Reports findings of a study that compared the scores on the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests with information from an informal reading inventory, from the Spache Diagnostic Reading Scales, and from the Slosson Oral Reading Test. (FL)

Provides information concerning a procedure for estimating the probability of placement error on a criterion referenced multiple choice test. (TJ)

Presents achievement data for the years 1970-71 through 1978-79 for elementary school children enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Behavior Analysis Model of Follow Through. (FL)

A computer-assisted developmental reading program is described. Text is presented to the student leaving each phrase on the screen for a specified time interval. Multiple-choice questions follow. (MP)

Summarizes the results of a series of factor analyses of a new test of literal comprehension using a multiple-choice cloze format. (JM)

Reports on a study testing the validity of the Names Test, an individually administered phonics assessment. Provides support for the Names Test's validity by showing it to be significantly correlated with established tests of word recognition and decoding ability. (SR)

Describes a reading assessment program for students in developmental reading and writing courses at Rock Valley College, a community college in Rockford, Illinois. Reports that, since the assessment program began, the success rate of students placed in the reading courses has increased dramatically. (MM)

Discusses curtailing the misuse and misinterpretation of standardized tests, and suggests ways to improve existing tests while reviewing the Test of Early Reading Ability-2, Tests of Reading Comprehension, and Effective Reading Tests. (MG)

The Pepper Visual Skills for Reading Test was assessed as a measure of reading ability with meaningful text in 38 adults with macular degeneration; scores were compared with assessment made using the Gray Oral Reading Test, a previously standardized assessment. The test's validity was confirmed. (Author/JDD)

A reading test and a test assessing the processing of an instructional text were completed by 114 undergraduates. Subjects with higher scores on the reading test noticed more often a conflict between the instructional text and the example provided. They followed the instructional text instead of the example. (TJH)

Two theorems of unidimensional item response theory are extended to describe observable item response distributions when there is conditional independence between but not necessarily within item bundles. An item bundle is a small group of multiple-choice items sharing a common reading passage or a group of items sharing distractors. (SLD)

The results of a behavioral anchoring analysis of student performance on three English as a second language reading comprehension tests indicated that, for each of three proficiency levels, the higher ability students could comprehend questions with implicit information sources. All students showed competence with linguistic structures that…

Using the generalized partial-credit item response theory (IRT) model, polytomous items from the 1991 field test of the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading test were calibrated with multiple-choice and open-ended items. Polytomous items provide more information than dichotomous items. (SLD)

The Holistic Reading Assessment, a procedure developed and piloted by elementary teachers in the Upper Arlington (Ohio) School District, is conducted in the classroom during a 10-minute individual reading conference. The procedure allows teachers to gather information about students' reading interests, use of strategies, comprehension, and…

The Group Analysis of Instruction Matrix and the Individual Analysis of Instruction Matrix are presented as two content-free methods for objectifying assessment by observation in a naturalistic environment. The assessments provide a structure for recording observations of reading performance within a content area class. (JDD)