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Download full textTindal, Gerald; And Others – 1983
The purposes of this study were to examine the reliability and validity of a basal reading series mastery test, and to explore the appropriateness and usefulness of two strategies for investigating the reliability and validity of criterion-referenced tests. Subjects were 47 sixth graders, who were tested on the SRA Reading Achievement Test, the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Green, Donald Ross; Langhorst, Beth Hoover – 1986
The passage dependence of an item refers to the degree to which it is necessary to read the associated passage in order to be able to answer that item correctly. This paper studies the value of obtaining data about passage dependence in the construction of reading comprehension achievement tests. Passage dependence indices were examined in several…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Hildebrand, Myrene; Hoover, H. D. – 1986
This study compared the reliability and validity of two different measures of reading ability, the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Reading test and the ITBS Vocabulary test. The data consisted of scores of 377 grade 5 and grade 6 students on these tests, along with their assigned reading levels in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Correlation, Grade 5, Grade 6
Layton, Kent – 1983
A study was conducted to determine if a teacher-constructed cloze procedure correlated significantly with two standardized tests of reading achievement, thereby testing G.D. Spache's claim that most teachers are unable to design valid and reliable assessment materials. Subjects were 60 fourth and sixth grade students who were administered the…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 6
