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Test of Word Reading Efficiency
a nationally normed measure of word reading accuracy and fluency that provides an efficient means of monitoring the growth of two kinds of word reading skills that are critical in the development of overall reading ability: the ability to accurately recognize familiar words as whole units or “sight words” and the ability to “sound out” words quickly.



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lexical processing
  • standard deviation from the mean score
 

language comprehension
  • standard deviation from the mean score
 

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a nationally normed measure of word reading accuracy and fluency that provides an efficient means of monitoring the growth of two kinds of word reading skills that are critical in the development of overall reading ability: the ability to accurately recognize familiar words as whole units or “sight words” and the ability to “sound out” words quickly. (from http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=1608)

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Harlaar N, Dale PS, Plomin R
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (J Child Psychol Psychiatry)
2007 Dec
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Genetic influences on early word recognition abilities and disabilities: a study of 7-year-old twins.
Harlaar N, Spinath FM, Dale PS, Plomin R
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (J Child Psychol Psychiatry)
2005 Apr
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