NEW! AUSTRALIAN EDITION - PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2012
The York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC) - Australian Edition, enables teachers to assess the reading and comprehension skills of children 5.06 to 12.08 years. It is ideal for following up at an individual level after group testing and provides a wide range of invaluable information.
The YARC Complete Set consists of two suites of assessments - Early Reading (for students aged 5 to 7.11 years) and Passage Reading (for students aged 5.06 to 12.08 years).
YARC Early Reading
For less skilled readers, YARC Early Reading assesses the aphabetical knowledge that underlies reading, namely:
- Letter sound knowledge
- Early Word Recognition
- Phoneme awareness (Sound Isolation and Sound Deletion).
These tests also measure a student's progress in reading. The tests take about 20 minutes to administer and provide standardised scores, percentile ranks and age-equivalent scores. The YARC Early Years tests may be given as a complete set of all four tests or as individual tests only.
Scoring
Free online scoring and reporting is available. To assist assessors with the conversion of scores, a free Online Score Conversion Tool is available at www.yarcsupport.co.uk/australia Instructions on how to use the Tool are provided there too. Once student information and raw scores have been added, score conversion is immediate and a short summary report is produced.
YARC Passage Reading (Primary)
Administered individually by school psychologists, speech pathologists and specialist teachers, the assessment takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete and is used to:
- Assess and monitor pupil progress
- Identify reading problems
- Assess eligibility for access arrangements
- Provide diagnostic information
It comprises two parallel tests of graded passages (A and B) for reading aloud, each of which is accompanied by a set of 8 comprehension questions to test literal and inferential comprehension skills. Cover the age range 5.06 to 12.08 years, it provides:
- Standard Scores
- Percentile Ranks
- Reading Ages (accuracy, rate and comprehension)
It has been developed to assess the accuracy, rate and comprehension of oral reading skills in primary school children.
It also provides a test of prose reading and comprehension, and assesses specifically three of the many sub-skills used in reading:
- Decoding (reading accuracy)
- Fluency (reading rate)
- Text Comprehension (literal and inferential meaning)
Scoring
Free online scoring and reporting is available. To assist assessors with the conversion of scores, a free Online Score Conversion Tool is available at www.yarcsupport.co.uk/australia
Instructions on how to use the Tool are provided there too. Once student information and raw scores have been added, score conversion is immediate and a short summary report is produced.
Manual scoring and reporting is completed using the tables in the Manual.
Contact PAA for a copy of the: YARC Early Years and Passage Reading (Primary) Brochure
The York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC) Passage Reading Secondary - Australian Edition comprises two sets of prose passages, both fiction and non-fiction, for students aged 12-18 that enables the assessment of a student's reading comprehension and fluency in a systematic way across the secondary school years.
Administered individually by teachers, school psychologists and speech pathologists, the assessment takes about 20-30 minutes to complete and is used to:
- Assess and monitor pupil progress
- Identify reading problems
- Assess eligibility of access arrangements
- Provide diagnostic information
Scoring
Free online scoring and reporting is available. To assist assessors with the conversion of scores, a free Online Score Conversion Tool is available at www.yarcsupport.co.uk/australia
Instructions on how to use the Tool are provided there too. Once student information and raw scores have been added, score conversion is immediate and a short summary report is produced.
Manual scoring and reporting is completed using the tables in the Manual.
Contact PAA for a copy of the: YARC Passage Reading Secondary Brochure
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