ERIC Number: EJ1186819
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Publication Date: 2018-Sep
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Tinfolec: A New French Web-Based Test for Reading Assessment in Primary School
Beauvais, Lucie; Bouchafa, Houria; Beauvais, Caroline; Kleinsz, Nina; Magnan, Annie; Ecalle, Jean
Canadian Journal of School Psychology, v33 n3 p227-241 Sep 2018
The goal of the experiment was to examine the relevance of a new French web-based assessment, Tinfolec (Test INFOrmatisé d'évaluation de la LECture), the aim of which is to evaluate the reading abilities of children in primary grades. The participants were 1,016 children from Grades 2 to 5. They completed the five tasks of Tinfolec designed to assess the efficiency of the two procedures used to identify written words (the nonlexical route and the lexical orthographic route). We tested the reliability and validity of the new tool in a subsection of this sample. Correlational analyses provided evidence of the reliability and validity of Tinfolec. The results are consistent with the conventionally observed effect of lexical factors (length, consistency, and frequency) on written word processing. The results confirm the relevance of the proposed tasks. The study produced promising results and would allow practitioners to perform online assessments of reading skills.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Evaluation, Reading Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Internet, Reading Ability, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Lexicology, Orthographic Symbols, Phonology, Decoding (Reading), Discrimination Learning, Naming, Scores
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France
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