Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR)

The Feifer Assessment of Reading is designed to assess the underlying cognitive and linguistic processes that support proficient reading skills. The FAR offers a comprehensive testing of reading and related processes. It is unique in that it helps you determine the examinee’s specific sub-type of dyslexia which once identified, assist in creating an intervention treatment to improve the examinee’s reading skills.

Author: Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed.
Purpose: Examine the underlying cognitive and linguistic processes that support proficient reading skills
Ages: 4-21 years
Administration: Individual
Published: 2015
Forms: Screener and full battery
Administration Time: 15 – 75 minutes
Number of Subtests: 15
Qualification Level B

Description

Indexes:

• Phonological
• Fluency
• Comprehension
• Mixed
• Total

Features and Benefits

• The FAR tells you WHY a student struggles to read so you can determine HOW to intervene.
• Comprises 15 individual subtests measuring:
  – vocabulary
  – phonological awareness
  – decoding skills
  – rapid automatic naming
  – comprehension skills
  – orthographical processing
  – morphological processing
  – word memory
  – reading fluency
• An optional Screening Form Kit contains three subtests.
• Takes a neurodevelopmental approach to reading assessment.
• Addresses four subtypes of dyslexia.
• Can be used for general screening of dyslexia, progress monitoring, diagnosis of a reading disability, and design of a specific intervention.
• Includes an item-level skills and error analysis.
• Standardized on a national U.S. sample of 1,074.