GORT-5
Sheila Sheatz and
Holly Sottiaux
GORT-5
 Test Name: Grey Oral Reading Test 5
 Acronym: GORT-5
 Publication Date: 2012
 Edition: 5
 Authors: J. Lee Wiederholt and Brian R. Bryant
 Publisher: Pro-Ed
 Intended Population: 6 years 0 months to 23 years to 11 months
Components and Pricing
 Examiner’s Manual -$92.00
 Student Book- $65.00
 Form A Examiner Record
Booklet-$59.00
 Form B Examiner Record
Booklet- $59.00
Total Cost for Test Set: $275
Test Purposes
 1. Help identify students who are greatly behind in oral reading in
comparison to their peers
 2. Uncover an individual's strengths and weaknesses in oral reading
 3. Check a student's progress in special intervention programs
 4. To provide use to researchers studying reading in school-aged
children
Test Description
 Administration Time: 15-45 minutes; can be done in 1 or 2 sessions
 Grades 1-3: Story 1
 Grades 4-5: Story 2
 Grades 6-9: Story 4
 Grades 10-11: Story 5
 Grade 12-postsecondary: Story 6
 If the examiner knows more about the client's reading ability, they
may place them into the most fitting entry-level story.
Taking the Test
 Response Mode: Verbal
 As the client is reading the story, the examiner marks the errors in the
Examiner Record Book in the space marked Deviations from Print.
 The time it takes the individual to read the story is marked under the
space labeled time.
 After the story, the client is asked comprehension questions. Each
correct response receives 1 point, each incorrect receives zero points.
The points are tallied and written in the Comprehension Score Box.
Scoring the Test
 The test is scored in 5 main areas: Rate, Accuracy, Fluency,
Comprehension, and Oral Reading Index.
The Rate score is simply the amount of time the student takes to
read the story out loud.
The Accuracy score is the number of incorrect pronunciations
(Deviations from Print) subtracted by the number of correct
pronunciations.
The Fluency score is the sum of the Rate score and the Accuracy
score.
The Comprehension score is the number of questions about the
story that the student has a correct response.
The Oral Reading Index is a combination of the Fluency and
Comprehension scores once they have been scaled
Advantages/Disadvantages
Advantages:
 The test can help diagnose specific reading disabilities.
 Helps compare strengths and weaknesses in an individual's
reading skills
 Can monitor pre and post intervention techniques with it's
two equivalent Forms A and B.
Disadvantages:
 Clients with a language disorder or language difference will
struggle with the test
 A Child may not focus because they find this test boring