Parent-administered reading test?

[Katie Alcock]

I am wondering if anyone has developed or used a parent-administered reading
test? The sample that we are seeing will be 5 next year, which in the UK
means that some of them will be starting to read.  I imagine therefore that
something in use in the US or Canada for English-speaking 6-year-olds might
also work.

A quick straw poll of colleagues, who didn't know of any such test, gathered
opinions ranging from "it should work, as other parent-completed
questionnaires work" to "parents would just help the children too much, even
teachers don't seem to be able to administer reading tests reliably".

Thanks very much

Katie Alcock


Katie Alcock, DPhil
Lecturer
Department of Psychology
University of Lancaster
Fylde College
Lancaster LA1 4YF
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