Access Reading Test

Author : Mary Crumpler,Colin McCarty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1444196367

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Access Reading Test by Mary Crumpler,Colin McCarty Pdf

The popular Access Reading Test is designed for wide-range assessment and pinpoints strengths and weaknesses in four key reading skill areas: Literal Comprehension, Vocabulary, Comprehension requiring inference or prediction and Comprehension requiring analysis. - The manual describes how to use the test and how to establish if a student may be eligible for extra time in national tests or examinations - Now with four carefully matched parallel forms (A-D), the test takes just 30 minutes to administer, and is easy to score - Enables assessment of pupils from Key Stage 2 up to A level and beyond with general-purpose group test for use across the full ability range - Provides reliable assessment for each group with reading ages and percentiles, together with NC levels for Key Stage 3 and performance data in each skill area - Ideal as an initial 'screen' on entry to secondary school and for monitoring subsequent progress - Allows students to meet a variety of graded texts (fiction and non-fiction), styles and contexts with gradually increasing difficulty within each

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1471829014

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Access Reading Test by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joetta Beaver,Mark A. Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Developmental reading
ISBN : 067361848X

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Developmental Reading Assessment by Joetta Beaver,Mark A. Carter Pdf

Gives middle school teachers a range of tools to help monitor literacy behavior continuously as they teach, as well as conduct periodic assessments for accountability. Intended to guide teachers' ongoing observations of student's progress within a literature-based reading program.

Author : Sylvia Phillips,Kathleen Kelly,Liz Symes
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446295977

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Assessment of Learners with Dyslexic-Type Difficulties by Sylvia Phillips,Kathleen Kelly,Liz Symes Pdf

This comprehensive guide enables teachers to understand a range of approaches to the assessment of children with dyslexic-type difficulties. Linking theory, research and practice, practitioners will gain critical knowledge of procedures to analyse, interpret and use in appropriate assessments which will facilitate setting targets for teaching. The book covers: - how to use both informal and formal assessment procedures - frameworks for evaluating published and teacher-made assessments - the professional development needs of any teacher involved in assessment Ideal for those training to be specialist teachers of learners with dyslexia, this text is equally useful to all teachers and SENCOS (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators) and complements the authors' book Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia to provide comprehensive guidance for assessing and teaching learners with dyslexic-type difficulties. Sylvia Phillips is an experienced Special Educational Needs educator, and currently leads Glyndwr University's specialist course for teachers of learners with dyslexia. Kath Kelly is Programme Leader for the Masters in Specific Learning Difficulties, Manchester Metropolitan University. Liz Symes is Senior Lecturer in SEN (Special Educational Needs) and Professional Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Author : Constantine Stephanidis,Margherita Antona
Publisher : Springer
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642391941

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Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Applications and Services for Quality of Life by Constantine Stephanidis,Margherita Antona Pdf

The three-volume set LNCS 8009-8011 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2013, held as part of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2013, held in Las Vegas, USA in July 2013, jointly with 12 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1666 papers and 303 posters presented at the HCII 2013 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 5210 submissions. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. The total of 230 contributions included in the UAHCI proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this three-volume set. The 78 papers included in this volume are organized in the following topical sections: universal access to smart environments and ambient assisted living; universal access to learning and education; universal access to text, books, ebooks and digital libraries; health, well-being, rehabilitation and medical applications; access to mobile interaction.

Author : Mary Crumpler,Colin McCarty
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Reading
ISBN : 0340882573

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Diagnostic Reading Analysis by Mary Crumpler,Colin McCarty Pdf

Individually asses the reading accuracy, comprehension and fluency/ reading rate, plus comprehension processing speed for less able readers from 7 to 16. "The test is brilliant. We used it with a cohort who have been well below standard for the school and right the way throughout it told us so much about that cohort and their learning styles. It was quick to administer, didn't stress the pupils and the end result was so useful." - SENCO, Hampshire school - Carefully structured, with an initial listening comprehension passage that helps determine each pupil's starting point - Provides standardised measures of reading accuracy (as standardised scores and reading ages), fluency/reading rate and reading comprehension. Additionally, this second edition provides a standardised measure of comprehension processing speed, making the DRA ideal for access arrangements assessment. - Pupils read and answer questions on three graded passages - fiction and non-fiction - pitched at appropriate levels of difficulty - Perfect for assessing progress with two parallel forms A and B that allow for re-testing - Identify patterns of reading performance with a photocopiable Diagnostic Checklist The optional Diagnostic Profiler CD-ROM helps you to produce a detailed diagnostic report, including prompts for appropriate follow-up for each pupil.

