Abstract

FERNANDES, Débora Cecilio  and  SISTO, Fermino Fernandes. Development of a computerized orthography assessment test. Aval. psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.3, pp. 308-317. ISSN 1677-0471.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15689/ap.2016.1503.03.

This study aimed to develop a new computerized version of the Word Recognition Assessment Scale. The scale was initially administered in 2001 to 338 students from second to fifth grades of three schools from São Paulo’s countryside. Children’s mean age was 8.81 years old (SD=.42). In 2013, the computerized version was administered to 269 students from second to fifth grades, whose mean age was 8.90 (SD=1.06). Some 116 items were eliminated, based on difficulty index, redundant difficulty levels, adjustment indexes and linguistic difficulty, originating a scale composed of 55 items. Rasch analysis evidenced a better adjustment, and ANOVA indicated significant differences among children from second to fifth grades. Results were interpreted as validity evidences for the new version of the instrument. Nevertheless, further psychometric studies are necessary.

Keywords : writing; orthography; psychometrics.

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