Predictive Assessment of Reading (PAR)

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The Predictive Assessment of Reading (PAR) can be used to measure a student's reading level, identify skills in need of intervention, monitor progress, and predict future reading achievement. The assessment contains four reading subtests that can be administered to special needs, gifted, ELL students, and developing students in grades PreK-3.

Content

Topics
Student Learning
Tags
Early childhood education,
Reading and literacy education
Grades
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
4,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade
Languages
English
Spanish
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
15 minutes
Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Price

$7 per student

Contact

1-888-386-3822, Option 2

Link
http://onlinepar.net/resources/about-the-par/
Open Access
No
Use in Research

Catts, H. W., Herrera, S., Nielsen, D. C., & Bridges, M. S. (2015). Early prediction of reading comprehension within the simple view framework. Reading and Writing, 28(9), 1407-1425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-015-9576-x

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring
Referencing
Norm-referenced
Psychometric References

Savage, C. (2022). Considerations for use of early grades reading assessments. EdInstruments Brief, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University. https://edinstruments.org/resources/early-grades-reading-assessments 

Wood, F. (2013). PAR PreK to Grade 3 edition: Technical manual. Wake Forest School of Medicine. http://onlinepar.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/PAR2BTechManual.pdf

National Comparison
Yes