The purpose of this reference guide is to enable test consumer to identify published measures which may meet their particular needs. The basic features include notations of whether norm data are reported in the test manual; indexes to "Buro's Mental Measurement Yearbooks" or "Reading Tests and Reviews" for evaluation; complete…

Describes an alternative to standardized reading tests which fairly and effectively assesses student reading abilities. (DD)

Research indicates that many questions on reading comprehension tests can be answered from previous knowledge and are not dependent upon the passages in the tests. (MKM)

This study explored the hypothesis that task variables account for previous findings that reading rate is unaffected by readability. The findings suggest that when appropriate reading tasks are chosen, reading rate can be used to infer underlying processes in reading. (Author/DEP)

Thirty-four kindergarten children from an all Black inner city school were administered reading related language measures and the McCarthy Scales of children's abilities. Findings emphasized that screening instruments should include language tests more directly related to early reading acquisition, specifically language analysis skills, rapid…

According to this study using both physiological and word recognition error criteria to ascertain students' reading frustration level, repetitions should be counted as errors to obtain authentic reading level scores on informal reading inventories. (TO)

The Petriel Reading Comprehension Test was administered to four sixth grades. Two of the classes were not allowed to turn back after reading passages, and the test was monitored during administration. The other two classes were allowed to re-read while answering questions. Results indicate that it makes little difference whether students are…

A fourteen-item test designed to measure knowledge of the meanings of words used in directions for non-prescription medication was constructed to illustrate the use of criterion-referenced measurement in reading. (TO)

The latest of the national surveys of educational progress has produced some provacative findings about the reading ability of young Americans. (Editor)

Article describes problems encountered by school districts over publication of student reading test scores, and lists ways to insure correct test result interpretation. (SP)

Finding the readability level that challenges the child at his optimum level of instructional performance can help teachers provide for individual differences. (Author/RY)

Outlines the facet approach to item construction which makes possible the systematic construction of both the distractor and question parts of test items. (MB)

Views controversies over the Miller-Unruh Reading Act as the origin of total state involvement in the teaching of reading in California. (MD)

Compares results of the McKee Inventory of Phonetic Skills, a nonsense word test, and a substitution test as measures of children's phonetic errors and concludes that the substitution test is the most useful. (MD)