Validity and Reliability of the Test of Early Reading Ability-Second Edition with Preschool Age Children

Abstract

Criterion validity and test-retest reliability across the two forms of the Test of Early Reading Ability-Second Edition were examined. 18 preschool age children, 4 boys and 14 girls, between the ages of 37 and 59 mo. (M = 48.5, SD = 7.6) were randomly administered Forms A and B as well as the sound-blending, letter-word identification, spelling, and sound-awareness reading subtests from the 2001 Woodcock Johnson–III. Correlations were moderate between the children's performance on the Test of Early Reading Ability–2 Forms A and B and their reading subtest scores from the Woodcock Johnson–III and also between Forms A and B of the Test of Early Reading Ability–2. However, Forms A and B of the Test of Early Reading Ability–2 were not clinically equivalent.