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Test Note: Interpretation of Reading Comprehension Scores on the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability - Revised

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Stephen Matthey
Stephen Matthey*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Westmead Hospital
*
Department of Clincial Psychology, Westmead Hospital, Davey Road, Westmead, NSW 2145
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Abstract

Interpretation of a child's comprehension score on the Neale-R is usually done independently from the reading accuracy score. Such a procedure can result in erroneous conclusions about the comprehension skill level of a child. When the child has both accuracy and comprehension reading ages below his/her chronological age, the comprehension data needs to be analysed only for those passages successfully read, rather than being compared directly with the recommended normative data.

Type
Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , May 1992 , pp. 37 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1992

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