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Murphy, Richard T. – 1973
The purpose of this project, begun in July 1970, was to learn what American adults read, and what they are able to read, as they go about their ordinary activities in the course of a normal day. A national survey of the reading activities of adults was administered to 5,096 individuals. Some conclusions drawn from the survey data are as follows:…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Criterion Referenced Tests, Functional Reading, National Surveys
Gadway, Charles; Wilson, H. A. – 1975
The functional literacy of various groups of 17-year-old students was assessed to discover whether the reading skills which are usually taught in the schools are adequate for functioning in everyday life. Eighty-six test exercises were classified according to the various formats of reading materials they represent and according to the types of…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Reading, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading
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Ganopole, Selina J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1980
The fundamental Reading Competencies Test assesses proficiency with respect to well-defined functional reading skills of high school students. Validity and reliability data for the test are presented. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Functional Reading, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
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Algra, CeCelia – Journal of Reading, 1978
Describes the development of a criterion referenced minimum-competency test in reading which was normed by community job holders and based on the ability to answer questions about items taken from a newspaper. (MKM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Study, Criterion Referenced Tests, Functional Reading
Murphy, Richard T. – 1975
Articles in this report are based on the data obtained by the Adult Functional Reading Study. This study examined the reading activities of American adults and tested adults' performance on functional reading tasks. The supplement contains several articles concerned with the reading skills required to read and answer or perform the reading tasks…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cloze Procedure, Criterion Referenced Tests, Functional Reading
Gadway, Charles J.; Wilson, H. A. – 1976
This handbook is designed to give background information on the Mini-Assessment of Functional Literacy, a criterion-referenced test designed to determine the extent of functional literacy among seventeen year olds in America. The five format categories identified for the test were passages; drawings, pictures, signs, etc.; charts, maps, graphs;…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading, Literacy