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Download full textAskov, Warren; And Others – 1971
The predictive validity and the general usability of a battery of 10 tests reported by de Hirsch, Jansky, and Langford, the de Hirsch Predictive Index Tests of reading failure, were examined. The de Hirsch battery was administered to 433 kindergarten children in six public schools. When the pupils entered first grade, the Metropolitan Readiness…
Descriptors: Group Testing, Kindergarten Children, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Kinzer, Charles K.; Stone, Ruth J. – 1982
Although minimum competency testing is increasingly popular, there is presently a paucity of information on teachers' and principals' use of and attitudes toward these testing programs. Therefore, a study examined the use and perceived impact of standardized reading tests in Puerto Rico and compared these results to the results of a similar study…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1989
Since 1969 when it was mandated by Congress, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has gathered information about the performance of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students in many subject areas, but most frequently in reading. Designed to reflect current developments in reading theory and research, this booklet describes the objectives…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability
Jones, Paul L.; Armitage, Bonnie J. – 1984
Having implemented a testing procedure using the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests to identify recruits with reading deficiencies, the United States Navy conducted a study comparing the performance of recruits on three different reading tests. A total of 716 recruits completed the comprehension portion of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, the Tests…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Armed Forces, Comparative Analysis, Military Personnel
Hoff, Jean Estelle – 1974
This study compares the effect of the objectives-based test collections of the Instructional Objectives Exchange (10X) on reading comprehension and word-attack skills of fifth-grade students in a basal reader program. The 10X, a nonprofit educational organization, was established in the late 1960s to provide educators with instructional materials…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Ollila, Lloyd; And Others – 1972
A Canadian study designed to develop a reading readiness battery which would include proven types of prereading measures and newly conceived predictors is discussed. The goals of the study were to identify and develop indexes of reading readiness for the child's concept of the reading task, his perceptual ability, his linguistic competence and his…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Predictive Measurement, Reading Ability
