Authors concluded that if the terms of an actual performance contract would be applied to their results, they were to realize approximately $3,000 profit on a $75 investment. (Authors)

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of instruction for increasing speed and accuracy of recognition of the one-cell whole word and part-word signs, the two-cell contractions, and short-form words in English Braille on braille reading skills of secondary school students. (CB)

The children in this study scored considerably lower than did the standardized samples on these tests. Further research is indicated. (Author)

Reviews four uses for norm-referenced tests of reading comprehension. Concludes that three of the uses are actually misuses and that the only appropriate use is for predicting future student performance. (FL)

Groups of good and poor readers were tested on free recall of 10-word lists. The poor readers demonstrated as strong a recency effect as the good readers, but showed inferiority in immediate memory span. The results demonstrate a degree of dissociation between the recency effect and memory span. (Author/KC)

Reading comprehension must involve an interaction between the reader's world knowledge and the incoming linguistic message. After examining the measurement of reading comprehension from this perspective, we conclude that existing tests are likely to be unsatisfactory for the purposes of assessing educational gain and diagnosing reading difficulty.…

Details the steps followed in the development of the Basic Skills Word List. (FL)

Argues that giving students a reading test that is above or below their levels of achievement will yield inaccurate information. (FL)

Describes the development and testing of an instrument designed to measure two factors--affect and anxiety--associated with reading avoidance. (FL)

Finds the revised Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test an improvement over the original edition. (AEA)

Different indices can be used to measure an individual's pattern of responses on an achievement test as usual or consistent with the norm. The relationships among eight of these indices are investigated for a math and reading test given to approximately 2,100 fourth-grade students. (Author/BW)

Comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the reading portions of the California Achievement Tests. (JT)

Suggests five criteria for teachers to keep in mind when choosing passages for the cloze procedure. (MKM)