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Peer reviewedCarney, John J.; Cioffi, Grant – Reading Psychology, 1990
Describes dynamic assessment which uses a response-to-instruction paradigm to complement traditional diagnostic assessment of word recognition and comprehension. States that this approach to assessment provides the opportunity to evaluate systematically the instructional factors that influence reading performance. (MG)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Download full textWright, Benjamin D.; Stenner, A. Jackson – 1998
This document discusses the measurement of reading ability and the readability of books by application of the Lexile framework. It begins by stating the importance of uniform measures. It then discusses the history of reading ability testing, based on the assumption that no researcher has been able to measure more than one kind of reading ability.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability Formulas
Gagne, Robert M. – 1978
Analysis of the requirements for diagnostic testing of the early stages of reading competence shows that diagnostic testing needs to focus on decoding, word knowledge, and sentence processing. Reading diagnostic tests also need to assess "entry" skills for the assignment of pupils to instruction, and "exit" skills at each grade…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Linking Agents
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1982
The Regents Competency Program has two basic purposes: (1) to assure the early identification of students who need help in developing reading, writing, and mathematics skills and (2) to assure that students have acquired adequate competency in these skills before receiving a high school diploma. The New York State Preliminary Competency Test in…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Peer reviewedGlazer, Susan M. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1991
This article reviews literature supporting the relationship of emotional factors and success in reading and writing activities, outlines physical and language behaviors that indicate emotional involvement with success or lack of success in comprehension, and presents strategies that help children understand what they need to do to read and write…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedScholes, Corey – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1998
Presents a diagnostic teaching unit in general science designed to identify effective learning strategies for seventh-grade students with learning disabilities or behavior disorders. The unit is intended to identify effective strategies for students in reading comprehension, mathematics problem solving, and memory. Detailed instructions for four…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Diagnostic Teaching, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
