Further progress towards a standardised curriculum-based measure of reading: calibrating a new passage reading test against the New South Wales Basic Skills Test

Alison Madelaine, Kevin Wheldall*

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Abstract

Results are presented from a pilot study and a larger scale study aligning a curriculum-based passage reading test, the Wheldall Assessment of Reading Passages (WARP), with the literacy components of the New South Wales Basic Skills Test (BST). A strong relationship between the WARP and BST Literacy is demonstrated, particularly for Year Three students. Representative (approximate) norms for students in Years One to Five on the WARP are reported, based on the results from a school with a BST literacy pro” le that is very similar to that for the state of New South Wales as a whole.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)461-471
Number of pages11
JournalEducational Psychology
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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