
A pupil's ability to read at a given age can be tested and compared with the average reading ability of other children of that age. This comparison produces a `Reading Age'.
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This tells you the current level of a child`s performance in a particular area of reading such as comprehension or word recognition skills. For example, a nine-year old child with a reading age of nine is assumed to be performing at the national average for his or her age. Another child aged nine years with a reading age of 10, is assumed to be developmentally 12 months ahead of his or her peers in reading.
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A measurement of a pupil`s reading ability based on standard national tests defining normal attainment at that age.
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Level of comprehension of written material, that is usually expressed as an `age`, according to the average level of comprehension for children of that age. The reading age of average readers closely follows their chronological age, until it reaches 15 years, which is usually the oldest age tested. The system becomes significant when a pe...
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