Cormac Slosson Oral Reading Test

Cormac’s raw score (number right) of 26 words on the pretest for the Slosson Oral Reading Test (SORT) placed him in the 43rd percentile. His score at the 43rd percentile is considered to be slightly below average. Cormac’s miscues were visually similar to the target words. For example he read “fist” for “first” and “have” for “heavy” and “wat” for “what. ” Several of the words Cormac’s miscues included errors in digraphs or blends suggesting difficulty in recognizing and reading words with digraphs and blends in the beginning, middle, or final part in the words.

Cormac’s intervention will include explicit instruction in blends and digraphs.