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Peer reviewedDaly, Brian – Reading, 1977
Notes problems in using reading tests intended for children when testing adults; attempts to clarify some of these problems by making explicit the assumptions implicit in the practice of using children's reading tests with adults. (GT)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Children
Download full textReale, Robin – 1999
This brief paper describes a literacy program for adults with mental retardation in the Boston metropolitan region developed when more than 300 individuals formally requested literacy services. Several cognitive and literacy assessments were reviewed and implemented. No one assessment was found to be sufficient to assess ranges from pre-literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Literacy
Gilliland, Hap – 1976
The diagnostic test combines an individual reading inventory, a reading comprehension test, and a work analysis test to determine and verify the basic reading level of students, locate individual reading problems, compare reading comprehension to vocabulary level, and locate deficiencies in phonetic and structural analysis skills. For use in…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
