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The GORT-5 is a norm-referenced test published in 2012 to identify students with oral reading difficulties. It provides scores in rate, accuracy, fluency, comprehension, and an oral reading index through having students read passages aloud and answer comprehension questions. It takes 20-30 minutes to administer and has forms A and B for students ages 6-23 years 11 months. The test demonstrates high reliability and was normed on a national sample, though the demographics are now 10 years old. Both pros and cons are discussed regarding use of the test.

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GORT-5 Test Info

The GORT-5 is a norm-referenced test published in 2012 to identify students with oral reading difficulties. It provides scores in rate, accuracy, fluency, comprehension, and an oral reading index through having students read passages aloud and answer comprehension questions. It takes 20-30 minutes to administer and has forms A and B for students ages 6-23 years 11 months. The test demonstrates high reliability and was normed on a national sample, though the demographics are now 10 years old. Both pros and cons are discussed regarding use of the test.

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Gray Oral Reading Test, Fifth Edition

(GORT- 5)

Type: Norm-referenced Authors: J. Lee


Wiederholt and
Brian R. Bryant

Publisher:
Pro Ed.

Purpose: The purposes of the Year: 2012


GORT-5 are to identify
students with oral reading
difficulties, determine
strengths and
weaknesses, evaluate
student progress, and
provide a standardized
norm-referenced test that
is appropriate for
conducting reading
research with school-age
children (Wiederholt &
Bryant, 2012a).

Cost: $311.00

Sensitivity: .82

Specificity: 86

(https://www.proed
inc.com/Products/
13925/gort5-gray-
oral-reading-testsfi
fth-edition-complet
e-kit.aspx)
Normative Population (if
applicable): New normative data
were collected in 2008-2010, and
norms have been extended upward
to age 23 years, 11 months.

Age Range:
6:0-23:11

Testing time: 20-30


Minutes

Composite Scores: Rate, Accuracy, Fluency, and Comprehension are reported as


raw scores, grade and age equivalents, percentile ranks, and
scaled scores having a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of
3. The Oral Reading Index is reported as a standard score
based on a distribution having a mean of 100 and a standard
deviation of 15. Percentile ranks are also provided.

● Rate. The Rate Score is derived from the amount of time in


seconds taken by a student to read a story aloud.
● Accuracy. The Accuracy Score is derived from the number of
words the student pronounces correctly when reading the
passage.
● Fluency. The Fluency Score is a combination of the student's
Rate and Accuracy Scores.
● Comprehension. The Comprehension Score is the number of
questions about the stories that the student answers correctly.
The open-ended format ensures that the items are passage
dependent.
● Oral Reading Index. The Oral Reading Index is a composite
score formed by combining students' Fluency and
Comprehension scaled scores.

Subtests:
● Form A and B,
each
containing 16
developmentall
y sequenced
reading
passage with 5
comprehensio
n questions

Interpretable Yes No N/A


subtests:

Multiple forms: Yes No

Forms A and B

Pros: Cons:
● Easy to administer ● Is reading rate that
● Duration of Test: 20-30 minutes important?
● Wide Age Range ○ May not be
● Determining strengths and appropriate for
weaknesses. The GORT-5 can be students who stutter
used to compare intra-individual ● Goals and objectives are
reading skills (e.g., reading rate vs. not clearly identified based
comprehension) and to help tailor on the Oral Reading index
interventions to the student's score; only gives a picture
specific needs. of client’s oral reading
● Monitoring progress
skills
● Difficult to score
● High levels reliability
● May not be an appropriate
● Demographics based on the
assessment for bilingual
Nation's population. However, this
speakers
was in 2012 and demographics have
● Gives a small picture of
changed over the last 10 years.
child’s overall reading
ability

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