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Comprehension Testing: Functions and Procedures.
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Wulz, S. Vanost – Reading Teacher, 1979
Understanding the purposes of different types of testing is essential if test results are to be interpreted properly. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Update on State Assessment Programs (Questions and Answers).
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Jongsma, Kathleen Stumpf – Reading Teacher, 1989
Discusses several new educational assessment procedures implemented in Illinois and Michigan school districts. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Using Scores from Standardized Reading Achievement Tests.
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Baumann, James F.; Stevenson, Jennifer A. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Offers a procedure that will allow classroom teachers to use standardized reading achievement test scores in order to make appropriate decisions about placing students in instructional programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
Test-Taking Skills for Standardized Tests of Reading.
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Stewart, Oran; Green, Dan S. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Discusses test-taking skills and their application to tests of reading achievement. Presents a rationale for teaching these skills, lists a comprehensive set of skills relevant to standardized reading tests, and offers suggestions for teaching the skills and helping children use them. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Tests
Reading Assessments of the Future: Toward Precision Diagnosis.
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Henk, William A. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Concludes that modified standard reading inventories may be made more useful for assessing the specific abilities and needs of disabled readers. Offers suggestions for making modifications. (FL)
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
How to Look at the Testing Components of Basal Reading Series.
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Turner, Susan Douglas – Reading Teacher, 1984
Provides a system for evaluating both the quality and the appropriateness of the placement and instructional tests that accompany basal reading series. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Material Selection