an expanded set of items, with 40 each of regular words, irregular words and nonwords, rather than the original 30 items of each type. The new items extend the upper-end of…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Test Items, Test Construction, Test Norms