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Download full textMassey, Cynthia C.; Shippen, Margarett E.; Flores, Margaret M.; Head, Cindy – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2020
This study investigated the effects of an instructional technology device, specifically, a computer-based graphic organizer, called the "Real-World Connections Vocabulary" graphic organizer (Ellis, 2015), on vocabulary acquisition for college entrance testing skills of students with high-incidence disabilities. Although graphic…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Vocabulary, Students with Disabilities, Instructional Materials
Ghaith, Ghazi; El-Sanyoura, Hind – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
This study investigated the reported use of metacognitive reading strategies and their interplay with the reading comprehension of 119 tenth grade learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) enrolled in five randomly-selected public schools in South Lebanon. In addition, the study examined the relative role of the global, problem-solving, and…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Metacognition, Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension
Direct linkDawadi, Saraswati; Shrestha, Prithvi N. – Educational Assessment, 2018
There has been a steady interest in investigating the validity of language tests in the last decades. Despite numerous studies on construct validity in language testing, there are not many studies examining the construct validity of a reading test. This paper reports on a study that explored the construct validity of the English reading test in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construct Validity, Reading Tests, English (Second Language)
Koo, Jin; Becker, Betsy Jane; Kim, Young-Suk – Language Testing, 2014
In this study, differential item functioning (DIF) trends were examined for English language learners (ELLs) versus non-ELL students in third and tenth grades on a large-scale reading assessment. To facilitate the analyses, a meta-analytic DIF technique was employed. The results revealed that items requiring knowledge of words and phrases in…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Reading Tests, English Language Learners, Native Speakers
Reading Competencies for Shelf Tests. Wisconsin Competency-Based Testing Program. Bulletin No. 5192.
Thoman, John; Brewer, Ben – 1984
The competencies, item specifications, and sample items for the reading measures devised for the Wisconsin Competency-Based Testing Program are provided in this booklet. Following lists of reading competencies to be tested for grades three, seven, and ten, the booklet presents guidelines used in preparing the tests and test items; general item…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 3
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1989
Background information is provided about the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) reading test, a test developed to meet the objectives specified by the State Board of Education in 1986. The revised test measures reading in a more interactive manner than did previous tests. The rationale of the test is presented, the revised reading…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 4
