A central focus of this report is estimating whether retention had a positive impact in students' achievement growth. Evaluating the effect of retention means that the researchers have to find a comparison group of low-achieving students who might represent what would have happened if those students who failed to make the promotional cutoff had…

Study was designed to determine whether certain commercial 10-item multiple-choice reading comprehension tests were vulnerable to guessing. It was concluded that more valid comprehension tests could be developed if items were tested for guessability. (Author)

Shows that a score obtained on a retest using the reading reinforced technique gives a useful measure of reading capacity and apparently provides a successful method of screening students for reading programs. Tables, graphs, and bibliography. ( RW)

Describes an ideal program in a hypothetical school designated by the system as its reading school and shows how faculty, students, materials, methods, and physical plant might combine to serve the developmental, remedial, and clinical needs of a school system. (MD)

Focuses on developments in education that apply to reading tests in general, including behavioral objectives, cognition models, skill analyses, and curriculum packages development. Bibliography. (CM)