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A Comparative Study of the Reliability and Validity of the "Degrees of Reading Power" and the "Iowa Tests of Basic Skills."

Hildebrand, Myrene; Hoover, H. D. – 1986

This study compared the reliability and validity of two different measures of reading ability, the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Reading test and the ITBS Vocabulary test. The data consisted of scores of 377 grade 5 and grade 6 students on these tests, along with their assigned reading levels in the…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Correlation, Grade 5, Grade 6

The IGAP and the ITBS: A Comparative Study.

Perlman, Carole L.; And Others – 1989

This study was designed to examine the extent to which Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP) constructing meaning scores correlate with Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) reading scores and with performance on ITBS items dealing with literal meaning, inferences, and generalizations. In addition, this study assessed the ability of the IGAP reading…

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Generalization