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Protocol - Reading Comprehension

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Description

The Passage Comprehension Subtest of the Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®) is an interviewer-administered test in which the respondent is asked to read a short passage and identify a missing keyword that makes sense in the context of the passage. The Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®) can be scored with either the off-line method of estimated scores obtained from the Test Record (Mather & Wendling, 2014) or by using the scoring and reporting online format (Schrank & Dailey, 2014) or with Report Writer.

Specific Instructions

Passage Comprehension is a proprietary subtest of the Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®) and is not sold separately. The Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®) is a proprietary protocol, and administration requires a licensing agreement from Riverside Publishing. For this assessment to be considered valid, the investigator should make sure that the respondent speaks English as a first language.

Availability

Limited Availability

Protocol

Summary of the Passage Comprehension Subtest of the Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®)

The respondent is asked to read a short passage and identify a missing key word that makes sense in the context of the passage.

Scoring Instructions

The Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®) can be scored with either the offline method of estimated scores obtained from the Test Record (Mather & Wendling, 2014) or by using the scoring and reporting online format (Schrank & Dailey, 2014).

The Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®). Copyright © 2014. The Riverside Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

The Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement and WJ IV® are registered trademarks of Houghton Mifflin.

Personnel and Training Required

The Passage Comprehension subtest of the Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®) can be administered by a trained research assistant. Examiners should study the administration and scoring procedures found in the Passage Comprehension subtest of the Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV®) Examiner’s Manual and follow all procedures precisely. Investigators are encouraged to have quality control procedures in place to maintain consistency among examiners.

Equipment Needs

The interviewer will need a copy of the Woodcock-Johnson® IV Tests of Achievement test record and examiner’s manual.

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Interviewer-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Child, Adolescent, Adult

Participants

Children, adolescents, and adults, ages 5–70 years

Selection Rationale

Passage Comprehension, a subtest of the Woodcock-Johnson® Tests of Achievement (WJ IV), was selected because it is a widely used, validated protocol that is quick and easy to administer and includes normed data to assist scoring.

Language

English

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

The Expert Review Panel #7 (ERP 7) reviewed the measures in the Speech and Hearing domain.

Guidance from ERP 7 includes the following:

  • Updated the protocol

Back-compatible: there are changes to the Data Dictionary

Previous version in Toolkit archive (link)

Protocol Name from Source

Woodcock-Johnson? Tests of Achievement (WJ IV?)

Source

Schrank, F. A., Mather, N., & McGrew, K. S. (2014). Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement. Rolling Meadows, IL: Riverside.

The Woodcock-Johnson® IV Tests of Achievement is a proprietary instrument and can be obtained through:

Contracts and Permissions Department
Riverside Publishing Company
425 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, IL 60143-2079
Email: RPC_Customer_Service@hmhpub.com
800-323-9540

General References

Mather, N., & Wendling, B. J. (2014). Examiner’s manual. Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement. Rolling Meadows, IL: Riverside.

Schrank, F. A., & Dailey, D. (2014). Woodcock-Johnson Online Scoring and Reporting [Online format]. Rolling Meadows, IL: Riverside.

Schrank, F. A., Mather, N., & McGrew, K. S. (2014). Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement. Rolling Meadows, IL: Riverside.

Woodcock, R. W., Mather, N., & Wendling, B. (2001). Essentials of WJ III Tests of Achievement Assessment. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.

Protocol ID

200802

Variables
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Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
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N/A
Speech, Language and Hearing
Measure Name

Reading Comprehension

Release Date

June 4, 2019

Definition

This measure assesses the ability of an individual to understand what he or she reads.

Purpose

This measure can be used to determine if the respondent can read written text and interpret the meaning of this text. Poor performance suggests a reading disorder that may be linked with other language impairments.

Keywords

Passive comprehension, Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement, WJ IV, reading, reading disorder, proprietary, speech and hearing

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
200802 Reading Comprehension
Publications

Rice, M.L. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2016) Language Phenotypes. In V. Jagaroo and S.L. Santangelo (eds.) Neurophenotypes, Innovations in Cognitive Neuroscience. Springer. 2016 January; doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3846-5_12