Kentucky Performance Assessment of Reading: Valid?.

Strong, Sue; Sexton, Larry C.

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ERIC Number: EJ522358

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Publication Date: 1996

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Kentucky Performance Assessment of Reading: Valid?

Strong, Sue; Sexton, Larry C.

Contemporary Education, v67 n2 p102-06 Win 1996

Researchers surveyed Kentucky high school seniors to collect data on and compare the results of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS) open-response reading results and ACT reading multiple-choice format. Results found a great deal of disagreement between the KIRIS and ACT reading results. (SM)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods, High School Seniors, High Schools, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Reading Skills, Reading Tests, State Standards, Student Evaluation, Test Validity

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment

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