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Williams, Rihana Shiri; Ari, Omer; Santamaria, Carmen Nicole – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
Recent investigations challenge the construct validity of sustained silent reading tests. Performance of two groups of post-secondary students (e.g. struggling and non-struggling) on a sustained silent reading test and two types of cloze test (i.e. maze and open-ended) was compared in order to identify the test format that contributes greater…
Descriptors: Evidence, Cloze Procedure, Reading Comprehension, Investigations
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Triga, Anastassia – Journal of Research in Reading, 2004
Until recently there has been no nationally acceptable test for assessing reading for the higher grades (Five and Six) of the elementary schools in Greece. As part of an effort to validate such a test, evidence was gathered from teachers' rating scales. Seventy-two teachers from Fifth and Sixth Grades all over Greece evaluated their 1377 students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Test Results, Reading Ability