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Peer reviewedAmes, Wilbur S. – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Reading Ability, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedDavis, John E. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Critical Reading, Intermediate Grades, Reading Improvement
Download full textBruce, Bertram; Rubin, Andee – 1981
Reading is a process of forming and evaluating hypotheses to account for the data in a text. Because of its complexity, the task of reading requires strategies for controlling the proliferation of hypotheses. Four of these strategies are (1) jumping to conclusions, (2) maintaining inertia (refusing to abandon a hypothesis in spite of contradictory…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Hypothesis Testing, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension
Massey, Randy H.; Mathews, John J. – 1980
A study was conducted to examine the reading levels of United States Air Force civilian employees according to occupational groupings and grade structure. Approximately 1,050 Air Force civilian subjects were tested on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test or the California Reading Test. Subjects were selected from eight Air Force bases representing the…
Descriptors: Adults, Government Employees, Job Skills, Occupations
General Research Corp., McLean, VA. – 1980
This is the second volume of a two-volume report describing the results of a three-year evaluation study of the Right to Read Special Emphasis Project, which was undertaken to determine if intensive programs of reading instruction introduced at an early age could change patterns of reading achievement in schools where large numbers of students…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Program Evaluation, Reading Difficulties
Thorpe, W. Graham; And Others – 1976
Noting that the 1974 revision and standardization of the Burt Word Reading Test resulted in a reordering of some of the words in accordance with current levels of difficulty, this manual includes directions for administering and scoring the new test form, provides age and class norms, and offers advice on the use and interpretation of the scores.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Oral Reading, Reading Tests
PDF pending restorationMathews, John J.; And Others – 1978
To assess the reading ability of military service applicants and accessions, and to determine the relationship between Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) measures and reading scores, 2,432 subjects were given the Gates MacGinitie reading test and a subsample of 818 were given the Nelson-Denny reading test. The median reading grade…
Descriptors: Mastery Tests, Military Personnel, Postsecondary Education, Predictive Measurement
Insights Into Open Education, 1974
Focusing on reading, this issue of "Insights" contains three sections. The first, by Clara A. Pedersen, lists 20 questions which teachers and administrators should ask themselves before administering reading tests. The second, "What's Wrong with Reading Tests" by Deborah Meier, defines reading, describes learning to read, and analyzes the problems…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
Anderson, Howard Nix – 1974
This study was concerned with the development and evaluation of a method for estimating expected gain in reading achievement for elementary school children. The method involves the development of two-year reading gain expectancy charts for pupils in grades two, three, and four. A separate chart is developed for each of the three grade levels. Each…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Expectancy Tables
Melnik, Amelia; Larson, Martha L. – 1976
Unfortunately, the current popularity of questioning strategies has led to their widespread excessive and/or exclusive employment in evaluating reading comprehension. An approach in reading instruction which utilizes both verbal and nonverbal communication for assessing comprehension contains several unique features that provide for the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Learning, Reading Comprehension
Hicks, Donna Wheeler – 1974
This study was concerned with the validation of the "Hicks Cloze-Reading Test," an evaluative instrument to be used by the classroom teacher in assessing the reading ability levels of children. Three instruments, the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test," the "Standard Reading Inventory," and the "Hicks Cloze-Reading…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Reading Ability
Leibert, Robert E. – 1973
The project to develop a diagnostic test for adults attending literacy classes was conducted in two phases. First, an Adult Informal Reading Test (AIRT) was administered, scored and interpreted by the project team. These results and guidelines for the advancement of adults in reading materials were communicated to cooperating project teachers, who…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Research, Literacy Education
London, Margery; Sigmond, Mary V. – 1975
The teacher handbook is intended to provide a complete set of simple diagnostic testing materials in reading for children in kindergarten through third grade. Tests focus on such skill areas as visual discrimination and auditory memory. Included are lists of materials and strategies to be used after the students have been tested and their special…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Kindergarten, Learning Disabilities, Primary Education
Sears, Charles Richards – 1969
Thirty second-grade boys--15 reading at grade level, 15 reading below grade level--were tested to determine whether children showing average and below average levels of reading achievement differed from each other in their mastery of basic language concepts and psycholinguistic abilities. They all met the criteria of (1) non-bilingual Caucasian…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Psycholinguistics
Carver, Ronald P. – 1970
In addition to using chunked items, the Carver-Darby Chunked Reading Test differs from the traditional reading test in the way it was developed and the manner in which the test scores are interpreted. The criterion for developing and revising test items was based on the inability of the readers to answer test items correctly before reading the…
Descriptors: College Students, Measurement Instruments, Performance Criteria, Reading Ability
