testing for reading level?

[deeva58]

I have a 5 y.o. who is reading several levels above her grade level.

She picks up her small text copy of the King James Bible and reads fluently. She picks up just about any book to read, and the 3rd-5th step readers at our library are just not enough for her

I'd love to know how I can officially "place" her reading level to determine where she is (which grade level) she is reading at.

Any ideas how I can find this out?

[Laura Corin]

This page has some tests - they are all for decoding, however, rather than for comprehension, so you are probably better off picking books and see what she goes with:

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/060899.htm

Laura

[beansprouts]

This page has some tests - they are all for decoding, however, rather than for comprehension, so you are probably better off picking books and see what she goes with:

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/060899.htm

Laura

I have used this and it has always lined up with my expectations based on the reading level of the books dd has read.

[Beth in Central TX]

Here's a test that I've used in the past which determines they're reading age: http://www.members.tripod.com/~gleigh/readtst.htm

I generally found that their reading age lined up with the grade level book they were reading. I haven't used it in a long time, but I was very interested when they were first learning to read.

[Mama Anna]

Here's a test that I've used in the past which determines they're reading age: http://www.members.tripod.com/~gleigh/readtst.htm

I generally found that their reading age lined up with the grade level book they were reading. I haven't used it in a long time, but I was very interested when they were first learning to read.

So, I just had my dd read through the list (she got tangled up and stopped less than half-way through) and when I worked out the math, it said her reading age is 9.7. That means nearly 10 years old, not nearly 10th grade, right?

I'm still sort of awed, even at the thought of her reading like a 9yo . . .:001_huh:

Thanks for the link, Beth!
Mama Anna

[Beth in Central TX]

Correct, that is her reading age. I would consider her score equivalent to a late 4th grade reading level. Great job!

[Anne/Ankara]

McCalls-Crabbs test lessons in reading comprehension is an excellent, inexpensive set of booklets that tests reading comprehension. The student has three minutes to read a section and answer a few questions, and then you can compute the reading level. We used it with our elementary age children with great success. It goes from primary level through high school...

http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Test-Lessons-Reading-Book/dp/0807755427/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1

[deeva58]

Everyone, great links and feedback.

Thanks so much. I'm checking out one of the sites now and currently giving dd her test...

[Karin]

Just for fun, I figured out that a perfect score on the Schonell reading test (100 by quick count) gives you a reading age of 15.

[pixelroper]

get the McCall-Crabs Standard Testing 1961 version, as the more recent have been dumbed down.

[deeva58]

Should I check amazon? Is it still in print?

[pixelroper]

Should I check amazon? Is it still in print?

I'm not sure if your question is to the McCall-Crabs Standard Testing 1961 version???, yes check here

bhibooks (http://www.bhibooks.net/catalog/item/4154960/4106148.htm)

check amazon, or maybe even rainbow resources also you will want the key which bhbooks has the best price on (I think). Good luck:)

[Beth in Central TX]

I have the 1961 edition. You can purchase the McCall-Crabbs book and answer key here:

http://www.bhibooks.net/catalog/item/4154109/4034343.htm
http://www.bhibooks.net/catalog/item/4154109/4315608.htm

I have seen marked improvement in my older sons' scores as we have worked through this book this year.

[greta_elisif]

Here's a test that I've used in the past which determines they're reading age: http://www.members.tripod.com/~gleigh/readtst.htm

Thank you! :hurray: My daughter sounded out “smolder,” and recognized “forfeit” (because I had told her before, disapprovingly, if she quit the Chutes and Ladders game she had asked me to play with her but later lost interest in, she would have to “forfeit” the game :D), and ended up with reading age 11, so her 6th-grade reading books really are just right. This is reassuring.