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ERIC Number: EJ180485
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Passage-Dependency Data in the Selection of Reading Comprehension Test Items
Scherich, Henry H.; Hanna, Gerald S.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 37, 4, 991-7, W 77
The reading comprehension items for a revision of the Nelson Reading Skills Test were administered to several hundred fourth and sixth-grade pupils in order to determine the passage dependency of each item. The passage dependency index was used to locate weak items. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Item Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Selection, Standardized Tests, Test Items
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Identifiers: Nelson Reading Test