Studies of the Seriousness of Three Threats to Passage Dependence.

Hanna, Gerald S.; Oaster, Thomas R.

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Publication Date: 1980

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Studies of the Seriousness of Three Threats to Passage Dependence.

Hanna, Gerald S.; Oaster, Thomas R.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v40 n2 p405-11 Sum 1980

Certain kinds of multiple-choice reading comprehension questions may be answered correctly at the higher-than-chance level when they are administered without the accompanying passage. These high risk questions do not necessarily lead to passage dependence invalidity. They threaten but do not prove invalidity. (Author/CP)

Descriptors: High Schools, Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Test Format, Test Items, Test Validity

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