ERIC Number: EJ1148555
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1940-4158
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Comparing the Performance of Older Low-Progress Readers on the York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension with Performance on the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability and Other Measures of Reading and Related Skills
Wheldall, Kevin; Arakelian, Sarah
Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, v21 n2 p157-166 2016
The aim of this study was to compare the York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC) with the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (NARA) and other measures of reading and related skills with a sample of older low-progress readers and to provide additional information regarding the validity of the YARC in Australia. The data from an opportunity sample of 78 older low-progress readers from two literacy tutorial centres, assessed on a battery of tests of reading and related skills, prior to intervention, were analysed. Correlations of the YARC with other measures were generally high and the YARC also appeared to yield similar mean reading age estimates as the NARA and other measures.
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Reading Rate, Reading Difficulties, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Accuracy, Reading Tests, Word Recognition, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Neale Analysis of Reading Ability; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Peabody Language Development Kits; Burt Word Reading Test
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