Gray Oral Reading Tests--Fourth Edition (GORT-4)

by J. Lee Wiederholt and Brian R. Bryant

The GORT-4 provides an objective measure of growth in oral reading and helps diagnose oral reading
difficulties. This version features updated and expanded norms, new reliability and validity data, and studies
showing absence of gender and ethnic bias. In addition, a new, easier reading passage was added.
The GORT-4 includes two equivalent forms (A and B), that can be used interchangeably. This allows the
examiner to study an individual's oral reading progress over time. Both forms contain 14 developmentally
sequenced passages, each followed by 5 comprehension questions. The test provides scores for Rate,
Accuracy, Fluency, and Comprehension. These are reported as standard scores, percentile ranks, and grade
equivalents. The Fluency and Comprehension scores are combined to obtain an Oral Reading Quotient.
The GORT-4 is appropriate for students from 6-0 through 18-11 years of age. The standardization sample
includes more than 1,600 typical students from various geographic, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic
backgrounds.
Administration time varies from 20 to 30 minutes. The examiner records the student's reading rate,
deviations from the printed passages, and miscues. The Manual provides clear scoring guidelines and a
system for analyzing miscues in four areas: Meaning Similarity, Function Similarity, Graphic/Phonemic
Similarity, and Self-Correction.
The GORT-4 is widely used to identify students who are significantly below their peers in oral reading
proficiency, to determine reading strengths and weaknesses of individual students, and to document reading
progress as a consequence of intervention.

Component
KIT: Includes Manual; 1 Reusable Student Book; 50 Profile/Examiner Record Forms (25 each of Forms A and
B)