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ERIC Number: EJ289460
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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A Comparison of Five Estimates of Reading Instructional Level.
Bristow, Page Simpson; And Others
Reading Teacher, v37 n3 p273-79 Dec 1983
Reports that reading instructional level scores of a teacher constructed informal reading inventory, the commercially prepared Basic Reading Inventory, the Metropolitan Achievement Test, and students' actual level of placement in books are roughly comparable but that the Wide Range Achievement Test reading subtest places children much higher. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Readability, Reading Research, Reading Tests, Standardized Tests, Teacher Made Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Basic Reading Inventory; Metropolitan Achievement Tests; Wide Range Achievement Test