Passage Independence in Reading Achievement Tests: A Follow-up
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 58 (3) , 945-946
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1984.58.3.945
Abstract
38 college undergraduates were administered reading-comprehension items from a major standardized achievement test with corresponding passages deleted. Analysis indicated that, after 20 years of similar research findings, highly passage-independent items still occur on major tests.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Ability of Students to Identify Correct Responses before ReadingThe Journal of Educational Research, 1964