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Download full textJohnston, Peter; Afflerbach, Peter – 1982
A study examined the nature of the questions contained in two major standardized reading comprehension tests in terms of their centrality to the text. It was hypothesized that the use of a discrimination index for item selection would tend to favor relatively trivial questions. Half the reading selections from the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSmith, Lawrence L.; Johns, Jerry L. – Reading Psychology, 1984
Finds some evidence that out-of-level tests are more suitable and reliable for poor readers than are on-level tests. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Intermediate Grades, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1982
Reports the results of a study that examined the technical adequacy of three selected informal reading inventory procedures. (AEA)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Materials
