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The Construction of a Machine-Scored Reading Inventory for Use In Secondary Compensatory Reading Programs, and an Investigation Into Its Sensitivity to Instruction.
Comerford, James P.; Scheib, James E. – 1978
As a supplement to standardized reading tests, the Philadelphia Public School System prepared three parallel sets of reading tests to meet the following criteria: (1) be suitable for grouping secondary pupils within Title I reading classes; (2) be group administered and machine scoreable; (3) be short enough to be administered in one or two…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Junior High School Students
Will Out-of Level Norm-Referenced Testing Improve the Selection of Program Participants and the Diagnosis of Reading Comprehension in ESEA Title I Programs?
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Slaughter, Helen B.; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1978
Concern was expressed for the possible effects of testing Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I students with norm-referenced tests that may be so difficult that many students will have scores in the chance range. The likelihood of such students obtaining equal scaled scores if they were tested with easier out-of-level tests was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth, Equated Scores
Implications of Out-of-Level Testing for ESEA Title I Students.
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Powers, Stephen; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1978
Fourth, seventh, and ninth grade students in Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs were tested with the reading comprehension subtests of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, at each of two levels: on-level for each respective grade, and an easier out-of-level form. Approximately half of these students were found to be…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Compensatory Education, Difficulty Level