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Peer reviewedCarlisle, Joanne F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This article discusses (1) assessment of discourse through listening and reading to evaluate comprehension problems; (2) developmental aspects of the relationship between listening and reading comprehension skills; (3) problems with selecting text passages and methods of testing comprehension; and (4) the development of a set of passages and a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedSnyder, Lynn; Caccamise, Donna; Wise, Barbara – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
This article discusses the main purposes of reading comprehension assessment and identifies the key features of good assessment. The article also identifies pitfalls that clinicians and educators should avoid to conduct valid assessments of reading comprehension, such as the degree to which the measure taps the constructive and integrative…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Content Validity, Academic Achievement, Reading Comprehension
