The Letter-Sound Test (LeST): A Reliable and Valid Comprehensive Measure of Grapheme-Phoneme Knowledge

Autor/inn/en	Larsen, Linda; Kohnen, Saskia; Nickels, Lyndsey; McArthur, Genevieve
Titel	The Letter-Sound Test (LeST): A Reliable and Valid Comprehensive Measure of Grapheme-Phoneme Knowledge
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 20 (2015) 2, S.129-142 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-4158
DOI	10.1080/19404158.2015.1037323
Schlagwörter	Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence; Reading Tests; Standardized Tests; Test Reliability; Test Validity; English; Test Norms; Interrater Reliability; Test Construction; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Elementary School Students; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesetest; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; English language; Englisch; Testnorm; Interrater-Reliabilität; Testaufbau; Ausland; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Australien
Abstract	Children who have difficulty learning to read are at increased risk for academic failure, poor self-esteem, anxiety and depression, and unemployment. To help reduce these risks, it is important to identify and treat weaknesses in a child's reading as early as possible. The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable comprehensive standardized test of a key reading sub-skill called grapheme-phoneme correspondence (GPC) knowledge. In Phase 1 of the study, we selected a comprehensive evidence-based list of the most important GPC rules for learning to read in English. In Phase 2, we administered this list to a representative sample of Australian children to calculate age- and grade-based norms. In Phase 3, we established that the test had robust inter-rater and test-retest reliability, and appropriate criterion validity. We hope that this new test, which is called the Letter-Sound Test, proves useful to clinicians, teachers, and researcher as a comprehensive test of GPC knowledge. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01