Is the Degrees of Reading Power Test Valid or Invalid?.

Carver, Ronald P.

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ERIC Number: EJ322075

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Publication Date: 1985

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Is the Degrees of Reading Power Test Valid or Invalid?

Carver, Ronald P.

Journal of Reading, v29 n1 p34-41 Oct 1985

Argues that the Degrees of Reading Power test is not a valid tool for its main purpose, matching students to appropriate texts, because the test's units of text difficulty are not uniformly comparable to the test's units used to reflect a reader's ability. (HOD)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Ability, Reading Material Selection, Reading Tests, Test Reliability, Test Use, Test Validity

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Degrees of Reading Power Test

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