Functional equivalence of the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Schonell reading tests and NART norms in the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project

Kim M. Kiely; Mary A. Luszcz; Olivier Piguet; Helen Christensen; Hayley Bennett; Kaarin J. Anstey

doi:10.1080/13803395.2010.527321

Functional equivalence of the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Schonell reading tests and NART norms in the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project

Kim M. Kiely, Mary A. Luszcz, Olivier Piguet, Helen Christensen, Hayley Bennett, Kaarin J. Anstey

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This study investigates the functional equivalence of two measures of irregular word pronunciation - National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Schonell - which are popular instruments used to assess verbal neurocognitive functioning and to estimate premorbid IQ. We report norms for the NART in a pooled sample from 3 Australian population-based studies of adults aged 65-103 years. Norms were stratified by sex and age left school in 5-year age groups. The NART and the Schonell had a strong linear relation, allowing for the imputation of NART scores based on Schonell performance within 1 study. Neither measure was sensitive to the effects of sex after adjusting for the effects of age and education. Early school leavers performed worse on both measures. Data pooling enables greater precision and improved generalizability of NART norms than do methods that use single older adult samples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	410-421
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2010.527321
Publication status	Published - Apr 2011

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Kiely, K. M., Luszcz, M. A., Piguet, O., Christensen, H., Bennett, H., & Anstey, K. J. (2011). Functional equivalence of the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Schonell reading tests and NART norms in the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33(4), 410-421. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2010.527321

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Functional equivalence of the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Schonell reading tests and NART norms in the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project. / Kiely, Kim M.; Luszcz, Mary A.; Piguet, Olivier et al.
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