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Download full textDupuis, Mary M. – 1980
As part of a study of the basic skills of secondary level education students, a study of prospective teachers' reading ability was conducted at Pennsylvania State University. Subjects were 47 students in secondary education. Two separate assessments of reading were used, the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and a criterion referenced test of reading…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Education Majors, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1970
Harcum Junior College has offered a reading development program for freshmen since September, 1966. Incoming freshmen who score below 30th percentile rank on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test are required to enroll in this program. To evaluate gains made by 51 September, 1970 freshmen who completed the program, the Nelson-Denny pretest and post-test…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedStetson, Elton G. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Questions the validity of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test to measure growth in a rapid reading course for adults. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adults, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Erwin, T. Dary; Millikin, J. Lee – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1980
Scholastic Aptitude Test verbal, reading comprehension, and vocabulary scores are similar to the Nelson-Denny total, reading comprehension, and vocabulary scores. Correlation coefficients developed from these comparisons, when viewed as validity coefficients, are moderately high. (Author)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
Direct linkStrecker, Beth L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of academic librarians on two topics: the delivery of services to students and faculty in a time of rapid technological changes and an organizational structure appropriate for delivering services to students in a time of rapid technological changes. Several researchers agree that to…
Descriptors: Librarians, Academic Libraries, Attitudes, Teamwork
Martin, Peter B. – 1967
Results of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test are used as a screening device for selecting students for remedial work in the Reading and Study Skills Center (R-S) at New York Community College (NYCC). A descriptive analysis of the fall 1967 day session freshmen showed that the average freshman at NYCC was reading at the 12.6 grade level, or .4 grade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Local Norms
Cochise Coll., Douglas, AZ. – 1990
In 1989, Cochise College (CC) conducted a study to determine if a positive relationship existed between grade placement scores on the Nelson-Denny or Nelson reading comprehension examination and academic performance. The study population consisted of new or first-time CC students who were tested after May 1989. Placement scores for students who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grades (Scholastic), Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedWood, Peter H. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
The purpose of this study was to determine the difficulty level, the internal consistency, and the usefulness of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (NDRT) as a predictor of college freshmen grades. Adding the NDRT to a prediction equation already containing high school grade point average did improve the prediction. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Eccles, J. J.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
In an evaluation of the Reading Efficiency course at Windermere Secondary School, the experimental group made greater gains (statistically significant at the .01 level) in the Reading Rate subtest of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test than did the control group. The experimental group also made greater gains than the control group in reading rate on…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Grade 12, High School Students, Program Evaluation
Skellings, Louise Noah – 1977
In recognition of the trend toward functional illiteracy, this study developed and evaluated a criterion-referenced functional literacy test for use in diagnosis and evaluation of Miami-Dade Community College English students. The instrument was pilot-tested on 135 composition students in the fall of 1976, then revised after item analysis and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests
Sacks, George A.; Sacks, Florence – 1968
A study of the reading rate and comprehension of 10 aerospace engineers and analysis of the readability of sample company communications were undertaken. The Nelson-Denny Reading Test comprehension scores for the engineers, when compared with scores of a norm group provided by the Nelson-Denny Test Manual, were nearly the same in mean and standard…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Engineers, Functional Reading, Professional Personnel
Avila Hernandez, Juan A. – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2008
According to a 2008 "newsroom census" by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), the total number of full-time journalists at daily newspapers decreased by 4.4% last year--about 2,400 journalists left daily reporting jobs because of buyouts or layoffs. Despite this trend, the percentage of minority journalists increased slightly since…
Descriptors: Journalism Education, American Indians, Journalism, Internet
Yamagishi, Midori; Gillmore, Gerald M. – 1980
The relationship of Nelson-Denny Reading Test scores and an English course placement recommendation to academic success of Educational Opportunity Program students at the University of Washington was studied. The placement recommendation was based on a writing sample and test scores. The 207 freshmen students who entered in either 1976 or 1978…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
Lehmann, Linda; Jimerson, Shane R.; Gaasch, Ann – 2001
The Mourning Child Preschool grief support curriculum is intended for use with preschool children who have experienced the death of someone special to them. It is designed for use by professionals who work in schools, hospitals, hospices, mental health agencies, or any setting that serves bereaved children. The curriculum contains lesson plans for…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Counseling, Curriculum, Grief
Peer reviewedHaught, Patricia A.; Walls, Richard T. – Reading Psychology, 2002
Presents new norms on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test for healthcare-professional students. Notes that it is generally accepted that professional and graduate schools require students with good reading ability because of the quantity of material to be read. Presents standard scores, percentile ranks, and stanine scores as revised norms based on test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Health Occupations, Higher Education, Reading Research
