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A NOTE OF CAUTION CONCERNING THE NEALE ANALYSIS OF READING ABILITY (REVISED)
Author(s) -
STOTHARD SUE,
HULME CHARLES
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1991.tb00978.x
Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , test (biology) , reading comprehension , comprehension , developmental psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , paleontology , biology
S ummary . The Neale Analysis of Reading Ability, which is a popular measure of reading accuracy and comprehension skills, has recently been revised (1989). This paper outlines some shortcomings of the revised test. Form 2 of the test is systematically biased against boys, and suffers from an inappropriate gradation in question difficulty.