GSRT: Gray Silent Reading Tests

Quickly and efficiently measure an individual’s silent reading comprehension ability

The Gray Silent Reading Tests (GSRT) is an exciting addition to the Gray reading test battery. This test consists of two parallel forms each containing 13 developmentally sequenced reading passages with five multiple-choice questions. You can give the test to persons 7 years through 25 years of age. It can be given individually or to groups. Each form, of the test yields raw scores, grade equivalents, age equivalents, percentiles, and a Silent Reading Quotient.

The GSRT was normed on 1,400 individuals in 31 states. Characteristics of the normative sample have been stratified and approximate those provided in the 1997 Statistical Abstract of the United States with regard to gender, geographic region, ethnicity, race, urban/rural residence, and disability.

The GSRT reliability is sufficiently high to warrant the use of the test in a wide variety of cases. Unlike many other tests of reading, we report internal consistency for each one-year interval. The test subgroups studied include: males, females, European Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Learning Disabled, Serious Emotional Disturbance, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Reliability Coefficients Alpha are all at or above .97. We also studied test-retest, alternate forms-immediate, alternate forms-delayed, and scorer reliability. Again, the coefficients were uniformly high. We provide evidence for content-description, criterion-prediction, and construct identification validity for the GSRT. We eliminated sources of cultural, racial, and gender bias. Convincing evidence is presented in all three instances.

You can use the GSRT with confidence in a variety of settings such as elementary and secondary school, clinics, reading centers, and post secondary environments. The two forms of the test allow you to study an individual’s reading progress over time.

GSRT COMPLETE KIT INCLUDES: Manual, 25 Profile/Response Forms, and 10 each of Reading Book Forms A and B, all in a sturdy storage box. (2000)

User Qualifications:

To administer this test at least a master s degree is required, with state licensure OR certification from a professional organization (ASHA, AOTA, APA, AERA, ACA, AMA, NASP, NAN, INS) that requires formal training and experience in ethics, psychometrics, statistics, and scoring and interpretation. Tests of perceptual, academic, and functional processes used in schools, clinics and rehabilitation settings are of this level. All test users, regardless of level and profession, are expected to abide by the standards set forth by the APA, AERA and NCME regarding the ethical use, protection and dissemination of all test materials. All orders for the products listed below, must be placed on official institutional purchase order forms or professional letterhead.

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