Evaluates the merits of item transformations and the cloze procedure in terms of (1) the extent to which literal comprehension skills are validly measured; (2) the extent to which the issue of passage dependency is addressed; and (3) utility for educational practitioners. (HOD)

A sampling methodology is proposed for determining lengths of tests designed to assess the comprehension of written discourse. It is based on Bormuth's transformational analysis, within a domain-referenced framework. Guidelines are provided for computing sample size and selecting sentences to which the transformational rules can be applied.…

A method is described for choosing sample sizes when the domain to be sampled consists of a finite set of sentences and the purpose is to construct a test to assess the comprehension or the readability of written discourse. The testing method is that proposed in Bormuth's work on transformational analysis within a criterion-referenced measurement…