Reading Comprehension

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Assessment in reading comprehensions
This discussion focuses on Test of Reading Comprehension-4th Edition (TORC-4) and The Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-3rd Edition (WRMT-3). Both tests are applied in reading assessments and identification of students who have difficulties in comprehensions. TORC-4 is applicable from grade 2 through to grade 12 whereas WMRT-3 is used from as early as grade K to grade 12 (Pierangelo & George 25). The administration period for both tests is roughly the same as they both require 45 minutes on the higher end and can take as little as 15 minutes in the case of WMRT-4.
WMRT-3 comprises nine exclusively administered tests that range from letter identification to word comprehension while TORC-4 entails only five tests that assess sentence completion even up to contextual fluency. In the WRMT-3, the tests are based on simpler concepts such as letters and words identification whereas TORC-4 emphasizes on more advanced concepts like relational vocabulary and paragraph comprehension.
WRMT-3 is suitable for assessing new students in order to gauge their reading ability where records from their previous class are unavailable. This is due to the range of tests that are possible through this assessment (Pierangelo & George 96). For instance, listening comprehensions can be used as the first test to determine their understanding for spoken language and then other tests like phonological awareness tests can be applied to realize how much the students can match, blend or delete sounds.

Their performance in the tests as they progress from simple to difficult then informs the educator the possible reading ability of the particular student being tested. TORC-4, on the other hand, can be used to recognize the effectiveness of remedial sessions of a given student. Tests such as paragraph construction can be done after some remedial lessons on how to relate sentences and construct a paragraph.
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Work Cited
Pierangelo, Roger, and George A. Giuliani. Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach. Allyn & Bacon, 75 Arlington Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02116, 2002.