The revised dolch list: Data and rationale

This article describes the development of the Revised Dolch List and presents information and research findings to support the claim that the Revised Dolch List has the following advantages over the original Dolch list: it is current; it contains words in the speaking vocabularies of young children; it accounts for a large percentage of words in basal readers; and it is useful at all levels of reading instruction. The Revised Dolch List is included in the article.