The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) program is exploring a change in Section 3 of the TOEFL test that would replace the vocabulary subpart with additional reading comprehension questions. This study investigated the proposed revision in terms of the length and timing that would be necessary to address concerns of test speededness of the section. Several psychometric issues relating to the proposed revision were also investigated. Responses of 33 students at each of 42 institutions teaching English as a second language were used. Results support the implementation of a revised TOEFL Section 3 consisting of five reading passages with a total of 50 items. Results also suggest that a total testing time of no less than 55 minutes should be allowed for the revised TOEFL Section 3. Additional psychometric analyses indicate that the current TOEFL score scale can be maintained with the revised Section 3 and that the proposed revisions will not appreciably affect the reliability and validity of Section 3. Appendices include: Preliminary Dimensionality Analyses of Section 3 of the TOEFL test, supplemental information, and an experimental TOEFL section. Fifteen figures and 10 tables present analysis results. (Contains 59 references.) (SLD)