A preliminary item analysis of the ‘Durrell Listening-Reading Series’ was carried out on 380 English-speaking, Standard 3 children. This test is unique in that it provides comparable measures of reading and aural comprehension.
The results indicated that although the performance of the South African children compared favourably with that of the American children on this test, it would be necessary to adapt the test extensively in order to make it more suitable for South African usage.
