{"id":11799,"date":"2016-05-06T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=11799"},"modified":"2016-06-26T11:39:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T15:39:49","slug":"where-can-i-find-names-of-reading-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/where-can-i-find-names-of-reading-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"My Child is 3 Years Behind in Reading. I Need to Learn About Reading Tests?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"My%20Child%20is%203%20Years%20Behind%20in%20Reading.%20I%20Need%20to%20Learn%20About%20Reading%20Tests%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px solid #000000; float: right; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/read.boy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" \/>My son is entering 6th grade. His reading skills are at the 3rd grade level. His pediatrician thinks he has dyslexia.<\/p>\n<p>The school insists that he is &#8220;making progress.&#8221; I don&#8217;t agree. I requested information about the reading tests that show he is &#8220;making progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Please tell me the names of tests the school should use to assess for reading problems like dyslexia.\u00a0What tests should they use in an educational evaluation?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that affects language.<\/p>\n<p>A child with dyslexia has difficulty reading accurately and fluently. Spelling is usually poor. Most children with dyslexia have weaknesses in phonological processing. Many also have weaknesses in rapid naming.<\/p>\n<p>Most standardized, norm-referenced tests that are used to test for learning disabilities are also used to evaluate children for dyslexia.<\/p>\n<p>Reading encompasses many skills. \u00a0test measures all these reading skills. Different tests measure different reading skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Reading Assessments<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To get up to speed on the tests used to measure different reading skills&#8230;<!--more-->read Chapter 6: Reading Assessments, in <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aat\/index.htm\">Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments<\/a>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">You will<\/span> <\/span>learn about the different reading skills, what a comprehensive reading assessment should measure, and tests that should be included.<\/p>\n<p>Frequently used multiple-subject achievement tests used to assess reading skills include the <em>KTEA-II<\/em>, <em>WIAT-III<\/em>, and the <em>WJ IV ACH<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There are other single-subject reading tests that provide more information about your child&#8217;s strengths and weaknesses in reading. For example: <em>CTOPP2<\/em>, <em>TOWRE-2<\/em>, <em>GORT-5<\/em>, <em>TOSWRF<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Table 6-1 in <span style=\"color: #000080;\">All About Tests and Assessments<\/span> will give you a snapshot of Reading Tests and the Skills They Measure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aat\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px solid #000000; float: center; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/reading.chart.png\" alt=\"Table 6-1 Reading Tests and the Skills They Measure from Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assesments\" width=\"400\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 6 includes in-depth information about reading tests and informal reading inventories.<\/p>\n<p>Learn about tests that measure reading skills in nonverbal children and more FAQs about <strong>Reading Assessments in Chapter 6, <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/aat.html\"><em>Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments.<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son is entering 6th grade. His reading skills are at the 3rd grade level. His pediatrician thinks he has dyslexia. The school insists that he is &#8220;making progress.&#8221; I <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/where-can-i-find-names-of-reading-tests\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1367],"tags":[1308,31,1208],"class_list":["post-11799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading","category-assessments-tests","tag-dyslexia","tag-evaluations","tag-reading-assessments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11799"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12109,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799\/revisions\/12109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}