The Sub-lexical Reading Task for assessing primary school children’s reading abilities
Gianni Calgaro, Enrico Toffalini, Cesare Cornoldi
This paper illustrates a new test, particularly suited to beginner readers, which overcomes the difficulties encountered in the analogous test included in the programme «Dislessia e trattamento sublessicale» [«Dyslexia and sub-lexical treatment»] (Cazzaniga et al., 2005). The new test Prova di Lettura Sublessicale – PLS [«Sub-lexical Reading Task»] requires the child to read out loud a series of individual or pairs of syllables (printed in capital letters) that frequently occur in Italian words. The task has adequate psychometric properties and is capable of identifying children who will later present reading difficulties.
Keywords
Early predictors of reading, reading difficulties, early reading assessment.