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Gill, Helen V. – 1990
Scores were compared for two experimental assessment instruments constructed as examples of the techniques used by the Sentence Verification Technique (SVT) of J. M. Royer and others (1979) and the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) of the Michigan Department of Education (1987, 1988) to measure reading comprehension as an interactive…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedFarley, Mary Jane; Elmore, Patricia B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
Relationships between reading comprehension (RC) and critical thinking skills, vocabulary, and cognitive ability were examined using 3 tests with 165 underachieving first-year college students in a remedial reading class. The Iowa Silent Reading Test's vocabulary subtest best predicted RC. The Developing Cognitive Abilities Test's three subtests…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, College Freshmen, Comparative Testing
