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Reading Tests: What Does That Score Mean? Standardized Reading Tests.
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North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks. Center for Teaching and Learning. – 1986
In a question and answer format, this guide for parents discusses important issues about standardized reading tests, including the following: (1) scoring systems are obscure; (2) grade level equivalency scores are educationally inaccurate and misleading to child and parent; (3) standardized reading tests are meant to compare groups and not to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement, Grade Equivalent Scores, Graduation Requirements