Measuring Reading Competence

Author : S. Schwartz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,9 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 : S. Schwartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015026973795

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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 : John Sabatini,Elizabeth Albro,Tenaha O'Reilly
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607094876

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Measuring Up by John Sabatini,Elizabeth Albro,Tenaha O'Reilly Pdf

In recent decades, the science of reading acquisition has been advancing through interdisciplinary research in cognitive, psycholinguistic, developmental, genetic, neuroscience, cross-language, and experimental comparison studies of effective instruction. Some of the science of reading has emerged from the theory and research into the realm of practice and policy. Yet the science and practice of measuring “reading comprehension” has remained relatively immune to much of this foundational knowledge. Measuring Up questions the traditional format of reading comprehension tests, typically a single series of questions asked about a series of passages, and offers ideas and innovations we might expect in a next generation of 21st century reading assessments. Sabatini, Albro, and O'Reilly believe that in light of the move towards Common Core State Standards and assessments, as well as significant national investments in reading and literacy education, it is a critical and opportune time to bring together the research and measurement community to address fundamental issues of measuring reading comprehension, both in theory and in practice.

Author : J. Charles Alderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521590006

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Assessing Reading by J. Charles Alderson Pdf

This book is the most comprehensive of the assessment of reading in a foreign or second language.

Author : Linda Diamond,B. J. Thorsnes
Publisher : Arena Press a Division of Academic Therapy Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Educational tests and measurements
ISBN : 1634022432

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Assessing Reading Multiple Measures - Revised 2nd Edition by Linda Diamond,B. J. Thorsnes Pdf

A collection of formal and informal English and Spanish reading assessments for students in grades K-12. Includes assessment instructions, assessments and teacher scoring forms.

Author : John Sabatini,Elizabeth Albro,Tenaha O'Reilly
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475801026

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Reaching an Understanding by John Sabatini,Elizabeth Albro,Tenaha O'Reilly Pdf

Reaching an Understanding: Innovations in How We View Reading Assessment builds upon the editors previous book Measuring Up: Advances in How We Assess Reading Ability by representing some early attempts to apply theory to help guide the development of new assessments and measurement models. Reaching an Understanding is divided into two sections: “assessment, learning, and instruction: connecting text, task, and reader/ learner” and “how to build for the future”. These sections identify ways to assess students reading comprehension through multiple text sources, purpose readings, and assessment while a student is reading in order to determine deficits. In light of federal legislation towards common core standards and assessments, as well as significant national investments in reading and literacy education, it is a critical and opportune time to bring together the research and measurement community to address fundamental issues of measuring reading comprehension, in theory and in practice.

Author : National Reading Panel (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015050241416

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Report of the National Reading Panel : Teaching Children to Read : an Evidence-based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction by National Reading Panel (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Robert Curtis Sorrells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UGA:32108028037599

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An Improved Measure of Reading Skill by Robert Curtis Sorrells Pdf

This study compared the construct validity and the predictive validity of a new test, called the Cognitive Structure Test, to multiple-choice tests of reading skill, namely the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery Paragraph Comprehension Test (ASVABpc) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) . To test the hypothesis that the Cognitive Structure Test is a better test of reading skill, 347 Air Force recruits read 16 technical and scientific passages (8 from the ASVABpc and 8 from the SAT) and took both multiple-choice and Cognitive Structure tests on the passages. For each passage the recruits' Cognitive Structure Test responses were compared to the responses of two experts who also read the passage and took the Cognitive Structure Tests (a total of 32 experts) . These experts also took the multiple-choice tests. Results indicated that the two tests measured very similar constructs and had similar reliability (Chronbach's Alpha) ratings (Cognitive Structure Test, .63; Multiple- choice test, .68) Results showed that the Cognitive Structure Test was superior to the multiple-choice tests in predicting final Technical School grade point averages for the recruits, and equivalent to the multiple-choice tests in predicting the ASVAB vocational and general science tests, and general knowledge tests. For the ASVAB passages, the Cognitive Structure Test predicted the final Techschool scores, but the multiple-choice test did not. Both tests predicted domain specific knowledge and general ability.

Author : Jufang Kong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,7 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 : Timothy Rasinski,William Rupley,David Paige,Chase Young
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783039432684

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Reading Fluency by Timothy Rasinski,William Rupley,David Paige,Chase Young Pdf

Reading fluency has been identified as a key component of proficient reading. Research has consistently demonstrated significant and substantial correlations between reading fluency and overall reading achievement. Despite the great potential for fluency to have a significant outcome on students’ reading achievement, it continues to be not well understood by teachers, school administrators and policy makers. The chapters in this volume examine reading fluency from a variety of perspectives. The initial chapter sketches the history of fluency as a literacy instruction component. Following chapters examine recent studies and approaches to reading fluency, followed by chapters that explore actual fluency instruction models and the impact of fluency instruction. Assessment of reading fluency is critical for monitoring progress and identifying students in need of intervention. Two articles on assessment, one focused on word recognition and the other on prosody, expand our understanding of fluency measurement. Finally, a study from Turkey explores the relationship of various reading competencies, including fluency, in an integrated model of reading. Our hope for this volume is that it may spark a renewed interest in research into reading fluency and fluency instruction and move toward making fluency instruction an even more integral part of all literacy instruction.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309139809

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Measures of Health Literacy by Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy Pdf

Health literacy-the ability for individuals to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services to facilitate appropriate health decisions-is increasingly recognized as an important facet of health care and health outcomes. Although research on health literacy has grown tremendously in the past decade, there is no widely agreed-upon framework for health literacy as a determinant of health outcomes. Most instruments focus on assessing an individual's health literacy, yet the scope of health literacy reaches far beyond an individual's skills and abilities. Health literacy occurs in the context of the health care system, and therefore measures of health literacy must also assess the demands and complexities of the health care systems with which patients interact. For example, measures are needed to determine how well the system has been organized so that it can be navigated by individuals with different levels of health literacy and how well health organizations are doing at making health information understandable and actionable. To examine what is known about measures of health literacy, the Institute of Medicine convened a workshop. The workshop, summarized in this volume, reviews the current status of measures of health literacy, including those used in the health care setting; discusses possible surrogate measures that might be used to assess health literacy; and explores ways in which health literacy measures can be used to assess patient-centered approaches to care.

