ReadBasix

ReadBasix is a web-administered reading assessment for students in grades 3–12. ReadBasix measures foundational reading skills including word recognition & decoding, vocabulary, sentence processing, reading efficiency, and other skills involved in reading comprehension via separate subtests. The assessment has multiple forms and is vertically scaled, allowing it to be used for progress monitoring, measuring student growth, or detecting changes in reading as a result of intervention.

Content

Sub-Category
Domains
Reading,
Language
Subdomain

Word Recognition & Decoding; Vocabulary; Morphology; Sentence Processing; Reading Efficiency; Reading Comprehension

Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
45-60 minutes
Administration
Computer

Access and Use

Open Access
No

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring
Referencing
Norm-referenced
Psychometric References

Sabatini, J., Weeks, J., O'Reilly, T., Bruce, K., Steinberg, J., & Chao, S. F. (2019). SARA Reading Components Tests, RISE forms: Technical adequacy and test design. ETS Research Report Series2019(1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/ets2.12269

Psychometric Considerations

Psychometrics is the science of psychological assessment. A primary goal of EdInstruments is to provide information on crucial psychometric topics including Validity and Reliability – essential concepts of evaluation, which indicate how well an instrument measures a construct - as well as additional properties that are worthy of consideration when selecting an instrument of measurement.

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