DIAGNOSTIC TEST OF WORD READING PROCESSES

Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes
Example 2
Exception Regular Non-word
do
√
frog
√
froll
√
bear
x
hill
√
mong
√
what
√
monster
√
merfar
√
people
√
farmer
√
hister
√
wolf x kitchen
√
nostchen
√
eye x nostril
√
hunril
√
country x hungry x pringry x
wealth x princess
√
kitcess x
rheumatism x bungalow x bungentine x
beautiful x turpentine x turpalow x
Exception word
Regular word
Non-word
= 3 correct
= 7 correct
= 6 correct
From these raw scores it looks as though this child reads regular words and non-words equally well,
but finds exception words difficult.
However, raw scores are misleading and you cannot draw any conclusions from them.
You need to convert raw scores to stanine scores using the normative data tables.
Using stanine scores, the test is designed to reveal three patterns (‘profiles’) of word reading.
This can be done by simply comparing the child’s stanine score for exception words with their stanine
score for non-words.
Let’s imagine that the child in the example above achieved a stanine score of 2 for exception word
reading, and 5 for non-word reading.
As you can see, these stanine scores give the child a
lexical-semantic profile. He/she relies mostly in reading on
phonological recoding processes, which can read nonwords
and regular words, whether or not the latter are already
familiar to the child. However, he/she has difficulty with
exception words, as these can only be read accurately by
lexical-semantic processes. Intervention for this child should
concentrate on developing his/her lexical-semantic processes.
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