Commonly Used Assessments for Older Students
Name of Test
Type of Test
Skills Assessed
Administration
Time to Administer
Publisher
Comprehensive Test of
Phonological Processing
(CTOPP)
Diagnostic Assessment of
Reading
(DAR)
Gates MacGinitie Reading
Test, 4th ed.
(GMRT)
Gray Oral Reading Test
(GORT-IV)
Diagnostic
Phoneme awareness, letter
knowledge
Individual
30 minutes
PRO-ED Inc.
$254.00
Diagnostic
Decoding, Vocabulary,
Comprehension
Individual
Riverside
$219.25
Diagnostic,
Outcome
Vocabulary and
Comprehension
Group
Diagnostic
Oral Reading Fluency and
Passage Comprehension
Individual
10-30 minutes
depending on number
of subtests given
35 minutes per
subtest (if both are
given-70 min.)
10-15 minutes
Peabody Picture
Vocabulary (PPVT-III)
Qualitative Reading
Inventory III
(QRI-III)
Spellography Spelling
Inventory
Diagnostic /
Outcome
Diagnostic
Expressive Vocabulary
Individual
15 minutes
Decoding, Fluency,
Vocabulary, Comprehension
Individual
30 minutes
Diagnostic, Progress
Monitoring
Phoneme Identification and
manipulation / phonics
Group
10 minutes
Pearson/AGS
$399.99
Allyn &
Bacon/Longman
$49.99
Sopris West
$316.00
Test of Silent Word
Reading Fluency
(TOSWRF)
Test of Word Knowledge
(TOWK)
Test of Word Reading
Efficiency (TOWRE)
Screening
Silent Word Fluency
Group
10 minutes
Pro-Ed
$135.00
Diagnostic
Vocabulary Knowledge
Individual
30-60 minutes
Screening, Progress
Monitoring
Individual
3-5 minutes
Nelson Denny Reading
Test (NDRT)
Group Reading (GRADE)
Assessment and
Diagnostic Evaluation
Diagnostic Reading
Assessment (DRA)
Screening, Outcome
Decoding (Nonword
Reading Efficiency)
Word Recognition (Word
Reading Efficiency)
Vocabulary, Comprehension,
Fluency
Word reading,
Vocabulary, Comprehension,
Listening Comprehension
Engagement, Oral Reading
Fluency, Comprehension
Harcourt
$340.00
Pro-Ed
$178.00
Group or individual
45 minutes
Group or individual
45-60 minutes
Individual
60-75 minutes
Decoding, Word
Recognition, Passage
Comprehension
Computer-based
Individual
30 minutes
Lexia CRT
Diagnostic, Progress
Monitoring,
Outcome
Progress
Monitoring,
Outcome
Screening, Progress
Monitoring
Riverside
$200.00
Pro-Ed
$225.00
Riverside
$160.00
Pearson
Pearson Learning
Group
$210.00
Lexia Learning
Systems
$3,200/classm
Name of Test
Type of Test
Skills Assessed
Administration
Time to Administer
Publisher
Degrees of Reading Power
(DRP)
Screening
Reading Level,
Comprehension
Individual/Group
45 minutes
Expressive Vocabulary
Test (EVT)
Stanford Diagnostic
Reading Test, 4th ed.
(SDRT)
Woodcock Diagnostic
Reading Battery (WDRB)
Diagnostic
Oral Vocabulary
Individual
15 minutes
Diagnostic
Phonics, Reading
Vocabulary, Comprehension
Group
100 minutes
Touchstone
Applied Science
$53.00/set
Pearson/AGS
$170-$270
Harcourt
$40-$175
Diagnostic
Individual
50-60 minutes
Riverside
$360-$600
Woodcock Reading
Mastery Test (WRMT)
Diagnostic
Phonological Awareness,
Phonics, Reading
Vocabulary, Comprehension
Phonics, Reading
Vocabulary, Comprehension
Individual
10-30 minutes
Pearson/AGS
$400-$500
This chart was sent to me by Randee Winterbottom on September 15, 20008
Donna,
I have attached a list of assessments that are commonly used in upper grades. One that I think you
will find to be well respected, valid and reliable is the GRADE (See the chart). The nice thing about
the GRADE is that it is very comprehensive, allows one to pick and choose which subtests to
administer, and can be used not only for diagnostic purposes, but also for progress monitoring and
outcome. I am not comfortable recommending a curriculum since Elissa knows more about that. I am
sure that there are some that have been reviewed by the Center on the website that you would find
appropriate. Are you looking for an intervention program or a core reading curriculum? Another
resource here at the Center is Debby Houston who knows a lot about secondary reading. You might
want to email her at dhouston@fcrr.org.
I hope this helps,
Randee
Randee Winterbottom
Director of Assessment Programs
Florida Center for Reading Research
227 N. Bronough St. Suite 7250
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Phone # 850-645-7505
Fax # 850-644-9085
From: Donna Scherr [mailto:dscherr@esc14.net]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:18 PM
To: Randee Winterbottom
Subject: 4th-5th grade diagnosis and intervention
Randee,
Elissa Arndt said that you might be able to answer this question: In your state, what would you recommend to a principal who
asked for a good diagnostic and then intervention tool for 4-5th? I was on your website reading reports about programs and I could
not find one I wanted. I called and Elissa gave me lots of info. She said you might be able to answer this particular question.
Thanks for your help.
And thank you for such an easy to access website. I absolutely love it!
Donna Scherr
Reading Consultant
Dyslexia Contact
ESC Region XIV
1850 Highway 351
Abilene, Texas 79601-4750
325 675-8689 (fax)
325 675-8680 (office)
dscherr@esc14.net