The following sections of this BookRags Literature Study Guide is offprint from Gale's For Students Series: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction, Author Biography, Plot Summary, Characters, Themes, Style, Historical Context, Critical Overview, Criticism and Critical Essays, Media Adaptations, Topics for Further Study, Compare & Contrast, What Do I Read Next?, For Further Study, and Sources.
(c)1998-2002; (c)2002 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design and Thomson Learning are trademarks used herein under license.
The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: "Social Concerns", "Thematic Overview", "Techniques", "Literary Precedents", "Key Questions", "Related Titles", "Adaptations", "Related Web Sites". (c)1994-2005, by Walton Beacham.
The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults: "About the Author", "Overview", "Setting", "Literary Qualities", "Social Sensitivity", "Topics for Discussion", "Ideas for Reports and Papers". (c)1994-2005, by Walton Beacham.
All other sections in this Literature Study Guide are owned and copyrighted by BookRags, Inc.
Diagnoses reading problems and measures progress in oral reading.
The Gray Oral Reading Test (GORT-R) is an individual, timed test that diagnoses reading problems and measures progress in oral reading. The test is used with children and adolescents aged 7-17 and is usually administered by a special education teacher or reading specialist. A series of 13 increasingly difficult passages is read aloud, and the examiner records errors and notes the child's reading style. When a certain number of errors is made in two successive passages, the reading portion is ended, and the child is then asked several comprehension questions about each passage. The test takes 15-30 minutes depending on how much of it is completed. A separate score is derived for each passage based on reading rate and errors, and the passage scores are combined to yield a total score and then converted to standard scores and percentiles. GORT-R is useful in diagnosing specific problems such as skipping words, mispronunciation, and adding words. However, since it is a timed test, slower readers are penalized.