Concluded that the reading-storage technique deserves consideration as an objective measure of the primary effect of reading. (RB)

Unless educators draw attention to the responsibilities that society and all adults have to the youngsters in our schools, standardized group reading test scores will continue to be used as weapons rather than as tools for analysis that can strengthen the teaching and learning process. (Author)

Part of a curriculum series for academically gifted elementary students in the area of reading, the pretest contains 45 reading comprehension questions evaluating various critical reading skills. (DB)

Part of a curriculum series for academically gifted elementary students in the area of reading, the posttest contains 44 reading comprehension questions evaluating various critical reading skills. (DB)

The document presents a criterion referenced test to help the classroom teacher determine which of several basic phonetic and structural analysis skills the students have mastered. Aspects covered by the test include letter names, consonants and vowels, letter sounds, consonant digraphs, short and long vowel sounds, consonant blends, diphthongs,…

The relationship between Piagetian and school achievement tests was examined through a meta-analysis of correlational data between tests in these domains. Highlighted is the extent to which performance on Piagetian tasks was related to achievement in these areas. The average age for the subjects used in the analysis was 88 months, the average IQ…

This report analyzes seven standardized reading tests which were part of a data bank of information on 6,753 first-grade through sixth-grade students from 36 communities. The data bank was assembled to allow for secondary analyses of the relationships between achievement and specific characteristics of programs or schools. Differences between…

THE ADULT BASIC READING INVENTORY IS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH ANY AGE GROUP FOR IMMEDIATE IDENTIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S CAPABILITY TO LEARN TO READ. POTENTIAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARE ESTABLISHED TO AID IN THE PROPER ASSESSMENT OF READING MATERIALS FOR USE IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP INSTRUCTION. THE MANUAL OFFERS DIRECTIONS FOR TEST…

This study, involving 131 students in grades ten, eleven, and twelve, investigated the effects of order of administration of subtests on scores from the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. Results indicated that order of administration had no significant effect on scores from the vocabulary subtest or on the total test score, but subjects taking the…

The purpose of this study was to survey the present status of reading in Alabama secondary schools. A survey of reading in secondary schools was designed to answer the following questions: What achievement or reading tests are presently administered in Alabama secondary schools? What is the purpose of such testing? What format is presently used in…

To assess the reading vocabulary knowledge of deaf children, a vocabulary pool of 14,852 words was reduced to 7,300 words. These words were fed into a computer to produce 73 sets of 100 randomly selected words each. The 73 sets were converted into vocabulary tests which were randomly administered, two per child, to 13,207 deaf students, ages 7-17…

The document is the second volume of a report providing descriptive data on the reading vocabulary of deaf children ages 8-17 years, which resulted from a study assessing the reading vocabulary knowledge of 13,207 deaf students. Volume 2, continuing the appendix begun in Volume 1, contains an alphabetical list of the 7,300 words used on the 73…

A random group of 49 items was drawn from nine commerically available reading comprehension tests. Each test was classified independently by two judges as either a measure of the ability to find answers to questions answered explicitly or in paraphrase in the passages, a measure of the ability to draw inferences or deductions, or a measure of some…

Results of the administration in 1971 of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, Survey D, Form 1M, to 5,480 fifth grade pupils of Vancouver schools are reported and compared with results obtained with the same test administered in 1968. The test results, which are presented in four tables, indicate that the 1971 students performed slightly better in…

This experiment included the construction and evaluation of a test of critical reading and thinking capable of identifying critical and noncritical readers among second and third grade children. Fact, fancy and opinion, assumption, relevancy, inference, and generalization were selected as subskill foci, based upon a survey of professional…