Readability of the Gates-McGinitie Reading Test: Cautions for Test Givers, Test Takers, and Test Makers.

Britton, Gwyneth; Lumpkin, Margarte

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Publication Date: 1982

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Readability of the Gates-McGinitie Reading Test: Cautions for Test Givers, Test Takers, and Test Makers.

Britton, Gwyneth; Lumpkin, Margarte

Reading Psychology, v3 n3 p199-209 Jul-Sep 1982

Subjecting the comprehension passages of the Gates-McGinitie Reading Test to readability analysis using a multiformula computer program revealed that the instrument can best be used for making comparisons between groups using the same test forms and levels in the same sequence. (FL)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Tests, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Use, Test Validity

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