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Reading Comprehension
Ability to understand connected discourse (abstract meaning from text). Using syntactic and semantic clues to obtain meaning from written text.
Skill Assessment
Measures (Informal, Criterion-Referenced, Subtest
Curriculum-based, Standardized)
Word Comprehension
WJ-III; GDRT-2
Reading Vocabulary; Reading Vocabulary
TORC-4; WJ-III DRB
Relational Vocabulary; Reading Vocabulary
Sentence Comprehension
TORC-4
Paragraph Construction, Sentence Completion
ITPA-3
Sentence Sequencing
Passage/Text Comprehension
GORT-4; GDRT-2
Comprehension; Meaningful Reading
KTEA-II; WIAT-III
Reading Comprehension; Reading Comprehension
TORC-4; WJ-III
Text Comprehension; Passage Comprehension
Skill in Classroom
Teacher interview/checklist, Observations
Criterion-referenced
TRPI, DRA, Benchmarks, TAKS
Note current and expected levels
Response to Intervention
Progress monitoring
Note current and expected levels
Must assess various aspects of comprehension such as literal, sequencing, and inferential. This will likely be done through error analysis.
Narrow Ability/Core
Cognitive Process*
Language Development
Lexical Knowledge
Broad
Ability
Gc
Gc
Standardized Test
Subtest
CASL
Nonliteral Lang, Sentence Comp of Syntax, Paragraph Comp of Syntax,
Meaning from Context
Spoken Vocabulary, Written Vocabulary; Verbal Similarities
Word Classes – Recep, Express, Understand Spoken Parag, Semantic Relat
Verbal Comprehension, Picture Vocabulary; Similarities, Vocabulary
Expressive Vocabulary, Verbal Knowledge; Verbal Knowledge
Naming Vocabulary, Word Definitions
Comprehension of Basic Concepts, Ambiguous Sentences
Inferencing; Word Reasoning; Riddles
Picture Similarities; Story Completion; Verbal Fluid Reasoning
ITPA-3; DAS-II
CELF-4
WJ-III; WISC-IV
KABC-II; SB5
DAS-II
CASL
CASL; WISC-IV; KABC-II
DAS-II; KABC-II; SB5
Inferential Reasoning
Inductive and General
Gf
Sequential Reasoning
Working Memory
Gsm
WJ-III; WISC-IV; CELF-4; WM Cluster; WM Index; Language Memory; Narrative Memory
Listening/Oral
Gc
WJ-III; CASL
Oral Comprehension; Lexical/Sem, Recep, Syntactic, Supralinguistic Indices
Comprehension
CELF-4; WIAT-III
Receptive Language, Language Content clusters; Listening Comprehension
Associative Memory &
Glr
WJ-III; KABC-II
Visual-Auditory Learning, Retrieval Fluency; Rebus
Ideational Fluency
NEPSY-II
Word Generation
Consider NEPSY-II tests of Narrative Memory & Comprehension of Instructions
*Language tests identified are to assist in determining language comprehension vs. or in addition to reading comprehension impairment