The Development of Reading Tests for Use in a Regularly Spelled Language

Data are presented on the development of tests of reading skill for primary school pupils in rural Tanzania. Instruction in these schools is in Kiswahili, a regularly spelled language. Three graded tests were developed to test children who had only some letter knowledge, could read single words, or...

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Published in:	Applied psycholinguistics Vol. 21; no. 4; p. 525
Main Authors:	Nokes, K, Alcock, K. J, Ngowi, F, Musabi, C, Mbise, A, Mandali, R, Bundy, D, Baddeley, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-12-2000
Subjects:	Elementary Education Elementary School Students Foreign Countries Reading Skills Reading Tests Rural Areas Second Language Instruction Second Language Learning Tanzania Test Construction Uncommonly Taught Languages Tanzania
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Summary:	Data are presented on the development of tests of reading skill for primary school pupils in rural Tanzania. Instruction in these schools is in Kiswahili, a regularly spelled language. Three graded tests were developed to test children who had only some letter knowledge, could read single words, or were proficient readers. The tests correlated well with scores on other educational achievement tests and showed age and school grade differences. (Author/VWL)
ISSN:	0142-7164
DOI:	10.1017/S0142716400004069