26 Reading Recognition

Attachment 26
Reading Recognition

OMB: 0925-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

Name of test: Reading Recognition
Estimated time burden: 5 minutes (English version); 10 minutes (Spanish version)
Estimated number of items: 50 items (English); 70-125 depending on age and
prescreening performance (Spanish)1
NOTE: While parallel development procedures were employed to develop the
English and Spanish versions, they are independent measures (i.e., item
content—the particular words—differs). In final form, both the English and
Spanish versions will function identically as Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)administered measures. While development of the English version has been
completed for norming, the Spanish version is at the validation stage and a CAT
has not yet been constructed. Any differences between the two versions will be
summarized in the Spanish version section. Word lists (i.e., the item banks) for
both versions also appear below.
Materials:
Laptop & mouse
Monitor
Description:
The participant is asked to read and pronounce letters and words as accurately
as possible. For the youngest children, the initial items require them to
identify the letters in an array with 3 symbols or to identify a specific letter
in an array of 4 letters. Each administration is individualized using a
computerized adaptive format and requires approximately 5 minutes.
Overview:
Each participant will see a series of letters and words presented one at a time
on the computer screen. Items are presented in order of difficulty – the
computer adjusts the difficulty level of items depending on the
participant’s performance. The number of items presented will depend on
age, but will be approximately 50 for most participants. The computer will
administer each item one by one, in an untimed fashion, until the test is
completed.

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 1/2 hours per response, including
the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions
for reducing this burden to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD
20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-xxxx*) EXP: (xx/xxxx). Do not return the completed form to this address.

OMB: 0925-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
Scoring:
The test is scored automatically by the computer, but the examiner must record
whether each response is correct. As the participant pronounces a letter
or word, the examiner checks the pronunciation key on the screen and
clicks the Yes button if the pronunciation is correct or the No button if the
response is incorrect.
Note: It is essential that the examiner thoroughly review and master the item
pronunciation guide before administering this test and adhere to it for all
item scoring. The examiner should not rely on his/her own understanding
of word pronunciations based on previous experience.

Administration Instructions
Before beginning, the examiner should indicate the education level of the
participant on the opening screen.
Say: “Now I’m going to show you some letters and some words. I want you to
read each letter or word out loud. Read each one loud enough so that I
can hear you. Some will be easy and some will be hard. Don’t worry if
you don’t know the word or its meaning – just read it out loud the best you
can. Let’s begin.”
When the first item appears, say: “Tell me, what is this letter/word?” (Say
whichever is appropriate. This prompt can be repeated as many times as
is needed.)
For children ages 3-4, the first item(s) will require the participant to point to a
letter rather than name it. Follow the on-screen instructions. Note: One
or more of these items may be administered to older participants,
depending on their performance on the test and what the computer
selects to display for a given participant.
If the participant says: “I don’t know this one” or “I can’t read it,” say: “It is OK if
you don’t know the word or what it means – just try to read it as best you
can.” This prompt can be used to reassure participants if they refuse to
read the letters/words. If, after prompting, a participant refuses to offer a
response, mark the item incorrect (No) and the computer will move on to
the next item.
Once the examiner scores an item (selects Yes or No), the computer will
proceed to the next item. If the examiner needs to go back and change
a score for a response, he/she needs to select the GO BACK button, return
to the previous screen, and then change the response score. Note:
changing the score of a response may affect the item the participant will
see when the screen refreshes.

OMB: 0925-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

Sample Participant Screen (English version; not to scale)

OMB: 0925-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

Spanish version
Estimate of time burden and number of items listed above.
Materials:
Same as above
Description:
Same as above except that the Spanish version is not administered as a
computerized adaptive test.
General Task Overview:
Same as above except that participants will receive 70-125 words depending
on age and performance on a set of screening items. (The screener consists of 9
items, and routes participants to 1 of 4 forms of fixed length within form but
varying in length across forms.)
Scoring:
Same as above
Administration Instructions:
Before beginning, the examiner should indicate the age of the participant;
education level is not needed for the Spanish version in its current form. Also,
changing the score of a response will not affect the next item the participant will
see, as within form the Spanish forms are linear/fixed.

OMB: 0925-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
English items:
Z
X
P

pale
safe
band

manila
ancient
biscuit

tenebrous
appellate
heuristic

exacerbating
etymological
conviviality

M
C
D
S

gold
mere
myth
flux

fascist
germane
gingham
purport

hyperbole
anomalous
enunciate
repudiate

circumference
preponderance
surreptitious
transposition

N
O
J
Y
W

beau
crux
hone
lull
quip

respite
beguile
chassis
trestle
viscous

vehicular
dolorific
empirical
reliquary
lieutenant

deliquescence
recrudescence
scintillating
suffrutescent
choreographer

U
R
A
is

poet
poky
would
their

assuage
juncous
clarity
dilemma

loquacious
ballistics
nonchalant
pernicious

platitudinous
anachronistic
imperiousness
perfunctorily

he
as
on
for

these
meant
tough
suite

echelon
viscera
acolyte
amplify

debauchery
imprimatur
obsequious
adjudicate

pusillanimous
synechdochism
dissolubility
imperspicuity

one
you
her
all
may
did

lymph
joist
whelp
about
pupil
liver

bucolic
dowager
heretic
issuant
potable
utopian

apocryphal
circuitous
apopemptic
insouciant
ostensibly
automatism

fringillaceous
reconnaissance
accrementitial
brobdingnagian
cucurbitaceous
eccentricities

