Predictive Assessment of Reading (PAR)

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Instrument Overview

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.

Organization

Topic
Student Learning
Tags
Early childhood education,
Reading and literacy education

Content

Grades
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
15 minutes
Qualifications

Not specified.

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 (additional guidance)

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

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