Passage-Dependency Data in the Selection of Reading Comprehension Test Items.

Scherich, Henry H.; Hanna, Gerald S.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Passage-Dependency Data in the Selection of Reading Comprehension Test Items

Scherich, Henry H.; Hanna, Gerald S.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 37, 4, 991-7, W 77

The reading comprehension items for a revision of the Nelson Reading Skills Test were administered to several hundred fourth and sixth-grade pupils in order to determine the passage dependency of each item. The passage dependency index was used to locate weak items. (Author/JKS)

Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Item Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Selection, Standardized Tests, Test Items

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