Test of Reading Comprehension - Fourth Edition (TORC-4)

The TORC-4 assesses students' silent reading comprehension. It can be used to identify students in need of targeted reading intervention, monitor student progress, and serve as a research tool. The assessment measures word identification and contextual meaning across five subtests for students in grades 1-12. 

Content

Sub-Category
Domains
Reading,
Language
Subdomain

Relational Vocabulary; Sentence Completion; Paragraph Construction; Text Comprehension; Contextual Fluency

Grades
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
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
30 to 45 minutes
Qualifications

A degree from an accredited 4-year college or university in psychology, counseling, speech-language pathology, or a closely related field plus satisfactory completion of coursework in test interpretation, psychometrics and measurement theory, education

Administration
Paper
Timed
No

Access and Use

Price

Kits start at $277

Contact

(800) 897-3202

Open Access
No

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Referencing
Norm-referenced
Psychometric References

Contact publisher

Additional resource:

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 

National Comparison
Yes

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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