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ERIC Number: EJ383720
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Are IRI Passages Suitable for Assessing Main Idea Comprehension?
Duffelmeyer, Frederick A.; Duffelmeyer, Barbara Blakely
Reading Teacher, v42 n6 p358-63 Feb 1989
Discusses characteristics reading passages must have if they are to be used for main idea assessment. Analyzes each grade one to grade six passage on the Analytical Reading Inventory, Basic Reading Inventory, and Informal Reading Inventory, assessing suitability for use in main idea assessment. Finds many passages are unsuitable. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Test Reliability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analytical Reading Inventory; Basic Reading Inventory (Johns); Main Idea