Martin & Pratt Non-word reading test |
Assessment Area |
English-Reading
|
Year level |
2-10 |
NZ origin? |
No , Australia |
Standardised? |
Yes , Australian normed, 2001 |
Administration to individual or group? |
Individual , particularly for students with identified weaknesses in phonological awareness. |
What does it assess? |
Assesses phonological awareness and skills. Non-words are used because they are equally unfamiliar to all students. |
Purpose |
To assess the key word reading skill of phonological recoding in order to identify students who are low on these skills and will require additional assistance. |
Validity |
No information available |
Reliability |
No information available |
What measures does it give? |
It gives a detailed diagnostic picture of each student's errors, as well as age-standardised score, percentile and fluency score. |
How long does it take to administer? |
Untimed, 10 minutes |
How much training is needed? |
Thorough read of the manual. |
Scoring and data analysis |
Easy to score and analyse. Instructions are given. |
Does it provide 'what next' strategies? |
No |
Is it available in te reo Maori? |
No |
Cost? |
Sample costs September 2017, including GST:
Complete set $202.40
Record booklet (packet of 10) $32.20 |
Author, date of publication and publisher |
Martin & Pratt, 2001
ACER Press |
Availability |
Available via the NZCER website. |
Further Information |
Students respond orally to seven practice items, consisting of single letters, followed by 54 non-words listed in order of difficulty. The non-word items in the test all conform to acceptable letter-word correspondences and thus are equivalent to "regular" words. The items cover the range of phonemes necessary for reading, and range from easy digraphs and three-letter non-words to more difficult non-words. |