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Reading Teacher | 8 |
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Butler, Katherine G. | 1 |
Fry, Edward | 1 |
Gunning, Thomas G. | 1 |
Harris, Larry A. | 1 |
Koenke, Karl | 1 |
Lalik, Rosary M. | 1 |
Lange, Bob | 1 |
Pikulski, John J. | 1 |
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Opinion Papers | 5 |
ERIC Publications | 2 |
Information Analyses | 2 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
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Koenke, Karl – Reading Teacher, 1987
Looks at ERIC documents that deal with readability concerns. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Instruction

Pikulski, John J. – Reading Teacher, 1989
Discusses factors which lead to the overuse of and overreliance on standardized tests in the United States. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Scores, Standardized Tests

Harris, Larry A.; Lalik, Rosary M. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Reports on what started out to be a survey of the use of the informal reading inventory (IRI) by teachers that revealed the technique to be embedded in a complex environment. Concludes that the use of IRIs and other diagnostic methods can be limited when teachers do not have primary responsibility for making placement decisions. (FL)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Instruction

Butler, Katherine G. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Concludes that the lack of normative data, the suggestion that even one failure on the test (with approximately 111 items) makes a child suspect for "at risk" labelling, along with the brevity of directions and interpretation of data require that the test be used with great caution. (FL)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Language Skills, Screening Tests, Speech Skills

Gunning, Thomas G. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Argues that giving students a reading test that is above or below their levels of achievement will yield inaccurate information. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Tests

Lange, Bob – Reading Teacher, 1982
Examines the arguments against the indiscriminate use of readability formulas. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis

Fry, Edward – Reading Teacher, 1998
Presents an open letter to President Clinton regarding his statements about reading standards and testing made in his 1997 State of the Union Address. Points out serious problems in having a national reading standard and trying to get every fourth grader to meet that standard. Discusses problems with curing the so-called reading problem by use of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards, Politics of Education

Reading Teacher, 1999
Discusses what the term "High-Stakes Testing" means; concerns about high-stakes testing; whether testing is an important part of good educational design; why using tests for high-stakes decisions causes problems; whether test scores improve when high-stakes assessment is mandated; and ways to help states monitor student success in the curriculum.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Politics of Education, Reading Improvement