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Žaneta Džumhur, Editor; Paulína Koršnáková, Editor; Sabine Meinck, Editor – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2025
This open access book presents insights into the current state of reading literacy in the Dinaric region, namely the education systems in Albania, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. A collection of analyses reveals factors influencing this key capacity of young pupils. Using data from IEA's Progress in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Reading Tests, International Assessment
Montgomery, Jim – Computing Teacher, 1984
Describes how a microcomputer with a word processing program can be used efficiently to generate cloze tests, offering teachers an effective method of producing individualized materials for reading and language arts instruction. Examples of grammar worksheets focusing on proper nouns and adjectives, adjectives and adverbs, and plural words are…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
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Topping, K. J.; Samuels, J.; Paul, T. – British Educational Research Journal, 2008
To explore whether different balances of fiction/non-fiction reading and challenge might help explain differences in reading achievement between genders, data on 45,670 pupils who independently read over 3 million books were analysed. Moderate (rather than high or low) levels of challenge were positively associated with achievement gain, but…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Gender Differences
Webb, Nan; Tripp, John – 1987
The Testing Center at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in North Carolina, Educational Testing Service, and the College Board are participating jointly in pilot and field testing Computerized Placement Tests (CPTs). CPTs, which assess communications, reading, and mathematics skills, have the following benefits: (1) students may take the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Testing, Mathematics Tests