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Peer reviewedHarker, W. John – Reading Horizons, 1990
Discusses several problems associated with standardized testing. Proposes possible solutions to these problems, and calls for a new perspective on testing which utilizes informal tests and teacher observations of reading behavior. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Assessment, Reading Instruction, Reading Tests
Direct linkGuzzetti, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Living in an age of communication, literacy is an extremely integral part of our society. We are impacted by literature during our infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. "Literacy for the New Millennium" includes information from specialists in the field who discuss the influence of popular culture, media, and technology on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Literacy Education, Educational Technology
Download full textRakes, Thomas A.; McWilliams, Lana J. – 1978
The results from two informal measures (a cloze test and a group reading inventory and a standardized reading test were compared in a study of instruments available for measuring adult reading performance. The three instruments were administered to 158 undergraduates enrolled in reading improvement classes. From this group, 75 subjects were…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
North York Board of Education, Willowdale (Ontario). – 1977
The four sections of this guide provide information for use by educators who wish to find means other than standardized tests for assessing the reading performance of students. The first section of the guide deals with two methods of determining the readability of classroom materials, the Fry Readability Graph and the cloze procedure. The second…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Informal Assessment
