The Reading Grade Level of Common Measures in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Psychological Assessment

Department

Psychology

ISSN

1040-3590

Volume

18

Issue

3

DOI

10.1037/1040-3590.18.3.346

First Page

346

Last Page

352

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide easily accessible readability information for 49 parent- and 35 child- and adolescent-report measures commonly used by clinicians and researchers. There is a great deal of variability in reading ability required across measures. The majority of parent-report measures (65%) required reading ability above the 8th grade level. The average child-/adolescent-report measure required reading ability above the 6th grade level. Given the potential contribution of readability to a measure’s reliability, validity, and overall utility, examining and accounting for readability should be a more common practice in test construction and administration.

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