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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ819715
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Dec
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-1547-688X
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PRAXIS Practice Test Items Over-Simplify Reading Issues
Chase, Margaret E.
New Educator, v2 n4 p331-334 Dec 2006
This essay discusses the author's encounter with PRAXIS II test preparation questions that distort and misrepresent complex reading processes. Three sample test items are presented and discussed.
Descriptors: Test Items, Teacher Competency Testing, Reading Teachers, Test Coaching, Guides, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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