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Degrees of Reading Power Test

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Is the Degrees of Reading Power Test Valid or Invalid?

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Carver, Ronald P. – Journal of Reading, 1985

Argues that the Degrees of Reading Power test is not a valid tool for its main purpose, matching students to appropriate texts, because the test's units of text difficulty are not uniformly comparable to the test's units used to reflect a reader's ability. (HOD)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Ability

A Response to "Is the Degrees of Reading Power Test Valid or Invalid?"

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Bormuth, John R. – Journal of Reading, 1985

Explains significant but accounted for factors that affected the validity of the Degrees of Reading Power Test. (HOD)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Prior Learning, Readability, Readability Formulas