Author : Edward J. Kame'enui,Deborah C. Simmons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135585297

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The Role of Fluency in Reading Competence, Assessment, and instruction by Edward J. Kame'enui,Deborah C. Simmons Pdf

First published in 2001. This is a special issue Volume 5, Number 3, from 2001 of Scientific Studies of Reading that looks at the DNA of reading fluency in scientific inquiry accounts. The contributors offer a selection of essays seeks to establish that that fluent reading is plainly developmental and represents an outcome of well-specified sub lexical and lexical processes and skills developed for most children over a bounded period of pedagogical time, rather than in just the school setting.

Author : David A. Kilpatrick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118845400

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Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties by David A. Kilpatrick Pdf

Practical, effective, evidence-based reading interventions thatchange students' lives Essentials of Understanding and Assessing ReadingDifficulties is a practical, accessible, in-depth guide toreading assessment and intervention. It provides a detaileddiscussion of the nature and causes of reading difficulties, whichwill help develop the knowledge and confidence needed to accuratelyassess why a student is struggling. Readers will learn aframework for organizing testing results from current assessmentbatteries such as the WJ-IV, KTEA-3, and CTOPP-2. Case studiesillustrate each of the concepts covered. A thorough discussion isprovided on the assessment of phonics skills, phonologicalawareness, word recognition, reading fluency, and readingcomprehension. Formatted for easy reading as well as quickreference, the text includes bullet points, icons, callout boxes,and other design elements to call attention to importantinformation. Although a substantial amount of research has shown that mostreading difficulties can be prevented or corrected, standardreading remediation efforts have proven largely ineffective. Schoolpsychologists are routinely called upon to evaluate students withreading difficulties and to make recommendations to address suchdifficulties. This book provides an overview of the best assessmentand intervention techniques, backed by the most current researchfindings. Bridge the gap between research and practice Accurately assess the reason(s) why a student strugglesin reading Improve reading skills using the most highly effectiveevidence-based techniques Reading may well be the most important thing students are taughtduring their school careers. It is a skill they will use every dayof their lives; one that will dictate, in part, later life success.Struggling students need help now, and Essentials ofUnderstanding and Assessing Reading Difficulties shows how toget these students on track.

Author : Dieter Gnahs
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783847413691

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Competencies: How they are acquired and measured by Dieter Gnahs Pdf

A comprehensive guide to competences Competence has become a key concept in political and scientific discussions. It is used as a headword in publications, at conferences and congresses: it dominates strategy papers and practical concepts; it is the standard bearer and point of crystallization for sometimes bitterly fought differences of opinion. The text explains the term “competence” and reflects the current international discussion. From the Contents: Development guidelines and approaches regarding education policy The competence concept and its difference from similar concepts Building blocks of competence Types of competences Genesis of competence Recording competence and measuring competence Fields of application Instruments for recording and harmonising competences and qualifications for comparison purposes

Author : Cesare Cornoldi,Jane V. Oakhill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136488627

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Reading Comprehension Difficulties by Cesare Cornoldi,Jane V. Oakhill Pdf

Recognizing the characteristics of children with learning disabilities and deciding how to help them is a problem faced by schools all over the world. Although some disorders are fairly easily recognizable (e.g., mental retardation) or very specific to single components of performance and quite rare (e.g., developmental dyscalculia), schools must consider much larger populations of children with learning difficulties who cannot always be readily classified. These children present high-level learning difficulties that affect their performance on a variety of school tasks, but the underlying problem is often their difficulty in understanding written text. In many instances, despite good intellectual abilities and a superficial ability to cope with written texts and to use language appropriately, some children do not seem to grasp the most important elements, or cannot find the pieces of information they are looking for. Sometimes these difficulties are not immediately detected by the teacher in the early school years. They may be hidden because the most obvious early indicators of reading progress in the teacher's eyes do not involve comprehension of written texts or because the first texts a child encounters are quite simple and reflect only the difficulty level of the oral messages (sentences, short stories, etc.) with which the child is already familiar. However, as years go by and texts get more complex, comprehension difficulties will become increasingly apparent and increasingly detrimental to effective school learning. In turn, studying, assimilating new information, and many other situations requiring text comprehension -- from problem solving to reasoning with linguistic contents -- could be affected. Problems with decoding, dyslexia, and language disorders have attracted more interest from researchers than have specific comprehension problems and have occupied more room in specialized journals. Normal reading comprehension has also been a favorite with researchers. However, scarce interest has been paid to subjects who have comprehension difficulties. This book is an attempt to remedy this situation. In so doing, this volume answers the following questions: * Does a reading comprehension problem exist in schools? * How important and widespread is the problem? * Is the problem specific? * How can a reading comprehension difficulty be defined and identified? * Does the "syndrome" have a single pattern or can different subtypes be identified? * What are the main characteristics associated with a reading comprehension difficulty? * When can other well-identified problems add to our understanding of reading comprehension difficulties? * Which educational strategies are effective in preventing and treating reading comprehension difficulties? * What supplementary information can we get from an international perspective?