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Peer reviewedAlgra, CeCelia – Journal of Reading, 1978
Describes the development of a criterion referenced minimum-competency test in reading which was normed by community job holders and based on the ability to answer questions about items taken from a newspaper. (MKM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Study, Criterion Referenced Tests, Functional Reading
Download full textBessemer, David W.; Spencer, Mary L. – 1975
As part of the development of a functional literacy test for fourth through eigth grade children in Title I compensatory education programs, this report defines functional literacy for children and enumerates criteria for evaluating existing tests. Criteria for selection of a test include: (1) content, empirical, and construct validity; (2)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Computation
