Measuring adult literacy students' reading skills using the Gray Oral Reading Test

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-149

  Greenberg, Daphne ^a   Pae, Hye Kyeong ^b   Morris, Robin D ^a   Calhoon, Mary Beth ^a   Nanda, Alice O ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult literacy assessment; GORT; Test result interpretation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249085378     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-009-0027-8     Document Type: Article

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