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Measuring Standards in Primary English: The Validity of PIRLS--A Response to Mary Hilton
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Whetton, Chris; Twist, Liz; Sainsbury, Marian – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
Hilton (2006) criticises the PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) tests and the survey conduct, raising questions about the validity of international surveys of reading. Her criticisms fall into four broad areas: cultural validity, methodological issues, construct validity and the survey in England. However, her criticisms are…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, International Studies, Construct Validity, Validity