men
art
tax

pious
resin
libel

satiety
campaign
doctrine

mischievous
expostulate
cylindrical

forisfamiliate
lugubriousness
magniloquently

bad
sir
box
pat

abate
annul
belie
cello

sergeant
mystique
penchant
succinct

androgynous
belligerent
deferential
vicissitude

ranunculaceous
saxifragaceous
sesquipedalian
ecclesiastical

fly

demur

indebted

malevolence

verisimilitude

OMB: 0925-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
tea
bet
gel

edict
kayak
poser

ablation
coercive
quixotic

oscillating
penultimate
sanguineous

diamantiferous
imparidigitate
recapitulatory

spa
any
our
era

sinew
abysm
usury
writhe

vehement
epilogue
picayune
fumigant

eclecticism
malapropism
achromatism
perspicuity

valetudinarian
of
to
in

this
have
were
some
much
both
side

during
nature
bureau
regime
rhythm
chorus
doting

gelastic
plethora
innuendo
nihilism
temerity
effigial
conscious

valedictory
insinuation
amicability
inauspicious
acquiescence
interstitial
recalcitrant

it
at
be
or
Point to the letter.
Point to the letter.
Point to the 'B.'

town
type
feed
stay

ersatz
palate
sedate
stifle

zeitgeist
allotment
aesthetic
synthesis

ecstatically
fenestration
exaggeration
excruciating

Point to the 'e.'
try
deny
munity

pool
heat
bank
laid

effete
renown
vassal
foment

credulous
facetious
imbroglio
pedagogue

incorrigible
parsimonious
supercilious
abstemiously

titular
pseudonym
stochastic
entrepreneur

camp
rock
seek

minion
nutate
regent

precipice
stevedore
subjugate

annunciating
irrevocability
antagonizing
dodecahedral

OMB: 0925-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
Spanish items:
O
A
P
L
X
S
U
R
C
Z
D
N
Q
J
Y
M
W
la
un
es
al
me
le
ha
mi
fe
que
muy
fue
día
feo
tío
mío
vez

gallina
brazo
brillo
cruz
gira
real
fijo
león
niña
jefe
cañon
lluvia
país
afán
imán
atún
apto
zaga
laca
puja
euro
neón
anís
afín
orín
algún
razón
atrás
común
jamás
latín
adiós
rabia
honda

cúbico
listón
hálito
sobria
carmín
vírica
filial
pulcro
familia
interés
dólares
próximo
células
jóvenes
ciencia
técnica
rigidez
azafrán
réquiem
túnicas
gónadas
avícola
exótica
bohemia
cónicas
burgués
híbrido
verdugo
mientras
carácter
ejército
análisis
espíritu
imágenes

dársena
metrónomo
pómez
cítara
médanos
hálito
apócrifo
sátira
efímero
jácaras
hipérbole
vástago
súbita
túmulo
trémula
índole
vorágine
sarcófago
caifás
subcomité
sicótico
osmio
guaraní
hectárea
apólogo
ástato
hexágono
efebo
épico
élite
bífida
exangüe
estentórea
dádiva

parafernalia
meteorólogos
cuadrilátero
alucinógenos
antropofagia
cancerígenos
desequilibrio
psicoanálisis
quimioterapia
idiosincrasia
esquizofrenia
inverosímiles
cinematógrafo
paleontólogos
inflacionaria
arquidiócesis
endecasílabos
enriquecedora
inmunoterapia
condiscípulos
mercadotecnia
espectrómetro
radioisótopos
concesionaria
espectrógrafo
quincuagésimo
bacteriófagos
lacrimógenas
extraordinaria
característica
arquitectónico
medioambiental
historiografía
hidroeléctrica

OMB: 0925-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
oír
pero
cae
ella
doy
ave
perro
gris
flor
leche
noche
techo
gato
garra
bate
queso
llave
gordo
juez
plato
playa
grano
primo
fruta

fusil
guisa
danés
flúor
mesón
rehén
tacón
argón
recia
cuando
además
música
ningún
década
quizás
inglés
alemán
recién
cuñado
feudal
lúcida
desván
nítido
vellón

película
cantábrica
fenómeno
etcétera
perífrasis
ilícitas
gástrico
antídoto
fonético
homónimo
calumnia
inéditas
armónica
cubículo
histórico
atmósfera
península
escultórica
periféricas
patología
divisoria
alquitrán
escuadrón
sánscrita

aristócratas
escurridizo
esbozo
atónito
clámide
áurea
monómero
óbolo
apolíneo
pábulo
cábala
mucílago
sebáceo
pócima
fécula
rácano
petrolíferas
gasterópodos
hospitalaria
polipéptidos
bacteriólogo
estadounidense
fluorescente
vulcanología

antinarcóticos
presupuestaria
meteorológicos
multitudinaria
espantapájaros
irracionalidad
macromoléculas
simpatiquísimo
partenogénesis
polinucleótido
desperezándose
interferómetro
escabulléndose
carcinogénesis
cualquier
yema
secundaria
trayectoria
espectáculo
archipiélago
antonomasia
antropófago
fotosíntesis