Individual Reading tests

It appears that you received a reading report based on a administraton of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests. The percentages are printed on the Summary of Scores on the Response Form. The Form might have been revised in the latest test kit. The examiner should be able to find the percentages on the scoring tables that accompany the manual.

Write if I can be of any help.

Peace.

Could you give a brief explanation as to what each one is? Would you see a big gap between them or would they pretty much be the same?

Dear Wondering,

This is what is printed on the Woodcock Summary of Scores Form:

Relative Mastery - Easy Reading Level (96 percent).

Relative Mastery -Reading Grade Score (90 percent).

Relative Mastery - Failure Reading Level (75 percent).

Interpreting the terms and percentages requires understanding. A test taker might score at an Easy Reading Grade 3 years, one month. He might score at Reading Grade 4 years, 0 months. He might score top out at Grade Five, 3 months. Above that level he fails to demonstrate reading ability. The use of the word “Failure” can be a source of confusion. The test taker’s percentage of mastery drops as the complexity of the reading tasks increase.

I hope I have not made this as clear as mud. A guidance counselor, school psychologist, or psychometrist would probably do a better job of explaining the percentages.

Peace.

Thanks that did help. My 3rd grade son levels were K, 1st, and frustrated level of 2nd, so guess this makes sense. I take that to mean we should read books with him that are on the K-2 grade level and nothing above. Looks like we will be doing some reading program over the summer.

While lots of good learning can be at the more challenging end of a kid’s reading ability, we sometimes forget the real value of quick-and-easy reading. Kids going through their “Hardy Boys” or “Nancy Drew” or “every horse book in the library” stage are just plowing through these things… and they’re easy… and some of our kiddos never get the chance to k now what that’s like. For struggling readers, having fun with books like “Commander Toad” (one of those series that have lots of subtleties lost on most of the small fry reading ‘em, like those good old DIsney flicks) can be as much as or even more valuable than trying to keep struggling with the next harder reading level when the easy ones aren’t easy yet.

Dear Wondering,

You are welcome.

Keep my e-mail address, and please do not hesitate to write. As a retired reading teacher, I might have some freebees that you could use.

Peace.

Dear Sue,

You are very sensible. Let’s not deprive children of a childhood. Let’s make learning to read as pleasant as possible.

Peace.