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Download full textPearson, P. David, Ed.; Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan, Ed.; Biancarosa, Gina, Ed.; Berman, Amy I., Ed. – National Academy of Education, 2020
In 2009, the U.S. Institute of Education Sciences (IES) allocated $120 million to establish the Reading for Understanding (RfU) initiative. This initiative responded to concern that children's improvement in reading comprehension had leveled off over the previous few decades, coupled with the observation that research on reading comprehension had…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Comprehension, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Direct linkValencia, Sheila W.; Wixson, Karen K.; Pearson, P. David – Elementary School Journal, 2014
The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts have prompted enormous attention to issues of text complexity. The purpose of this article is to put text complexity in perspective by moving from a primary focus on the text itself to a focus on the comprehension of complex text. We argue that a focus on comprehension is at the heart of…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, State Standards, English Instruction, Language Arts
Spichtig, Alexandra N.; Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; Vorstius, Christian; Pascoe, Jeffrey P.; Pearson, P. David; Radach, Ralph – Reading Research Quarterly, 2016
The present study measured the comprehension-based silent reading efficiency of U.S. students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. Students read standardized grade-level passages while an eye movement recording system was used to measure reading rate, fixations (eye stops) per word, fixation durations, and regressions (right-to-left eye movements)…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Efficiency, Educational History
Forzani, Elena; Afflerbach, Peter; Aguirre, Sarah; Brynelson, Nancy; Cervetti, Gina; Cho, Byeong-Young; Coiro, Julie; García, Georgia Earnest; Guthrie, John T.; Hinchman, Kathleen; Lee, Carol D.; Pacheco, Mariana; Pearson, P. David; Ross, Alicia; Skerrett, Allison; Uccelli, Paola – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2022
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Reading aims to measure reading comprehension for students in the United States and to monitor progress in our education system. NAEP Reading is developed based on an assessment framework document that is periodically revised to reflect the latest understandings about reading comprehension…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Evaluation Methods
Pearson, P. David; Garavaglia, Diane R. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
The purpose of this essay is to explore both what is known and what needs to be learned about the information value of performance items "when they are used in large scale assessments." Within the context of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), there is substantial motivation for answering these questions. Over the…
Descriptors: Measurement, National Competency Tests, Test Items, Performance
Park, Hye-Sook; Pearson, P. David; Reckase, Mark D. – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
Differential item functioning (DIF) statistics were computed using items from the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT)-Reading Comprehension subtest for children of the same age group (ages 7 through 12 respectively). The pattern of observed DIF items was determined by comparing each cohort across age groups. Differences related to race and…
Descriptors: Age, Sentences, Achievement Tests, Test Bias
