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Guo, Daibao; Zhang, Shuai; Wright, Katherine Landau; McTigue, Erin M. – AERA Open, 2020
Although convergent research demonstrates that well-designed graphics can facilitate readers' understanding of text, there are select situations where graphics have been shown to have no effect on learners' overall text comprehension. Therefore, the current meta-analytic study examined 39 experimental studies published between 1985 and 2018…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Test Format, Visual Aids, Pictorial Stimuli

Caldwell, JoAnne – Reading Teacher, 1985
Indicates that the format and use of the informal reading inventory need to be modified in order to address recent research findings of schema theory, text analysis, and metacognition. (FL)
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, Metacognition, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension
Cohen, Andrew D. – 1987
Current issues in the literature on the testing of linguistic and communicative proficiency are reviewed and discussed in relation to reading comprehension testing. Several theoretical issues in language testing are discussed, including testing purposes and test validity. Areas of concern regarding methods of testing reading comprehension are then…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Testing, Language Proficiency, Language Tests