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Oh, Julie H. J.; Basma, Badriah; Bertone, Armando; Luk, Gigi – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2023
Learning to read marks an important milestone in children. Extensive research with monolingual and bilingual children has demonstrated that language comprehension (LC) forms fundamental building blocks for reading comprehension (RC). However, mixed findings are reported among studies that compare readings skills in children with and without…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Language Tests
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Reed, Deborah K.; Cummings, Kelli D.; Schaper, Andrew; Biancarosa, Gina – Review of Educational Research, 2014
Recent studies indicate that examiners make a number of intentional and unintentional errors when administering reading assessments to students. Because these errors introduce construct-irrelevant variance in scores, the fidelity of test administrations could influence the results of evaluation studies. To determine how assessment fidelity is…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Reading Tests, Student Evaluation, Reading Research
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Gipps, Carolyn; Wood, Robert – Educational Studies, 1981
This report examines the current use of standardized reading tests in British schools seven years after a critical government report. Included in the review is a discussion of the variables affecting test development and use, as well as four recommendations for future testing policy. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
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Jongsma, Kathleen S.; Jongsma, Eugene A. – Reading Teacher, 1981
Provides a critical and comparative analysis of the major commercially produced informal reading inventories. Offers recommendations for those who are considering purchasing or using one of the inventories. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Instruction
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Gunning, Thomas G. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Argues that giving students a reading test that is above or below their levels of achievement will yield inaccurate information. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Tests
Cronin, Mary C. – 1982
Noting that in recent years testing has fallen into disrepute, this paper demonstrates how the construction, use, and validation of tests, if adequately conceived, can increase the level of knowledge about the intricate nature of the reading processes. The first section of the paper discusses the measurement process and the process of test…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Theories, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
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Segalowitz, Norman – Language Learning, 1991
Discusses whether high levels of skill in one's second language (L2) leads to loss of performance in one's first language (L1). Data are reviewed indicating that a high level of reading skill in L2 may indeed be associated with slower reading in L1. (21 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Skill Attrition
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Brueggemann, Louis V. – Reading Horizons, 1987
Reviews research dealing with test wiseness and concludes that teachers and others who administer tests and those who review results should consider the degree to which test wiseness characteristics might have been operative had a planned effort been undertaken to provide special instruction. (FL)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Tests, Standardized Tests
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Curtis, Mary E.; Glaser, Robert – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
The implications that cognitive approaches to the study of reading can have for the assessment of reading achievement are discussed. Research in word decoding, semantic access, sentence processing, and discourse analysis is summarized with emphasis on processing efficiency required in one area affecting performance in another area. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Decoding (Reading), Discourse Analysis, Reading Achievement
Allen, JoBeth – 1979
Much of what has developed in the testing of reading harkens back to the days of the "Cult of Efficiency" movement in education that can be largely attributed to Frederick Winslow Taylor. Taylor spent most of his productive years studying time and motion in an attempt to streamline industrial production so that people could work as…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Efficiency, Minimum Competency Testing
Schauber, Holli – 1994
Approaches to the assessment of literacy skills in bilingual learners, particularly learners of English as a Second Language, are discussed. Literature is reviewed and an assessment technique that attempts to identify both strengths and needs of bilingual learners is outlined. It is argued that current assessment of bilingual readers is based…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Trends, English (Second Language), Language Tests