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The Effects of Altering the Ceiling Criterion on the Passage Comprehension Test of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests.
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Simpson, Robert G.; Halpin, Gerald – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
Forty adolescent subjects were administered the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests. The Passage Comprehension Test for each subject was rescored using three different ceiling criteria. The three scoring methods were found to be equivalent to the scoring method recommended in the Woodcock Manual in terms of internal consistency reliability. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correlation, Mastery Tests, Reading Tests
Psychometric Effects of Altering the Ceiling Criterion on the Passage Comprehension Test of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery--Revised.
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Simpson, Robert G.; Halpin, Gerald – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
The Passage Comprehension Test of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery--Revised was administered to 77 elementary and middle school students and scored according to ceiling criteria in the manual. Relaxing the ceiling criteria reduced the number of items needed to establish a ceiling without negatively affecting psychometric properties.…
Descriptors: Criteria, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students