Before standardized reading placement and achievement tests for college admission are selected, they must be analyzed to determine what skills they measure and to what degree they correspond with reading program objectives. (Author/KS)

The purpose of this study was to determine if the patterning of the responses of English as a Second Language (ESL) students to a reading comprehension test would change over time due to the restructuring of the subjects ESL reading comprehension competence as they increased their overall ESL proficiency. In this context, restructuring refers to…

Designed to provide an experience as close as possible to the actual assessment, this paper presents the revised model of assessment in reading for the Michigan High School Test (HST). The revisions incorporated into the paper reflect the testing transition from the High School Proficiency Test to the HST. The first part of the paper presents…

Suggests using the cloze procedure as a means of quickly, efficiently, and accurately matching students with appropriate reading materials. (TO)

Discusses passage content and style, accessibility of the passages, their completeness, the extent to which the items are passage-dependent, and the extent to which additional knowledge is required to answer the questions on reading comprehension tests and exercises. (TO)

This paper discusses the theoretical implications of previous research studies that have employed the Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test (MPD) to differentiate children with reading disabilities. (JC)

The findings of this investigation show that the SIT and WISC are measuring the same things to a statistically significant degree. (Author)