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Passage Dependency: Four Diagnostic Oral Reading Tests
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Allington, Richard L.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1977
Concludes that the four reading comprehension tests examined in this study tend to measure general knowledge rather than comprehension skills. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
The Inventory of Teacher Knowledge of Reading--A Validation
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Kingston, Albert J.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1975
Concludes that the "Inventory of Teacher Knowledge of Reading" is valid in discriminating between the specialist and non-specialist in reading, but that it fails to verify the seven components that the authors claim to measure. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Measurement Instruments, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Test Review: Standardized Reading Inventory (SRI).
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Mathewson, Grover C. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Concludes that the instrument reviewed is a carefully designed test incorporating a new interpretation of standardization and improved definitions of traditional reading levels. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Tests
Standardizing a Reading Test
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Schwartz, Judy I. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Some basic facts about test construction and uses and abuses of standardized measures. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Norms
Reading Assessments of the Future: Toward Precision Diagnosis.
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Henk, William A. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Concludes that modified standard reading inventories may be made more useful for assessing the specific abilities and needs of disabled readers. Offers suggestions for making modifications. (FL)
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
Test Review: Prueba del Desarrollo Inicial del Lenguaje.
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Crawford, Alan N. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Concludes that the PDIL (the Spanish version of the Test of Early Language Development) should be used with caution. Since its reliability and validity were determined with the English language version, the method used to translate test items may have some ambiguities, and some illustrations on picture cards may not be culturally appropriate for…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Language Skills, Oral Language