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Carver, Ronald P. – J Educ Meas, 1970
Two studies analyze and evaluate the use of the chunk," a small group of meaningfully related words within a sentence, as a test item in reading and listening tests. (PR)
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedByrne, Sister Mary Ann; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Divergent Thinking
Peer reviewedLadd, Eleanor M. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Diagnostic Teaching, Error Patterns, Item Analysis
Peer reviewedBruininks, Robert H.; Lucker, William G. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1970
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Intelligence Tests, Longitudinal Studies
Foley, Dolores A. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Ability Identification, High Schools, Individualized Programs, Instructional Materials
Sullivan, Joanna – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Reading Comprehension
Brigham, Bruce W. – J Reading Spec, 1970
Descriptors: Measurement Instruments, Performance Factors, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
Dulin, Kenneth La Marr – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Context Clues, Grade 10, Middle Class
Peer reviewedBackman, Joan – Reading Research Quarterly, 1983
Study results do not demonstrate that early reading is made possible by precocity in speech-sound segmentation, blending, or discrimination ability, but that the complex skill involving the manipulation of sounds in temporal order may be more closely related to early reading ability. (AEA)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Early Reading, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Peer reviewedPowers, Stephen; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
The validity of the equipercentile hypothesis of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System norm-referenced evaluation model was examined using 3,224 seventh- and ninth-grade students. Findings from confidence interval procedures contradicted the equipercentile hypothesis. There was a pattern of large gains for students not receiving any special…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Hypothesis Testing
Buford, Constance W.; McAndrew, Gordon L. – Executive Educator, 1983
Describes the development of a program to improve school productivity in Richland County (South Carolina) School District One. Lists the program's six criteria, involving reading and mathematics test performance, teacher and student attendance, and parent and student attitudes. Presents the results of the program's first year. (RW)
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedHofler, Donald B. – Reading World, 1983
Argues that, in determining if a standardized test task and a classroom performance task are the same, educators should carefully analyze the tasks in terms of the input modality (stimulus) and the output modality (response). (FL)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Informal Assessment, Item Analysis
Peer reviewedBehuniak, Peter, Jr.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
This study examined how local content specialists performed when applying the Angoff and Nedelsky standard setting procedures to objective-referenced instruments in reading and mathematics. Results revealed several differences between the standard setting procedures in terms of both level and consistency of the cut scores generated. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Interrater Reliability
Peer reviewedBrown, James M.; Chang, Gerald – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
The predictive validity of the Minnesota Reading Assessment (MRA) when used to project potential performance of postsecondary vocational-technical education students was examined. Findings confirmed the MRA to be a valid predictor, although the error in prediction varied between the criterion variables. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Postsecondary Education, Predictive Validity
Ostertag, Bruce A.; Schnoor, Janice M. – Academic Therapy, 1981
A reading practices survey of 138 Arizona secondary learning disabled teachers was conducted. Among results were that 65 percent of special educators indicated access to reading specialist/instructed programs; the Individualized Reading Approach was the method used most; and the special educator was the professional mainly responsible for reading…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Consultants, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
