title: Rate of Reading Test: its reliability, and its validity in the assessment of the effects of coloured overlays.
abstract: A simple reading test that can be undertaken by disabled readers is described. The test is suitable for use in the optometric clinic, taking less than 2 minutes to administer per passage. Test-retest scores are acceptably reliable. The test reveals increases in the speed of reading when coloured overlays are used both (1) in children who have made long-term use of coloured overlays for reading, and (2) in children who will subsequently do so.
authors.affiliation: MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jeanes
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Pumfrey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laskier
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009907:Optometry / Q000379:methods; D011932:Reading; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors