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Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A.; Duffelmeyer, Barbara Blakely – Reading Teacher, 1989
Discusses characteristics reading passages must have if they are to be used for main idea assessment. Analyzes each grade one to grade six passage on the Analytical Reading Inventory, Basic Reading Inventory, and Informal Reading Inventory, assessing suitability for use in main idea assessment. Finds many passages are unsuitable. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
