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Colenbrander, Danielle; Nickels, Lyndsey; Kohnen, Saskia – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2011
Response to Intervention (RTI) models of reading instruction have received much attention in the literature (Fuchs, Mock, Morgan, & Young, 2003; Hosp & Ardoin, 2008; Justice, 2006). Such models call for frequent and high-quality assessment of students' skills. One skill that is vital in the process of learning to read is the ability to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dyslexia, Reading Tests, Learning Processes
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Simpson, Michele L. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Provides a model for diagnosing and helping adult students who are having trouble reading in college. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics, Models
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Perkins, Kyle – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1998
This review of research on testing of second-language reading addresses: general areas of interest in reading research, assessment; adaptation of a suitable first-language reading comprehension model for second-language assessment; reliance on a top-down model of reading comprehension; validity of multiple-choice reading comprehension tests;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Research, Language Tests, Models
Cohen, Andrew D. – 1988
Four papers on reading in a second language are reviewed and discussed. They include a study of assessment and the difficulties inherent in the measurement of a construct as complex as reading comprehension. The other three deal with variables facilitating comprehension in reading. One supports an interactive model of reading rather than a…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Measurement Techniques, Models, Reading Comprehension
Negin, Gary A. – 1987
Noting that accurate procedures for predicting reading ability in school settings are necessary for a variety of purposes, this paper reviews methods for predicting reading ability and presents a new, more precise model for use at the second grade level. First, the paper defines reading expectancy as an informed estimate of the level of reading…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Grade 2, Individual Testing