10-second review: Ability to name familiar colors, objects, digits and letters predicts reading success and should be included in assessment batteries of tests.
Title: "Naming Speed and Reading: From Prediction to Instruction." J.R. Kirby, et al. Reading Research Quarterly (July/ August/ September 2010), pp. 341-362.
Quote: "Reading is complex, and so it should not be surprising that the factors contributing to reading success or failure are multiple. Our purpose in this article is to review the evidence regarding one such factor known as naming speed or Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN)...." P. 341.
Quote: "Briefly, naming speed refers to how quickly an individual can pronounce the name of a set of familiar stimuli: For example, a student may be shown a page of 50 color patches (e.g., red, green, yellow, blue, black) presented in semi-random order and asked to name them as quickly as possible. The four types of stimuli that have been used most often are colors, objects, digits and letters." P. 341.
Quote: "In conclusion a great deal has been learned about naming speed and its relation to reading, and a great deal remains to be learned. Research has firmly established that naming speed is an important predictor of many facets of reading.... There is thus a strong case for it to be included in early assessment batteries. There is not yet a strong case for instruction to improve naming speed, but there is a case for developing ways to help students with slow naming speed." P. 356.
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