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Download full textFarr, Roger – 1969
Research literature on measurement and evaluation in reading is described under six chapter headings: Measurement in reading: general perspectives, Problems in measuring reading subskills, Methods for assessing reading achievement, Assessing growth, Measurement of reading-related variables, and Summary: test uses and research needs. Following each…
Descriptors: Measurement, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
Farr, Roger – Curriculum Review, 1987
This discussion of assessing students' reading abilities focuses on the need for developing better tests and better interpretation of test scores. Criterion-referenced tests versus norm-referenced tests are described, highlighting the Degrees of Reading Power and Metropolitan Achievement Tests: Reading, and the need for assessing the reading…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests
Peer reviewedTulley, 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
