In 10 minutes or less, this convenient screener gives you a reliable estimate of general reading ability. Its innovative item format requires examinees to match phrases and pictures, drawing on both word recognition and comprehension skills. This makes the QPRT relevant to a variety of real-world reading tasks. It’s more informative than a simple word recognition test, yet much quicker than a traditional reading comprehension measure.
Matching Phrases With Pictures
The QPRT is composed of 26 short phrases and 35 simple line drawings. The examinee reads each phrase, scans the drawings, and chooses the image that best represents the meaning of the phrase.
Appropriate for ages 8 to 89, the test can be administered to individuals or groups. It offers two convenient AutoScore™ Test Forms—one for adults (17 to 89 years) and one for children (8 to 19 years of age). These forms are identical in item content and presentation, though different norms apply to each. They overlap in age so that users can choose the form that’s more appropriate for 17- to 19-year-olds, who may be in either a school or work setting.
The QPRT has a 10-minute time limit, which is more than sufficient for most examinees. (The purpose of the time limit is simply to discourage respondents from prolonging the task.) Instructions to examinees are written at a third-grade reading level and printed directly on the test forms. Typically, administration and scoring can be handled by support personnel.
A Clear-Cut Reading Index Score
It takes only a couple of minutes to score the QPRT and obtain a Reading Index (which is a standard score). In addition, you can convert raw scores to percentile ranks and grade equivalents.
QPRT norms are based on a sample of 2,826 English-speaking individuals (1,203 adults and 1,876 children, with each group including approximately 270 late adolescents). For ages 7 to 12, norms are presented at 1-year intervals; for ages 13 to 16, at 2-year intervals; and for ages 17 to 19, in aggregate. For adults, normative data are grouped by decade. All groups except the oldest (80 to 89 years of age) are composed of at least 100 individuals.
In terms of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, the standardization sample represents the general U.S. population. Data from a diverse clinical sample of 480 adults and children are presented to demonstrate the criterion-related validity of the Reading Index Score.
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