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Lintz, Elizabeth T. – 1975
This study was designed to investigate the concurrent validity of the San Diego Quick Assessment as a measure to establish instructional reading level. Criterion variables used were the Metropolitan Achievement Test: Word Knowledge, Reading, and composite score and the Gray Oral Reading Test. An additional concern was to assess the capacity of the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Oral Reading, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research
Dunn-Rankin, Peter – 1972
This paper reports initial results in the development of an inventory to measure visual reading difficulties. The instrument, called the Word Preference Inventory (WPI), asks the subject to choose between pairs of stimulus pseudo-words the one most like a given target word. An analysis of responses to the WPI from 922 children in grades K-6 and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research, Reading Tests
Download full textAnderson, Jonathan – 1970
The use of exact-length blanks in cloze tests of reading comprehension was investigated. Subjects were indigenous primary-school pupils in New Guinea for whom English was a foreign language. No significant difference was found between the mean scores of subjects on cloze tests using blanks of a uniform length and the mean scores of subjects on…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Primary Education, Readability
Box, Gloria; Cady, Dorothy – 1968
Misconceptions regarding the reading abilities of Kingston, Jamaica, junior high school students are discussed. Preliminary planning procedures, details of the operational plan for the project classes, and a description of diagnostic studies, methods, and materials used are presented. Particular problems encountered; summaries of results and…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Grade 7, Inservice Education, Reading Skills
Senter, Donald R. – 1969
Summative evaluation of Cycles R-40 of the Listen Look Learn (LLL) Multi-Media Communication Skills System was conducted in 1967-68, using 28 experimental (LLL system) and 28 control (variety of basal reading programs) classes of first-grade children. Testing included the use of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests; the Pintner-Cunningham Primary…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Curriculum Evaluation, Grade 1, Instructional Materials
Gadway, Charles J. – 1973
As part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading, this volume, "Theme 6: Main Ideas and Organization," directs attention to the fact that identifying the main idea of a passage or discovering its organization requires a higher level of comprehension than merely gleaning the important facts. Some of the exercises…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Blanton, William E. – 1972
Intended as an aid to the school administrator who is exploring the possibilities of preschool reading instruction, the first section of this guide discusses: when to begin preschool reading instruction, effects of traditional kindergarten experience on reading readiness and reading achievement, effects of perceptual motor programs on reading…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Check Lists, Preschool Education, Program Development
Pellegrine, R. J. – 1970
The Diagnostic Reading Tests were designed to assess the reading skills of college students enrolled in reading centers. To assess the reliability of the Diagnostic Reading Tests, Survey Section, Form E (DRTE), a study was conducted with university freshmen as subjects. The DRTE was administered to 31 students in an Educational Opportunity Program…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Disadvantaged Youth, Reading Centers, Reading Diagnosis
Farr, Roger – 1971
The idea that some definite designation of a child's reading ability can be gained from a grade level or percentile score on a standardized test is rejected in favor of the idea that such a score is only an estimate of ability. Informal tests in which children read from passages varying in difficulty can give much helpful information to teachers.…
Descriptors: Parent Counseling, Parent Role, Reading Ability, Reading Diagnosis
Morrison, James B., Jr. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to devise a simple instrument that could be helpful in predicting reading success by classroom teachers and school administrators who are not experts in the field of reading. The subjects, 190 randomly selected first graders, were given "Alphabet" and "Numbers" of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests and "Information" and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedFry, Edward – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension
Gurney, Roger – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
The author reviews the advantages and disadvantages of standardized reading tests, with special reference to the new national reading tests designed by the Assessment of Performance Unit of the Department of Education and Science. (SJL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Education, National Competency Tests, Reading Tests
Peer reviewedAndrich, David; Godfrey, John R. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Results from 188 subjects indicate that most of the items on the test conform to a Rasch latent trait model, but tend to cluster into levels consistent with a hierarchical structure of skills. (AA)
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Research
Peer reviewedHanna, Gerald S.; Oaster, Thomas R. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Traces a major source of confusion in the literature on passage dependence and integrates the relevant concepts into a general theory of context dependence. Sample items and data illustrate practical applications of the theory. (AA)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Literature Reviews, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Peer reviewedHansen, Cheryl L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
A method for quantifying story retells, called proposition analysis, was used to study the reading comprehension performances of 34 learning disabled and normal fifth and sixth graders. Journal availability: see EC 112 927. (DLS) 927
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Memory
