Nelson-Denny Reading Test™
Ages: High School to Four-Year College
Times & Administration: Standard: 35 minutes; Extended-time: 56 minutes
Administration: Individual or Group
Features
• Measures reading vocabulary, comprehension, and rate effectively in 35 minutes
• Aids in accurate placement of high school and college students at all reading levels
• Uses comprehension passages drawn from high school and college texts
• Focuses in the vocabulary section on words students need for success in school
• Offers optional extended-time administration to meet the needs of special populations, such as English language learners
• Scores reported: percentile ranks, standard scores, grade equivalents, NCEs, stanines
• Avoids bias and sensitivity issues
The Nelson-Denny Reading Test™ is a reliable reading comprehension survey for high school and college students and adults. It measures vocabulary development, comprehension, and reading rate with two equated forms that allow convenient pre- and post-testing of reading progress. It has two forms (Form G and Form H), both of which are parallel forms that have been equated and can be used interchangeably as pretests and posttests.
The Nelson-Denny consists of two subtests:
1.Vocabulary – consists of 80 multiple-choice items, each with five response options. The words were drawn from high school and college textbooks and vary in difficulty.
2.Comprehension – requires examinees to read five short passages (also drawn from high school and college textbooks) and to respond to 38 multiple-choice questions about the contents of these passages.
COMPLETE NELSON-DENNY READING TEST™ KIT INCLUDES:
• 25 Form G Test Booklets
• 25 Form H Test Booklets
• 50 Self-Scorable Answer Sheets
• Directions for Administration
• and Manual for Scoring and Interpretation.
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