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Mesmer, Heidi Anne; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2015
The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (CCSS/ELA) focus on building student capacity to read complex texts. The Standards provide an explicit text complexity staircase that maps text levels to grade levels. Furthermore, the Standards articulate a rationale to accelerate text levels across grades to ensure students are able to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Skills, Language Proficiency
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Pomplun, Mark; Custer, Michael – Applied Measurement in Education, 2005
In this study, we investigated possible context effects when students chose to defer items and answer those items later during a computerized test. In 4 primary school reading tests, 126 items were studied. Logistic regression analyses identified 4 items across 4 grade levels as statistically significant. However, follow-up analyses indicated that…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Reading Tests, Effect Size, Test Items