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Download full textFoorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Schatschneider, Chris – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2015
The grades K-2 Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Reading Assessment (FRA) consists of computer-adaptive alphabetic and oral language screening tasks that provide a Probability of Literacy Success (PLS) linked to grade-level performance (i.e., the 40th percentile) on the word reading (in kindergarten) or reading comprehension (in grades…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Tests, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Foorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Schatschneider, Chris – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2015
The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Reading Assessment (FRA) consists of computer-adaptive reading comprehension and oral language screening tasks that provide measures to track growth over time, as well as a Probability of Literacy Success (PLS) linked to grade-level performance (i.e., the 50th percentile) on the reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Written Language
Morsy, Leila; Kieffer, Michael; Snow, Catherine – Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2010
Although millions of dollars and weeks of instructional time are spent nationally on testing students, educators often have little information on how to choose appropriate assessments of adolescent reading for informing instruction. This guide is designed to meet that need, by drawing together evidence about nine of the most commonly-used,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Evaluation Methods, Adolescents
Peer reviewedWulz, S. Vanost – Reading Teacher, 1979
Understanding the purposes of different types of testing is essential if test results are to be interpreted properly. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Peer reviewedKondziela, James M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
A technique for measuring comprehension of lengthy prose is presented. The "textual segmentation" procedure requires subjects to partition text into complete, meaningful units such as paragraphs, chapters, and books. Potential applications of textual segmentation include measurement of reading comprehension, readability, and criteria for…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, High Schools, Prose, Reading Comprehension
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
This document contains samples and explanations from Colorado's state reading and writing comprehension test for Grade 4, hereby released to the public (parents, teachers, and any other interested parties). It presents one reading comprehension item, the scoring guide for that item, and 6 different student responses, with the scores they received.…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
This document contains samples and explanations from Colorado's state reading and writing comprehension test for Grade 7, hereby released to the public (parents, teachers, and any other interested parties). It presents one multiple-choice reading comprehension item based upon a poem and includes the correct answers. Next, it presents two short…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Peer reviewedMurphy, Peggy W.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes a reading recognition test called Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) that is designed to identify low literacy levels in patients. Notes that information thus obtained is useful in directing patient-physician communications and in promoting patient understanding of commonly used oral and written medical information. (SR)
Descriptors: Adults, Higher Education, Medical Services, Patients
Reading Official Scoring Guide: Oral Reading Fluency Third Grade Benchmark, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000.
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Office of Assessment and Evaluation, Salem. – 1999
These official primary trait scoring guide presents details of the 6-point scoring system used in third-grade Oregon schools to evaluate students' performance in oral reading fluency and in comprehension (as measured through retelling). The oral reading fluency benchmark portion of the scoring guide is broken down into phrasing, flow, and pace…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Grade 3, Oral Reading, Primary Education
Peer reviewedHric, Kathleen A.; And Others – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
A group of 10 less able fifth-grade readers with comparable scores on a standardized reading test were assessed under reading conditions representing different combinations of familiarity, text type, length, and mode of reading. Results indicated that the students did not perform similarly under a variety of reading conditions. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Intermediate Grades, Performance Factors, Reading Achievement
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This document lists the test and item specifications for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning for fourth grade reading. The test section of the document explains that the purpose of this test is to measure Washington fourth grade students' level of proficiency in the Essential Academic Learning Requirements in reading. The reading test…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This document outlines the test and item specifications for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning for tenth grade reading. The purpose of this test is to measure Washington tenth grade students' level of proficiency in the Essential Academic Learning Requirements in reading. The reading test described in the document contains literary,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Grade 10, High Schools, Reading Comprehension
Johnston, Peter H. – 1983
Drawing on work from a number of disciplines, this volume brings together experimental and theoretical information relevant to the problems of assessing children's reading comprehension. After a short introduction, the first section defines reading comprehension, presenting theoretical issues intended to provide an understanding of what is being…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Objectives
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This document outlines the test and item specifications for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning for seventh grade reading. It notes the purpose of this test is to measure Washington seventh grade students' level of proficiency in the Essential Academic Learning Requirements in reading, and that the reading test contains literary,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Reading Comprehension
Wong, Bernice Y. L. – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1986
Successful instructional strategies for enhancing the reading comprehension and comprehension test performance of learning disabled students are described. Students are taught to self-monitor their comprehension of expository materials and stories through recognition and analysis of recurrent elements and problem passages, content summarization,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Learning Disabilities, Questioning Techniques
