Reliability, Validity and Standardization of the Reading Test: Sentence Comprehension

Vilhena, Douglas de Araújo; Pinheiro, Ângela Maria Vieira

doi:10.1590/0102.3772e36325

Douglas de Araújo Vilhena ^**** E-mail: douglasvilhena@ufmg.br

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Porto, Portugal.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2670-7963

Ângela Maria Vieira Pinheiro

Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Porto, Portugal.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-4320

** E-mail: douglasvilhena@ufmg.br

Figures (2)
Tables (4)

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Figure 1.
TELCS scores distribution for the entire sample (Figure 1.a) and for each age group (Figure 1.b-f), fitted with an expected normal distribution curve.

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Figure 2.
TELCS scores distribution for each school grade (Figure 1.a-d), fitted with an expected normal distribution curve.

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Table 1
Sample distribution (N = 1289) by age groups, gender, and school grade

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Table 2
Subgroup (N = 484) that completed a cognitive test battery, distribution by age groups, gender, and school grade

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TELCS Grade Age Reading TELCS .566** .565** WRT Accuracy .550** .330** .319** Accuracy rate .840** .557** .570** PWRT Accuracy .570** .306** .297** Accuracy rate .787** .509** .526** PROLEC-Text .582** .384** .380** General reading composite .837* .528* .546* Cognition CPM .502** .445** .432** Behaviour (SDQ) Prosocial Behaviour .161* Emotional Symptoms -.290* Conduct Problems -.216* Hyperactivity/Inattention -.375* Peer Relationship Problems -.126* Total negative behaviours -.344* Note.*p < .01 (2-tailed), ** p < .001 (2-tailed). SDQ: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; TELCS: Reading Test: Sentence Comprehension; WRT: Word Recognition Test; PWRT: Pseudoword Recognition Test; PROLEC-Text: PROLEC Text Comprehension subtest; CPM: Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices Test. Pearson correlations between SDQ, Grade, and Age were below .10 and were omitted from the Table.

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Table 4
Standardization Study - TELCS’s raw score to percentile and to reading performance classification, with descriptive statistics according to the participant’s school grade and chronological age

Age in years	Gender		School grade				Total
Age in years	Male	Female	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	Total
7	56	55	110	1	0	0	111
8	187	155	99	239	3	1	342
9	167	184	0	215	131	5	351
10	158	157	0	5	118	192	315
11	85	85	0	0	0	170	170
Total	653	636	209	460	252	368	1289

Age in years	Gender		School grade				Total
Age in years	Male	Female	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	Total
7	25	19	44	0	0	0	44
8	54	66	62	57	1	0	120
9	67	53	0	47	70	3	120
10	65	78	0	3	59	81	143
11	27	30	0	0	0	57	57
Total	238	246	106	107	130	141	484

			TELCS		Grade	Age
Reading	TELCS			.566^**	.565^**
	WRT	Accuracy		.550^**	.330^**	.319^**
	WRT	Accuracy rate		.840^**	.557^**	.570^**
	PWRT	Accuracy		.570^**	.306^**	.297^**
	PWRT	Accuracy rate		.787^**	.509^**	.526^**
	PROLEC-Text		.582^**		.384^**	.380^**
	General reading composite		.837^*		.528^*	.546^*
Cognition	CPM		.502^**		.445^**	.432^**
Behaviour (SDQ)	Prosocial Behaviour		.161^*
	Emotional Symptoms		-.290^*
	Conduct Problems		-.216^*
	Hyperactivity/Inattention		-.375^*
	Peer Relationship Problems		-.126^*
	Total negative behaviours		-.344^*

Reading performance	Percentile	School grade				Chronological age in years
Reading performance	Percentile	2 ^nd	3 ^rd	4 ^th	5 ^th	7	8	9	10	11
Disability	7	0	2	8	11	0	3	3	9	12
Disability	10	0	3	10	12	0	4	5	11	14
Low	15	2	6	11	14	0	5	7	12	17
Low	25	5	9	15	18	4	7	10	16	21
Average	30	6	10	16	20	5	8	12	18	22
	40	7	12	18	23	6	10	14	20	24
	50	8	14	20	24	7	13	16	23	25
Above average	60	10	16	23	26	9	15	18	25	27
	70	12	18	25	28	11	17	20	27	29
	80	14	21	27	31	14	20	24	29	32
High	90	17	24	30	34	16	23	26	32	35
High	95	22	26	32	35	18	26	29	35	36
Mean	-	9.0	14.2	20.1	23.4	7.9	13.1	16.0	21.9	24.8
Standard Deviation	-	6.4	7.5	7.8	8.1	6.0	7.4	8.1	8.1	7.7

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Reliability, Validity and Standardization of the Reading Test: Sentence Comprehension^* * Apoio: Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CNPq (grant No. 134357/2013-2, and CAPES (Finance Code 001).

Fidedignidade, Validade e Normatização do Teste de Leitura: Compreensão de Sentenças

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Reliability, Validity and Standardization of the Reading Test: Sentence Comprehension* * Apoio: Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CNPq (grant No. 134357/2013-2, and CAPES (Finance Code 001).

Fidedignidade, Validade e Normatização do Teste de Leitura: Compreensão de Sentenças

Abstract

Reliability, Validity and Standardization of the Reading Test: Sentence Comprehension^* * Apoio: Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CNPq (grant No. 134357/2013-2, and CAPES (Finance Code 001).