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Comerford, James P.; Scheib, James E. – 1978
As a supplement to standardized reading tests, the Philadelphia Public School System prepared three parallel sets of reading tests to meet the following criteria: (1) be suitable for grouping secondary pupils within Title I reading classes; (2) be group administered and machine scoreable; (3) be short enough to be administered in one or two…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Junior High School Students
Pinette, Clayton, Ed.; Smith, Kent, Ed. – 1978
Five articles concerning college reading instruction are included in this special interest journal. Bill Fowler and Barry M. Kroll investigate hidden factors in tests of reading comprehension, revealing that most conventional tests have question-design weaknesses allowing students to perform successfully by the use of test wisdom alone. Imogene…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Ability
Download full textLouisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge.
This report to the Louisiana legislature describes the results of the student assessment phase of a mandated accountability program, in which criterion referenced tests of reading performance in vocabulary, phonetic analysis, structural analysis, comprehension, study skills, and word attack skills were administered to 160,771 students in grades 4,…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1979
This document describes the principles of the basic testing program of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) and reports results in detail for the year 1978-79. Included are (1) the procedures used in developing the tests, (2) the statistical characteristics of the tests, (3) the methods employed in analyzing the findings, and (4)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives
Kochinski, Gerald J. – 1980
This paper contains descriptions of activities that have proven successful in one middle school's reading program. Each description contains a commentary on the activity, its objective, the skills it reinforces or teaches, and the materials needed. Among the activities presented are a method of teaching vowel sounds; a creative writing activity…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Language Skills
Torgeson, Ronald M. – 1977
Information is provided concerning the reading performance of North Dakota students and is reported as the percentage of correct responses for each objective. Students in grades 4, 8, and 11 in North Dakota's public and private schools were assessed. Information about basic reading objectives was collected in order to evaluate their relationship…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
Linn, Robert L.; And Others – 1980
The possibility that certain features of items on a reading comprehension test may lead to biased estimates of the reading achievement of particular subgroups of students was investigated. Item response data on the reading comprehension section of a frequently used achievement test were obtained from the Anchor Test Study data files. Eight…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Grade 6
Detroit Public Schools, MI. – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE 1965-66 ACTIVITIES OF AN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I PROJECT WHICH PROVIDES PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IN GRADES FOUR TO 12 WITH SPECIAL REMEDIAL READING SERVICES. AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, THREE 2-WEEK SUMMER WORKSHOPS OFFERED INSERVICE TRAINING IN REMEDIAL READING…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Change, Data, Disadvantaged Youth
JENNINGS, LEE B. – 1967
ALTHOUGH TRANSLATION, A SKILL NOT CONSIDERED USEFUL IN A BASIC AUDIOLINGUAL MODERN LANGUAGE PROGRAM, HAS BEEN DISPENSED WITH, READING, ANOTHER SPECIALIZED SKILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRED ALONG WITH THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ORALLY, APPEARS TO BE LESS CONTROVERSIAL. IF, THEN, READING CONTINUES AS A GOAL OF LANGUAGE TEACHING, IT MUST BE TESTED NOT…
Descriptors: German, Learning Theories, Modern Languages, Reading
FAY, LEO C.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL READING, GRADES 1 TO 8, WAS PREPARED BY THE STATE COMMITTEE ON READING, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. SIX MAJOR AREAS ARE DISCUSSED--(1) PHILOSOPHY, OBJECTIVES, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD READING PROGRAM, (2) ORGANIZING A TOTAL READING PROGRAM, (3) ORGANIZING FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, (4)…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Course Organization, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Reading
FAY, LEO C.; AND OTHERS – 1965
A CURRICULUM GUIDE TO REMEDIAL READING FOR GRADES 3-12 PREPARED BY THE INDIANA STATE COMMITTEE ON READING IS PRESENTED. EIGHT MAJOR AREAS ARE DISCUSSED IN THE GUIDE--(1) THE PURPOSE OF THE REMEDIAL PROGRAM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS, (2) THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SUMMER REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM, (3) THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN REMEDIAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Schools, Independent Reading
HODDER, VELMA; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE BASIC DEVELOPMENTAL READING PROGRAM IS REVIEWED AS A FOUNDATION FOR SOUND REMEDIAL OR CORRECTIVE PROGRAMS IN A GUIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY READING IN NEBRASKA SCHOOLS. THE PRESENTATION IS DEVELOPED AROUND FOUR TOPICS--(1) DEVELOPMENTAL READING (CHILDREN'S GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS, INSTRUCTIONAL READING LEVEL,…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education
Horodezky, Betty, Ed.; Heimberger, Mary, Ed. – 1980
This classification index was compiled for the purpose of providing educators, researchers, and students with a vehicle for quick accessibility to the diversified information appearing in "The Reading Teacher" from 1967 to 1978. The titles of articles in the index have been organized into 15 major categories and 37 subcategories, derived through a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Exceptional Persons
Sposato, Susan E. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to determine if the comprehension of 33 second grade students on a standardized test is the same whether the test is read silently or orally. The students silently read Level B, Form 1 of the "Gates MacGinitie Reading Test"; during the month that followed, individual students read Level B, Form 2, of the test orally,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Intermode Differences
HAYES, ROBERT B.; WUEST, RICHARD C. – 1968
FOUR APPROACHES TO BEGINNING READING WERE EVALUATED IN A 3-YEAR STUDY OF ELEMENTARY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE FOUR APPROACHES USED WERE (1) A BASAL READER PROGRAM PUBLISHED BY SCOTT, FORESMAN AND CO. (1962), (2) A PHONIC PROGRAM UTILIZING CORRELATED FILMSTRIPS PUBLISHED BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO. (1963), (3) A COMBINATION…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Developmental Reading, Directed Reading Activity
