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Yildiz, Mustafa; Yildirim, Kasim; Ates, Seyit; Cetinkaya, Cetin – Online Submission, 2009
This study examined the oral reading fluency of 4th graders with respect to prosodic characteristics. Seventy 4th graders participated in the study. They were initially asked to read a grade-level passage and their reading was video recorded. Their reading errors were identified and their word correct per minute (WCPM) was determined. Their oral…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Yen, Shu Jing; Ochieng, Charles; Michaels, Hillary; Friedman, Greg – Online Submission, 2005
The main purpose of this study was to illustrate a polytomous IRT-based linking procedure that adjusts for rater variations. Test scores from two administrations of a statewide reading assessment were used. An anchor set of Year 1 students' constructed responses were rescored by Year 2 raters. To adjust for year-to-year rater variation in IRT…
Descriptors: Test Items, Measures (Individuals), Grade 8, Item Response Theory