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Peer reviewedWilliams, Thomas O., Jr.; Eaves, Ronald C.; Cox, Cynthia – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
This study analyzed the factor structure of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests Revised (WRMT-R), a test battery used to measure basic reading skills. Findings indicated that both forms of the WRMT-R contain a large unrotated general factor and, when rotated obliquely, two correlated factors representing basic skills and reading comprehension.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Structure, Psychometrics, Reading Difficulties
Oxford-Carpenter, Rebecca L.; Schultz-Shiner, Linda J. – 1985
This paper addresses practical Army problems in reading assessment from a theory base reflecting the most recent research on reading comprehension. Military and occupational research shows that reading proficiency is related to job performance. Reading assessment is a key issue in the Army due to changes in the reading ability levels of the Army…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Postsecondary Education, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedSlate, John R. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
The interrelation of 4 achievement tests was investigated with 202 students (mean age 11) with specific learning disabilities. Although, in general, achievement subtests claiming to measure the same academic construct were moderately to strongly related, significant mean differences were present on several measures claiming to measure the same…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedTindal, Gerald; Marston, Douglas – Exceptionality, 1996
The authors of a report on the technical adequacy of alternative reading measures reflect on issues concerning "whole language" terminology, the use of both quantitative and qualitative measures, and instructional decision making. (DB)
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Instructional Design
Peer reviewedTindal, Gerald; Marston, Douglas – Exceptionality, 1996
Two studies focused on concurrent validity and instructional decision making in using alternative reading measures with elementary regular and special education students. The first study examined the relation of oral reading performance to several other reading measures; the second study investigated teacher decision making, using quantitative and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Concurrent Validity, Decision Making, Elementary Education
