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Download full textStansfield, Charles – 1982
The secondary level English proficiency (SLEP) test is a group administered 150 item multiple-test of English language proficiency that includes two subscores and eight different item types. It is designed to assess a foreign student's readiness for English medium instruction at the secondary level. This paper reports on two studies which were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension
Tindal, Gerald; Deno, Stanley L. – 1981
Evidence exists that reading achievement can be measured simply and validly by having students read aloud for one minute from vocabulary lists drawn from their basal reading series. Direct and frequent measurement of student performance using this procedure provides a means for continuously evaluating a student's instructional program. The present…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Informal Reading Inventories, Item Banks
Fuchs, Lynn; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to explore the reliability and validity of three prominent procedures used in informal reading inventories (IRIs): (1) choosing a 95% word recognition accuracy standard for determining student instructional level, (2) arbitrarily selecting a passage to represent the difficulty level of a basal reader, and (3) employing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Marsh, George; And Others – 1980
A study was undertaken to determine if a criterion referenced test based on a Piagetian stage model of reading acquisition was related to grade level, to a standardized reading achievement test, and to a test of cognitive developmental level. Sixty first, second, and third grade children were administered a comprehensive test of basic skills. They…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Criterion Referenced Tests
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Office of Research and Planning. – 1981
The Kentucky Department of Education has a responsibility to provide technical assistance and consultative services to local school districts. Descriptions of the state selected diagnostic reading test, the Prescriptive Reading Inventory (PRI) and the diagnostic math test, the Diagnostic Math Inventory (DMI), are explained. Each school district in…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Quantitative Tests, Reading Tests
Dilena, Mike – 1978
A previously published discussion of the ACER "Australian Studies in School Performance" suggests that the performance of students constitutes a concern; however, it is possible to be encouraged by evidence from the study that 97% of 10 year olds and 99% of 14 year olds have mastered the abilities to understand simple written sentences.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
Collins, Allan; Haviland, Susan E. – 1979
This paper reviews recent research to determine why children encounter problems understanding what they read. Four points are discussed as especially relevant to children's problems in reading comprehension: (1) reading differs from early language experiences, and an analysis of these differences can indicate likely sources of reading difficulty;…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Gildemeister, Joan E.; Friedman, Philip – 1980
Reading achievement tests have been used to identify deficiencies in inner city, poor readers; however, they often do not provide information about encoding strategies which lead some children to academic success. Immediate memory and visual analytic differences which contribute to the success of skilled readers are isolated in this study using 20…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Memory
Forsyth, Robert – 1976
The readability level of passages from three subtests of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), Forms X-6 and Y-6, were compared with the readability level of passages selected from the Des Moines Resister, Reader's Digest, Time, Newsweek, Saturday Review, and 18 high school textbooks from the fields of social studies, science, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Content Area Reading, Literature, Natural Sciences
North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks. Center for Teaching and Learning.
Intended for parents, this guide discusses the effects of standardized tests on children, using test items from recent standardized reading tests which have been administered to children aged 7 to 13 and children's responses to these items. For each item, comments are made about the ambiguity of the item; the various interpretations that can be…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Tests, Response Style (Tests), Standardized Tests
MARKS, RUTH A. – 1965
THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR READING INSTRUCTION IN IDAHO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WAS EVALUATED BY EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF IDAHO. THE GUIDE OUTLINES THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF WORK IN DEVELOPMENTAL READING FROM GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX IN THESE FOUR STAGES -- (1) READING READINESS, (2) BEGINNING READING, (3) ESTABLISHING FLUENCY IN READING, AND (4)…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Elementary Schools, Evaluation Methods, Reading Instruction
JUSTMAN, JOSEPH – 1967
RESEARCH FINDINGS ON ABILITY GROUPING ARE INCONCLUSIVE BECAUSE NEITHER HETEROGENEITY NOR HOMOGENEITY HAS BEEN DEFINED WITH SUFFICIENT CLARITY. THE TENDENCY IN THESE STUDIES HAS BEEN TO STRESS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PUPILS IN SUCH CLASSES RATHER THAN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CLASS AS A WHOLE. IN A STUDY OF 181 CLASSES (4,705 PUPILS) HOMOGENEITY WAS…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Gains, Data, Elementary Schools
New York Medical Coll., NY. – 1960
THE INSTITUTE'S TEST BATTERY IS INTENDED TO ASSESS THE CHILD'S ACHIEVEMENT IN COGNITIVE STYLE, PERCEPTUAL ABILITY, LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND READING ACHIEVEMENT. THE TWO MAJOR PHASES IN THE INSTITUTE'S RESEARCH PROGRAM ARE EXPLORATION OF EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL REMEDIAL, READING, AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. THE INDEX…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Diagnostic Tests, Language Tests
BICKLEY, A. C.; WEAVER, WENDELL W. – 1967
SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR RESPONSES TO MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS ON READING COMPREHENSION TESTS AND THE EFFECTS OF CONTENT WORDS AND FUNCTION WORDS IN SUPPLYING INFORMATION FOR THE CORRECT COMPLETION OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS WERE STUDIED IN AN EXPERIMENT AT CAMPBELL COLLEGE. PARAGRAPHS WITH ACCOMPANYING MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS SAMPLED FROM READING…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Research
GARDNER, CHARLES – 1965
THE PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE READING LEVEL OF A CHILD WHO HAS A SEVERE READING PROBLEM CAN BE RAISED BY USING AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM CALLED "READING HABILITATION." THIS IS A SYSTEM OF UNISON READING IN WHICH THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR READ ALOUD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT A RAPID RATE. THE METHOD IS AIMED AT…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Phonics, Reading, Reading Ability
