The test developed in this study was a 60 item multiple-choice test. Content validity was established by the use of The Barrett Taxonomy of Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Reading Comprehension as a basis for the test construction. Items were selected to represent subtypes in each of the five major areas of the taxonomy. Construct validity was established by administering the test to a group of graduate students enrolled in reading education courses during the fall semester of 1974. One group received instruction in reading comprehension, and the other group had no such instruction. A comparison of the mean scores of both groups was made using the Student's t-test. Also, the subject's scores on each of the major areas were correlated with the total score on the test. From the findings, it was concluded that a valid and reliable test was constructed to measure the ability of students in teacher education to identify comprehension activities in terms of categories of comprehension skills. (Author/TS)