GORT-5 Template
I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
_____ is an ______ year old male/female in the ______ grade. The Gray Oral Reading test – 5th
Edition, GORT-5, was administered on _______ in order to assess oral reading rate and accuracy,
oral reading comprehension and total oral reading ability.
II. DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSESSMENT
The GORT-5 is a norm-referenced, reliable test that yields valid results for oral reading,
accuracy, fluency, and comprehension for individuals ages 6 years 0 months (6-0) through 23
years 11 months (23-11). The GORT-5 has two parallel forms (A and B), each of which contains
16 separate stories. Five comprehension questions follow each story.
Scores on the GORT-5 estimate the following oral reading abilities:
•Rate. The Rate Score is derived from the amount of time in seconds taken by a student to read
a story aloud.
•Accuracy. The Accuracy Score is derived from the number of words the student pronounces
correctly when reading the passage.
•Fluency. The Fluency Score is a combination of the student’s Rate and Accuracy Scores.
•Comprehension. The Comprehension Score is the number o questions about the stories that the
student answers correctly.
•Oral Reading Index. TheOral Reading Index is a composite score formed by combining
student’s Fluency (ie. Rate and Accuracy) and Comprehension scaled scores.
III. OBSERVATIONS
_________ exhibited _______________ during the evaluation….
(Student behavior exhibited during the test.)
IV. SUMMARY OF THE ASSESSMENT
The Gray Oral Reading Test – Fifth Edition (GORT-5) was administered to assess __________’s
oral reading rate and accuracy, oral reading comprehension and total oral reading ability. The
GORT-5 also provides an analysis of oral reading miscues. Five types of miscues are analyzed:
meaning similarity, function similarity, graphic / phonemic similarity, multiple sources, and self-
correction. The scores for rate, accuracy, and comprehension are combined to form an overall
reading quotient. A summary of _______’s performance on the GORT-5 is presented below.
