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Popham, W. James – 1981
Some minimum competency testing programs were created chiefly as a vehicle to improve the quality of basic skills instruction. In these programs, the tests are used to define instructional targets clearly and, thereby, enhance the quality of instruction. Few testing programs have included readability levels in their test specifications. In 1979…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Vocabulary, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedKibby, Michael W. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes the test, The Degrees of Reading Power, developed by the New York State Education Department for use as a formalized "informal reading inventory." (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Minimum Competency Testing, Readability
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1979
The administrators' and teachers' manual for the New York State Preliminary Competency Test in Reading provides information on the student population to be tested; the degrees of reading power (DRP) methodology to measure students' reading comprehension; the test content; and the state reference point, a cutoff score expressed in terms of…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: predictors of primary grade reading achievement; factor analysis of the WISC-R to distinguish disabled readers at three grade levels; a process model for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adults, Communication (Thought Transfer)
