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The Fundamental Reading Competencies Test.
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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
Test Reviews: Tests of Functional Literacy.
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Anders, Patricia L. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Reviews five commercially available tests of functional literacy and discusses two concerns related to the testing of functional literacy. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading, Reading Skills
Meeting the Challenge of a Minimum Reading Graduation Requirement
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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
An Internal Construct Validation Study of the "Iowa Tests of Basic Skills" (Level 12, Form G) Reading Comprehension Test Items.
Perkins, Kyle; Duncan, Ann – 1987
An assessment analysis was performed to determine whether sets of items designed to measure three different subskills of reading comprehension of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBSs) did, in fact, distinguish among these subskills. The three major skills objectives were: (1) facts; (2) generalizations; and (3) inferences. Data from…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Elementary School Students, Functional Reading, Generalization