Author : Dominiek Sandra,Marcus Taft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317933045

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Morphological Structure, Lexical Representation and Lexical Access (RLE Linguistics C: Applied Linguistics) by Dominiek Sandra,Marcus Taft Pdf

The main concern of this work is whether morphemes play a role in the lexical representation and processing of several types of polymorphemic words and, more particularly, at what precise representational and processing level. The book comprises two theoretical contributions and a number of empirical ones. One theoretical paper discusses several possible motivations for a morphologically organised mental lexicon (like the economy of representation view, and the efficiency of processing view), and lays out the weaknesses that are associated with some of these motivations. The other theoretical paper offers an interactive-activation reinterpretation of the findings that were originally reported within the lexical search framework. The empirical papers together cover a relatively broad array of language types and mainly deal with visual word recognition in normals in the context of lexical morphology (derived and compound words). Evidence is reported on the function of stems and affixes as processing units in prefixed and suffixed derivations. The role of semantic transparency in the lexical representation of compounds is studied, as is the effect of orthographic ambiguity on the parsing of novel compounds. The inflection-derivational distinction is approached in the context of Finnish, a highly agglutinative language with much richer morphology than the languages usually studied in psycholinguistic experiments on polymorphemic words. Two other contributions also approach the study object in the context of relatively uncharted domains: one presents data on Chinese, a language which uses a different script-type (logographic) from the languages that are usually studied (alphabetic script), and another one presents data on language production.

Author : Mark David Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Human information processing
ISBN : UCSD:31822010846020

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Memory Access and Reading Ability by Mark David Jackson Pdf

Author : Jufang Kong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811370212

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Investigating the Role of Test Methods in Testing Reading Comprehension by Jufang Kong Pdf

This book explores the construct of reading comprehension by means of two main test methods. Research methods like the think aloud protocol and eye tracking are employed to tap into test-takers’ cognitive processes while engaged in input text meaning building, and in test tasks. The book is the first systematic attempt to explore test-takers’ cognitive processes through the control of test methods, and presents findings in visualized form including processing route maps and eye fixation heat maps. It offers readers essential support with “digging into” and analyzing data that has to date remained difficult to access.

Author : Jonathan E. Peelle,Arthur Wingfield
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Deafness
ISBN : 9782889195404

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The effect of hearing loss on neural processing by Jonathan E. Peelle,Arthur Wingfield Pdf

Efficient auditory processing requires the rapid integration of transient sensory inputs. This is exemplified in human speech perception, in which long stretches of a complex acoustic signal are typically processed accurately and essentially in real-time. Spoken language thus presents listeners’ auditory systems with a considerable challenge even when acoustic input is clear. However, auditory processing ability is frequently compromised due to congenital or acquired hearing loss, or altered through background noise or assistive devices such as cochlear implants. How does loss of sensory fidelity impact neural processing, efficiency, and health? How does this ultimately influence behavior? This Research Topic explores the neural consequences of hearing loss, including basic processing carried out in the auditory periphery, computations in subcortical nuclei and primary auditory cortex, and higher-level cognitive processes such as those involved in human speech perception. By pulling together data from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, we gain a more complete picture of the acute and chronic consequences of hearing loss for neural functioning.

Author : S. Schwartz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781489903877

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Measuring Reading Competence by S. Schwartz Pdf

This book concerns measuring reading skills. It is not meant to be a compre hensive survey of reading research or a review of all possible approaches to reading measurement (although considerable attention is given to both subjects). Instead, the purpose of this book is to present a coherent, theoretically based approach to measuring reading competence. The ability to measure a phenomenon is an important prerequisite for scientific analysis. As Lord Kelvin said, "One's knowledge of science begins when he can measure what he is speaking about and express it in numbers." Unfortunately, not just any numbers will do. Presently available reading tests provide their users with a plethora of numbers-age levels, percentiles, grade equivalents-but their scientific value is questionable. The problem is that there is more to scientific measurement than merely assigning numbers to arbitrarily chosen behaviors. Scientific measurement occurs only within the confines of a theory, and most reading tests are atheoretical. Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth in reading research.

