I Can Read: Is There Really a Difference Between the Reading Levels of Second and Third Grade Students?

Overview

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if there is a difference between teh reading level of second graders and third graders as determined by the Oral Diagnostic Reading Tests from the Phonetic Reading Chain by Ruth Worden Frank. Methods/Materials Nineteen second graders and eleven third graders were given four tests, two oral and two written to determine if htere is a difference in their basic reading skills. Test #1 is pairs of short vowels that the teacher sounds out and the students respond to as "same" or "different" on their paper. Test #2 was the letters of hte alphabet in random order read by the teacher; each student wrote down the letter they heard. Test #3 is also letters of the alphabet in random order, but the students read them aloud. The last test, Test #4, is administered in the same way as the third, but with a list of sight words instead of letters of the alphabet. The tests are graded and analyzed using the chi-squared statistical analysis. Results Results show that there were only slight differenced in the scores- and reading level as determined by the tests used-. This was confirmed by the chi-squared statistical analysis. Conclusions/Discussion There is no difference between the reading level of second graders and third graders when determined by the Phonetic Reading Chain Tests by Ruth Worden Frank. The data was confirmed by a chi-squared statistical analysis. Further experimentation should be performed to determine how much progress is made from start to finish of elementary school by testing the same group of students every year.

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• CSEF 2002 Behavioral Sciences · Entry S0318

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