Study reveals that a large percentage of students appear to suffer from severe reading and writing handicaps. (Author/ML)

The study considers the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, the Ammons Quick Test, and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. It examines the interrelationship of scores on the Gray Oral Reading Test, Spache's Diagnostic Reading Scales, and an informal reading inventory. Consistency of discrepancy scores to classify students is also studied.…

How successful are speed reading courses for adults? Author, who teaches speed reading and improvement of reading comprehension, backs up his assertion of their effectiveness with test result tables showing businessmen in particular benefit from such training. (PD)

Achievement motivation. test anxiety, and performance on a standardized reading test were assessed among males and females in the seventh and eighth grades. For both male and female Ss, reading performance was positively related to achievement motivation and negatively related to test anxiety. (Author)

Notes that while across large groups of students two tests may be highly correlated, specific characteristics of tests may interact with specific characteristics of students to yield differences in scores for one individual on two or more tests. (FL)

Describes the rationale for The Informal Reading-Language Test, then presents the test. (FL)

The study compared selected subtests of commonly used standardized reading tests and informal placement procedures with 32 primary grade students in a summer reading tutor program. (SW)

Fourth-grade children previously identified as poor readers comprehended more information when they read personalized, as opposed to standard, stories. Names and places given by the students personalized the stories. No difference was found among children of average reading ability on this variable. (Author/PN)

Examines the development of standardized reading comprehension tests in the critical states from the early 1900s through current testing trends. (AEA)

Examines eight years of reading test scores of entering college freshmen and analyzes the data, taking into consideration relevant contributing factors and testing trends. (HOD)