This book REPLACES a previous version: New Version is: ISBN: 9780941995375. New version has identical content as the older version. The only difference is: The new one is Perfect Bound for strength (Not comb-bound). HOW WELL DOES YOUR CHILD/TEENAGER READ? HOW WELL DOES YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE READ? HOW WELL DO YOU READ The Blumenfeld Oral Reading Assessment Test, created by noted reading expert/author Samuel L. Blumenfeld, allows teacher/parent to determine approximate reading grade level of any reader, of any age (2nd grade to 12). Easy to administer. Takes about 30 minutes to do. Anyone can give the test to a student. It includes complete, simple instructions for the person conducting the Test. (Since it is an ORAL test there is also Audio pronunciation CD is available for Tester to be sure of pronunciations - see below) The student is asked to pronounce 380 words during the test. The words progress from easy to harder. The Teacher marks an error for each mispronounced word. The Teacher listens to the student pronounce the words in the Test list. Based on the number of incorrectly pronounced words the Teacher can score their student from the second grade to the 12th grade level of proficiency. The Blumenfeld Oral Reading Assessment Test contains five BEFORE test sets and also includes another set of five AFTER tests which can be used after remediation has been completed. This enables Teacher/Tester to measure progress of up to five different students both BEFORE utilizing reading remediation work and AFTER remediation work is accomplished. Simple, inexpensive, durable, accurate, proven and reusable. (Why an ORAL Test? See About the Author for answer) Here is what you get: The Background of the Test; its origin. The Explanation of how it works; how is it scored. For the Student: a 380 word test with words that progress from the simple to the most difficult words (38 sets of 10 words in each). For the Parent/Teacher: A Pronunciation CD ROM pronouncing all 380 test words IS available (Sold separately). The words in the BEFORE Test and the words in the AFTER test are different but of equal quality of easy to difficult. Here is what you can do: Anyone can administer this Test in 15 to 30 minutes depending on the age and ability of the person to be tested. You will be able to quickly score the grade level of that person from second to 12th grade in seconds. You will learn how to go about correcting the problem if one is found; you learn what materials you can obtain to provide the remediation that might be needed (Materials which are also very inexpensive and easy to use). Then you can conduct an AFTER Test when remediation work is finished. The test was developed by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld after years of testing it in both private and public schools and also using it through years of private tutoring. The ISBN for the NEW Blumenfeld Oral Reading Assessment Test is: 9780941995375. Some Teachers/Parents may encounter a pronunciation problem (Knowing precisely what the pronunciation of a given word is that they will be listening to the student pronounce) and need a little help being sure of the pronunciation of the words the student will be asked to pronounce - which is the basis of the test. A Pronunciation CD ROM which pronounces all 380 words in the test (Both the BEFORE and AFTER sets of words) ISBN is: 9780941995221 is available from Amazon.com. Now you can find out where your student, or any adult, is in their reading ability with ease. And to TEACH phonics reading to your student get the renowned Alpha-Phonics A Primer for Beginning Readers by Blumenfeld. Now at a special price. See it on Amazon.com by entering: 9780941995320