Reviews the Reading Diagnostic Tests which form part of the battery of survey and diagnostic Metropolitan Achievement Tests. Finds the tests to be an impressive tool for diagnosing the reading strengths and weaknesses of elementary and junior high students. (RS)

Describes four types of reading tests that can be used by high school and college teachers of reading. (RB)

Describes a group reading inventory that deals with high interest, adolescent-theme literature, noting its strong and weak points. (AEA)

Provides a model for diagnosing and helping adult students who are having trouble reading in college. (HOD)

Reviews the Reading Placement Test published by the College Entrance Examination Board in conjunction with Educational Testing Service. Notes that it is a short, easy to administer test of reading comprehension designed for entering college students; outlines its possible uses. (MKM)

Contains a review of the reading tests for use in diagnosis at the secondary level. (RB)

Encourages reading teachers to use journal writing by college students to look beyond basic skill deficiencies, to seek and monitor physical, emotional, psychological, and environmental factors that may impair students' progress in reading. (SRT)

Reports the results of a state survey that examined community college reading assessment and diagnostic tools and makes recommendations about appropriate assessment and diagnostic tools for community colleges. (HOD)

Describes the "Textbook Awareness and Performance Profile," an interview procedure for teachers or reading specialists to identify students strengths and weaknesses in reading and understanding textbooks. Offers guidelines for use, includes the instrument itself, and discusses its application to instruction. (SR)

Suggests that continually refined and segmented reading assessment measures may be contributing to reading problems. Discusses three solutions to reading difficulties that have become problems themselves and suggests that more holistic, socially interactive teaching methods are a better solution to reading disabilities. (HTH)

Describes a testing task and scoring instrument for determining a reader's comprehension. (HTH)

Describes a series of reading tests devised especially for students in a vocational school. (RB)

Discusses the uses and limitations of a test designed to identify that reading disabled subgroup whose principal deficit is in the ability to deal with visual stimuli holistically. (AEA)

Describes the uses and limitations of the revised Reading Evaluation Adult Diagnosis test. (HOD)