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Kurniasih, Nia; Emilia, Emi; Sujatna, Eva Tuckyta Sari – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
This study aimed at evaluating a PISA-like reading test developed by teachers participating in the teacher training for teaching PISA-like reading. To serve this purpose, an experimental test was administered to 107 students aged 15-16 using a set of text and questions constructed according to the criteria of the PISA Reading test Level 1. Item…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
Brittain, Mary M.; Brittain, Clay V. – 1982
Methods of assessing the reading needs of college students can be examined in relation to two broad categories of college reading programs: (1) the self-contained course or sequence of courses in reading and study skills, and (2) courses or programs in which instruction in reading and study skills is interwoven with supplementary instruction in a…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
Farr, Roger; Carey, Robert F. – 1986
Addressed to all concerned with reading assessment, including teachers, administrators, testmakers, and policymakers, this book describes some of the major problems involved in reading assessment and provides guidelines for the improved use of reading tests. The first chapter, on reading measurement in perspective, discusses the historical context…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Programs
Flippo, Rona F. – 1980
This paper discusses an investigation that compared college students' reading gains when using general or specific diagnosis. It reports that significant gains were made on many subskills of the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test by the group that had the prescriptions developed as a result of a differential (specific) diagnosis and that there were…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
Kamil, Michael L., Ed.; Moe, Alden J., Ed. – 1979
The papers in this collection represent a wide spectrum of approaches, philosophies, viewpoints, and techniques of scholarly endeavor in their treatment of the reading process. The 55 papers, which were presented at the 1978 meeting of the National Reading Conference, are arranged according to the following categories: (1) reading readiness, (2)…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, College Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Sabatini, John P.; Venezky, Richard L.; Kharik, Polina; Jain, Richa – 2000
The Study of Adult Reading Acquisition (SARA) is a longitudinal research project designed to measure the development of reading subskills in adults enrolled in instructional programs. The study participants are all students enrolled in a variety of adult education sites and settings, including correctional institutions, community-based programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Measurement, Correctional Education