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Assessment Details

Peters Diagnostic and Remedial Spelling Manual
Assessment Area English-Spelling
Year level 4-7
NZ origin? No , United Kingdom
Standardised? No norms are given. An appendix provides the spelling ages of each word from the dictation passages, although no spelling ages for the test as a whole are indicated.
Administration to individual or group? Either
What does it assess? Dictated spelling
Purpose To assess spelling capability in context.
Validity No validity data included in the manual, although there is previous written evidence of attention to validity.
Reliability No reliability studies are reported.
What measures does it give? A Record Sheet provides patterns of errors.
How long does it take to administer? Up to 45 minutes according to the writing speed of students
How much training is needed? Little training required, some practice needed with recording.
Scoring and data analysis Errors are entered on a Record Sheet. Problems and remedial actions can be discerned from the patterns.
Does it provide 'what next' strategies? Yes . The test, which provides a qualitative analysis of spelling errors, is incorporated in a book. The Diagnostic Dictation passages are a small part of a complete approach to the teaching of spelling.
Is it available in te reo Maori? No
Cost? No information available
Author, date of publication and publisher Margaret L Peters, 1975 Published by Macmillan Education
Availability

Appears to be out of print in New Zealand. Some images are available on the internet. This review is included as many schools will have copies of the Diagnostic and Remedial Spelling Manual on their shelves.

Further Information

The test is made up of 3 graded passages, each 100 words long, and intended for age groups 8-9 years, 9-10 years, and 10-11 years.

A test passage is first read in its entirety, then phrase-by-phrase as the students write the text and finally, read as a passage at normal reading speed.