Author : R. Murray Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135601744

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High-Stakes Testing by R. Murray Thomas Pdf

The federal government's No Child Left Behind Act has thrust high-stakes testing - its goals, methods, and consequences - into the educational limelight. The four-fold purpose of this book is to: describe the nature of high-stakes testing; identify types of collateral damage that have attended the testing programs; analyze methods different groups of people have chosen for coping with the damage and suggest lessons to be learned from the high-stakes-testing experience. The six groups of people whose coping strategies are inspected include: politicians and their staffs; educational administrators and their staffs; parents and the public; test makers and test administrators; teachers and students. Importantly, the author avoids aligning himself with the test-bashing rhetoric of those who oppose high-stakes testing, especially the No Child Left Behind Act. Key features of this outstanding new book include: illustrative cases. The book offers more than 350 cases of collateral damage from high-stakes testing--and people's coping strategies--as reported in newspapers over the 2002-2004 period. background perspectives. Part I examines the influence of high-stakes testing on: 1) what schools teach; 2) how student progress is evaluated; 3) how achievement standards are set; and 4) how test results are used. participant responses. Part II, which is the heart of the book, devotes a separate chapter to the coping strategies of each of the major participants in the high-stakes testing movement: politicians and their staffs, educational administrators and their staffs, parents and the public, test-makers and test-givers, teachers, and students. summary chapter. The last chapter (Lessons to Learn) offers suggestions for minimizing collateral damage by adopting alternative approaches not used in the creation of our current high-stakes testing programs, particularly the federal government's No Child Left Behind Act. This book is appropriate for any of the following audiences: students taking evaluation or administration courses in schools of education, inservice administrators and teachers, policy makers, and those members of the general public who are concerned about the fate of schooling in America.

Author : Richard W. Woodcock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Reading
ISBN : 1922021636

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Woodcock reading mastery tests by Richard W. Woodcock Pdf

Author : Suzanne Lane,Mark R. Raymond,Thomas M. Haladyna
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136242571

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Handbook of Test Development by Suzanne Lane,Mark R. Raymond,Thomas M. Haladyna Pdf

The second edition of the Handbook of Test Development provides graduate students and professionals with an up-to-date, research-oriented guide to the latest developments in the field. Including thirty-two chapters by well-known scholars and practitioners, it is divided into five sections, covering the foundations of test development, content definition, item development, test design and form assembly, and the processes of test administration, documentation, and evaluation. Keenly aware of developments in the field since the publication of the first edition, including changes in technology, the evolution of psychometric theory, and the increased demands for effective tests via educational policy, the editors of this edition include new chapters on assessing noncognitive skills, measuring growth and learning progressions, automated item generation and test assembly, and computerized scoring of constructed responses. The volume also includes expanded coverage of performance testing, validity, fairness, and numerous other topics. Edited by Suzanne Lane, Mark R. Raymond, and Thomas M. Haladyna, The Handbook of Test Development, 2nd edition, is based on the revised Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, and is appropriate for graduate courses and seminars that deal with test development and usage, professional testing services and credentialing agencies, state and local boards of education, and academic libraries serving these groups.

Author : Melissa J. Margolis,Richard A. Feinberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351064774

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Integrating Timing Considerations to Improve Testing Practices by Melissa J. Margolis,Richard A. Feinberg Pdf

Integrating Timing Considerations to Improve Testing Practices synthesizes a wealth of theory and research on time issues in assessment into actionable advice for test development, administration, and scoring. One of the major advantages of computer-based testing is the capability to passively record test-taking metadata—including how examinees use time and how time affects testing outcomes. This has opened many questions for testing administrators. Is there a trade-off between speed and accuracy in test taking? What considerations should influence equitable decisions about extended-time accommodations? How can test administrators use timing data to balance the costs and resulting validity of tests administered at commercial testing centers? In this comprehensive volume, experts in the field discuss the impact of timing considerations, constraints, and policies on valid score interpretations; administrative accommodations, test construction, and examinees’ experiences and behaviors; and how to implement the findings into practice. These 12 chapters provide invaluable resources for testing professionals to better understand the inextricable links between effective time allocation and the purposes of high-stakes testing. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.