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A Preliminary Description and Factor Analysis of a Broad Spectrum Battery for Assessing "Progress toward Reading Maturity."
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Manzo, Anthony V.; Casale, Ula Price – Reading Psychology, 1983
Describes a reading battery that was assembled to advance study and definitions of reading maturity. Factor analysis shows the battery to have greater implicit construct similarity to a popular taxonomy and diagnostic system than conventional measures typically address. (FL)
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research, Reading Tests
Cloze and Maze Instructional Techniques: Differences and Definitions.
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Valmont, William J. – Reading Psychology, 1983
Promulgates definitions of instructional maze and cloze procedures, clarifies the basic facets of the techniques, and discusses both the instructional and diagnostic functions of each. (FL)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension
Fast Reading Assessment Utilizing Discretion.
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Gunderson, Lee – Reading Psychology, 1985
Offers a humorous look at some approaches to research in reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Humor
Informal Reading Inventories--A Broader View.
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Blanchard, Jay; Johns, Jerry – Reading Psychology, 1986
Concludes that IRIs can be useful, flexible assessment and instruction tools in the hands of knowledgeable teachers. Offers suggestions for their use. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Diagnosis
Diagnosis, Assessment, and Remediation (ERIC Research Reviews).
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Greene, Beth G., Ed. – Reading Psychology, 1992
Provides 14 annotated citations from the ERIC database that focus on reading diagnosis, assessment, and remediation of learning-disabled college students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Dyslexia, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
A Comparison of Four Methods of Determining Instructional Reading Levels.
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Tulley, Michael A.; Farr, Roger – Reading Psychology, 1987
Examines the validity of estimates of instructional reading level produced by the Reading Comprehension Test of the 1986 Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT). Compares reading level estimates provided by the MAT, basal reader placement tests, an informal reading inventory, and classroom teachers' judgments. Suggests that each method, because of…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Elementary Education