Medical Achievement Reading Test
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Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension
Specific context:
Health Promotion
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years, Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
42
Sample size in validation study:
405
Administration Time (minutes):
5 minutes
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Hanson-Divers, E.C. Developing a medical achievement reading test to evaluate patient literacy skills: a preliminary study. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 8(1):56-69.
Corresponding author
E.Christine Hanson-Divers
Description
General medical word recognition test modeled after the WRAT, with small font size and glossy covering to resemble prescription bottles
Year Measure first Published: 1997
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
No
Scoring categories:
Raw scores tabulated by adding the number of words correctly pronounced with the number of letters correctly pronounced; possible range: 0-42. Converted into grade level equivalences similar to the WRAT.
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
Content validity:
The MART's content validity was established in the word placement used to formulate the test. Since the WRAT had already been determined to have content validity, the word placement of the MART was based on the WRAT's word placement. To ensure the same content validity, the words on the MART were set up to have the same length and syllables as the corresponding words on the WRAT.
